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2025: General Discussion

BigCraig said:
Forgot to mention. After the fireworks had finished we were given an encore.

time to say goodbye.mp4

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The above links for vids should now be viewable. :)
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We enjoyed the end of the day water show. I thought it was amazing and it made me feel like I was back at Disney. It’s fantastic to see the park making such a big investment towards entertainment. The only thing that I hated was the literal stampede at the end with people rushing to their cars through vikings. My son got pushed and elbowed a few times with people being thoughtless and down right idiots. Grown men running carrying children on their shoulders. My son was lucky to only have a few bruises the following morning.
 
Charliie said:
We enjoyed the end of the day water show. I thought it was amazing and it made me feel like I was back at Disney. It’s fantastic to see the park making such a big investment towards entertainment. The only thing that I hated was the literal stampede at the end with people rushing to their cars through vikings. My son got pushed and elbowed a few times with people being thoughtless and down right idiots. Grown men running carrying children on their shoulders. My son was lucky to only have a few bruises the following morning.
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Maybe one day Drayton can get back to that Disney style it once had.

Top Tip if there are loads of crowds try heading towards areas like Frontier Falls or Pirates Cove to get out the way of the crowds no point in rushing as the Drayton Manor Car Parks get clogged up
 
Joe said:
Maybe one day Drayton can get back to that Disney style it once had.

Top Tip if there are loads of crowds try heading towards areas like Frontier Falls or Pirates Cove to get out the way of the crowds no point in rushing as the Drayton Manor Car Parks get clogged up
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We wasn’t rushing as we was staying on sight but never in all my years of attending late night events did we witness such a thing. I felt bad for the staff trying their hardest. We ended up walking on the grass verge to avoid people.
 
A good tip when we know it’s gonna be a late finish we always park at the bottom end by the Zoo days entrance as this season they always ended up opening the zoo entrance so we get out straight away. Was home by half 9 on Saturday.
Think they need to install a bandstand so everyone can see the display as I saw roughly 80% of it. My son saw it all as he was on my shoulders and my daughter only 10-15% as everyone was tall in front of her. The fireworks no problem as they in the air.
The only ride we did was the Thomas train.
 
The only criticism (other than the usual accusations of the show being AI) was how difficult visibility was. Only the front two or three rows could see anything - and you need to be front on for this show.
~200 out of a thousand++ viewers isn’t a great outcome.

Those who could see it said it’s really impressive
 
We saw lots of these though I suppose because of health and safety they can’t be too high. It was nice to see people standing on the decking that was once home to the shark.
 
This sign from Draytona beach in adventure cover during summer 2025, was located in the zoo as of 20/12/25. You would think they would have seen this when putting it out 🤦🏼 (it was advertising the light trail on the other-side)
 

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_tyl35 said:
This sign from Draytona beach in adventure cover during summer 2025, was located in the zoo as of 20/12/25. You would think they would have seen this when putting it out 🤦🏼 (it was advertising the light trail on the other-side)
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It was there the week before! 13th December 😄
 

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Our annual passes have expired but we haven’t received a message about renewals. Do you still get money off when renewing a pass ?
 
You can't renew on the website at the minute, you need to use the link in the email. However someone I know had to contact guest services and they will send you a link which includes the discount as they also did not receive the email. The website suggests an email was sent to everyone on 23rd March.
 
A heads up today for anyone with an Access Card. They are currently running a 1-1 ratio due to complaints to Nimbus regarding how busy queues have been etc.

I’m not sure if it’s as a result of more people with Access Cards, such as the current Merlin problem, or an increase in Fast Pass sales. There was defiantly more people in the access/fast pass queues than I’ve ever seen today, but not sure how related that is to the run Drayton Manor event.

Something to keep an eye on if you’re visiting with 2 kids for example.
 
The ride photos...why change it?

So we were at the park today, first visit of the year for us, and they've done away with getting the ride photos added to the little ticket so you can download them onto your phone via the qr code, and now you only get 4 photos for £20...
 
deathvalleydemon said:
The ride photos...why change it?

So we were at the park today, first visit of the year for us, and they've done away with getting the ride photos added to the little ticket so you can download them onto your phone via the qr code, and now you only get 4 photos for £20...
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I wonder if the provider has changed (Again) - Im around Sunday so will take a look and see, but it sounds like that might have happened.
Either that or the arrangement has changed.
 
Elise said:
I wonder if the provider has changed (Again) - Im around Sunday so will take a look and see, but it sounds like that might have happened.
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Last season the photos were done via pomvom, the receipt they gave me says Photo ping.
 

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