2026: General Discussion

[themeparkplanet]

Has there been any updates on the 4 SBNO Rides Air Race, Cranky's Drop Tower, Harold's Helicopter Tours and James and the Red Balloon

Yes only 2 sbno cranky and James has been reopen a while now not exactly sure how long

 

[Joe]

Yes only 2 sbno cranky and James has been reopen a while now not exactly sure how long

Do we know if any work has happened to Air Race lookong likely it won't operate this season

 

[themeparkplanet]

Do we know if any work has happened to Air Race lookong likely it won't operate this season

they probably had issues it was open on the 5th April this year but not for long

 

[manwithstick]

There are now different screen/fences up. Not sure what this means

 

[Joe]

Do we think this season and into closed season Drayton Manor is gonna have a major clean up anf refurb throughtout before moving onto more projects

 

[alfie8]

There's definitely a lot going on in the park at the moment. It feels as though it's all happened at once too, which is presumably something to do with the new management. Hopefully all these changes will benefit the park in the long run.

I'm surprised we haven't heard much about the Halloween and Christmas events this year. Maybe they're going to tone them down a bit compared with last year (especially the Christmas event) in order to focus on the work currently taking place around the park.
Whilst I did love having all the bigger rides open at Christmas with almost no queues, if it results in the following season's ride availability being as poor as it has been this year, I think they should just go back to how they were previously handling the event.

 

[Elise]

There's definitely a lot going on in the park at the moment. It feels as though it's all happened at once too, which is presumably something to do with the new management. Hopefully all these changes will benefit the park in the long run.

I'm surprised we haven't heard much about the Halloween and Christmas events this year. Maybe they're going to tone them down a bit compared with last year (especially the Christmas event) in order to focus on the work currently taking place around the park.
Whilst I did love having all the bigger rides open at Christmas with almost no queues, if it results in the following season's ride availability being as poor as it has been this year, I think they should just go back to how they were previously handling the event.

Halloween has a lot of info on the website, will likely see marketing pop up around late August/sept time

 

[themeparkplanet]

There's definitely a lot going on in the park at the moment. It feels as though it's all happened at once too, which is presumably something to do with the new management. Hopefully all these changes will benefit the park in the long run.

I'm surprised we haven't heard much about the Halloween and Christmas events this year. Maybe they're going to tone them down a bit compared with last year (especially the Christmas event) in order to focus on the work currently taking place around the park.
Whilst I did love having all the bigger rides open at Christmas with almost no queues, if it results in the following season's ride availability being as poor as it has been this year, I think they should just go back to how they were previously handling the event.

Halloweens lineup is out now