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The Future and Rumours of Drayton Manor

This page of the site will inform you about the future and rumours of Drayton Manor:

 
Future Plans:
  • THEME PARK RESORT- The park plans to create Drayton Manor into a theme park resort. In Spring 2009 there will be an 82 room hotel that will blend with the existing treescape and will involve new landscaping and a car park for hotel visitors. Adding to this will be a water park named Stormalong Bay that will feature a swimming pool complete with water slides, a floating restaurant, a wave pool and a sliding roof that will open on a nice day. The water park is expected to be complete by 2012.  There will also be Log Cabins to stay in to compliment the hotel. Click here to see a newspaper article on the Hotel.
  • PARK EXPANSION- The park will be expanded up to 2021 as plans were submitted to the Lichfield District Council. The space will be used for the future resort, but its uncertain if the theme park itself will extended in the area aswell.
 
Rumours:
  • SHOCKWAVE REMOVAL- Rumours suggest that Shockwave may be removed between 2010 to 2012, so it will be easier to get planning permission for a major new coaster. This has been said by the park that it is "too far in advance to predict if Shockwave will still be around in 5 or 6 years time, we are focusing on our hotel & water park at the moment so wait and see what happens". So anything is possible for the future of Shockwave, watch this space.
  • RETHEME- The Wild West Shoot Out may be rethemed to compliment its neighbouring ride Drunken Barrels. Apparently, it was heard from a spokesman from the park, but there has been no news on the retheme since. (The shortening of the queue line to build the new patio outside Golden Nuggets could suggest a future development on the ride)
  • FRANCHISED RESTAURANT- The MD of the park- Colin Bryan said he plans to have a franchised restaurant on park like TGI Fridays or Frankie & Bennys. But his answer was edited due to space from a RCCGB interview as the interviewer confirmed this on Crazy Gangs forums. The franchised restaurant is a rumour as its an idea. If it is to be built it would be likely to replace the Self Service cafeteria near Apocalypse/Drunken Barrels and could cater to both park and hotel visitors.
  • 4D CINEMA- A 4D Cinema was originally planned to go the emtpy space next to the Buccaneer Burger Bar where The Crypt used to be. The ride would have films to be switched throughout the day and open in 2008. But this idea may be shelved because the exciting Thomas Land is the new attraction and the fact that the ride 'Emily's Play Area' now takes the empty space next to the Buccanneer Burger Bar