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Puy du Fou submit plans for their theme park in Oxfordshire

Alastair — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 09:49:45 +0000

Phase one of the much anticipated UK version of Puy du Fou, the historical ‘theme park with no rides’, could be open in 2029 if the outline planning proposal, just submitted to Cherwell District Council, is approved. The French theme park company, with sites in France, Spain, China and other locations, has developed plans for […]

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Kynren to add a theme park

Alastair — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 15:50:26 +0000

Kynren, the epic scale outdoor performance at Bishop Auckland in northeast England, has announced plans to build a brand-new historical theme park, Kynren – The Storied Lands. Kynren – An Epic Tale of England is a massive 90-minute theatrical show presented on summer evenings on a seven-and-a-half acre stage with a cast and crew of […]

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Review: Puy du Fou – Spectacle on a grand scale

Alastair — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 09:00:43 +0000

Not many people outside France have heard of Puy du Fou*. Those international visitors who discover it, almost always become fans for life. The 500 acre park in the Vendée region of France, packed with extraordinary attractions, refers to itself as a historical ‘theme park’ with period villages and hotels, but it has no rides** […]

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Unusual Artificial Wreck Planned for Scuba Theme Park in Bahrain

Alastair — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 09:46:58 +0000

A Boeing 747 Jumbo will be the centrepiece of an underwater theme park planned for Bahrain. HH Shaikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Khalifa has announced the launch of the world’s largest underwater theme park, covering an area of over 100,000 square meters, which will include a 70-metre long decommissioned Boeing 747 as its centrepiece, the […]

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Efteling creates a Virtual Ride for Disabled Visitors

Alastair — Fri, 27 Apr 2018 11:28:34 +0000

Efteling – the fairytale* theme park in the south of Holland – has launched a new virtual experience on one of the park’s main attractions, the dark ride Droomvlucht, making the ride accessible to disabled visitors. To be honest, Droomvlucht (“DreamFlight”) is a little bit dated these days, but it was always one of my […]

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Star Wars Land unveiled

Alastair — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 10:46:40 +0000

Yesterday, Disney Parks & Resorts unveiled a detailed model of Star Wars Land, scheduled to open at Walt Disney World and Disneyland in 2019. Star Wars Land is not based on a specific location in the Star Wars canon, but instead recreates a remote trading port on a previously unknown planet with elements and characters […]

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