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Drayton Manor Resort is a family theme park, zoo and accommodation in the grounds of the former Drayton Manor, in Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England, UK. It covers 180 acres (73 hectares), of which about 113 acres (46 hectares) are in use, and hosts about 1.5 million people each year [ citation needed ] .
The Wave is a family sit down looping roller coaster, located at Drayton Manor Resort in Tamworth in the United Kingdom. It has the same track layout as The Shockwave, but now uses sit-down lap bar restraints.
To accommodate the new coaster, Drayton Manor refreshed the surrounding Wild West area into Frontier Falls, officially opening it on 24 March with the transformed Blasting Barrels ride and Falls Theatre. [14] Drayton Manor later announced Gold Rush as the attraction's name on 3 July 2024, subsequently opening it to the public on 26 July. [15] [16]
Starting in 2019, the towers each started closing, until only tower 2 was left in operation for most of the 2022 season. Despite efforts to get the other towers running, it was too expensive to fix the ride, and with only one tower running, the throughput was very low. Apocalypse was retired on 30 October 2022 for future park developments.
G Force was a roller coaster at Drayton Manor Resort, Tamworth, England.It was the only X-Car coaster in the UK and was opened by the band G4 in 2005. The ride was also the third X-Car coaster to be built in the world, the first being the prototype Sky Wheel at Skyline Park in Germany and the second being X Coaster at Magic Springs.
Thomas Land is a themed area at Drayton Manor Resort in Staffordshire, England, based on the popular long-running children's television series, Thomas & Friends. It stands on the former site of Robinsons Land, a themed area sponsored by the soft drinks brand of the same name. The construction began while the park was still open in September ...
Jennifer and Brandon Sheffield were found dead by gunshot wounds in an apparent murder-suicide during a welfare check by police at a residence on Toulon Street in Brandon at around 7:19 a.m. local ...
The ride is a prototype steel Vekoma Family Boomerang roller coaster.The ride features one lift hill driven by wheels that release the train into a curving figure 8 layout that concludes up a tower with a hump.