Saturday, July 26th 2008




Tamworth, UK

G-Force | Shockwave | Apocalypse | Maelstrom | Storm Force 10 | Golden Nuggets | Buffalo Coaster
The Haunting | Pandemonium | Cyclone | Excalibur | Splash Canyon | Thomas Land | Troublesome Trucks | Drunken Barrels


Park Guide By: Dan Farrell
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Photos By: Dan Farrell, Tom Hardwick, Ian Bell, Martyn Hoyer

Drayton Manor Park Map
Park Information
Park Owners: Family Owned and Operated

Drayton Manor Park is expanding rapidly and now has a selection of thrilling rides that even nearby Alton Towers could be envious of. Whether you want unique roller coasters like G-Force, or terrifying drop towers like Apocalypse, Drayton has something for everyone. There are many family style attractions in this park, including a selection of long and entertaining water rides.

New for 2008
Welcome to Thomas Land - a fantastic new addition for the kids (and the young at heart).
Thomas Land
Unofficial Fan Sites: Drayton Manor Plus and Manor Mania and Manor Mania and ThemeParks-UK
Official Site: link

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Patrick


Posts: 1672
Location: Leicestershire, England
I'm gradually starting to hate DMP, I haven't had a good day at Dumpton Manor in 2 years.
pluto


Posts: 0
Location: Portsmouth England (woo hooo)
One more thing. Why isn’t the Black Revolver on the list of rides? It’s one of the best in the park.
pluto


Posts: 0
Location: Portsmouth England (woo hooo)
Oh and they have bumper cars too!
pluto


Posts: 0
Location: Portsmouth England (woo hooo)
I liked this Park. My ex and I went there in March; we did Alton, Drayton and Thorpe in the two weeks she came over from
panama. Ok not as good as Alton, but good vale for money. Staff did seem a little gruff and that added to the fun fair
feel of the place.Living on Hayling Is, I can’t help but feel this is what Fun land would like to be like.I’d say this
is a family park. The Coaster were fun but not the thrill rides you got at the other parks. G-force and shockwave have
good ideas, but the tracks could have been better in the same amount of space. They seemed to be there for ‘novelty’
value, what with being the first stand up (shock wave) and being launched from a loop (G-Force), but clearly lack the
excitement of Nemesis (which doesn’t need novelty gimmicks to work).The flats were good, can’t beat a pirate ship,
Maelstrom being the best.Like I said, good value for money or as a place for a thrill junkie to take a non-thrill junky
other half.
coasterchris93


Posts: 138
Location: Near AT and DM
Adrenaline-Junkie: It doesn't hold a light to Blackpool, Alton, Thorpe, Flamingo, Oakwood and even Fantasy Island. That
makes it one of the countries worse parks, even if it is better than WMSP. Stormforce isn't bad, but there are better in
the country, Drop-towers are rather common (aside the stand-up floorless, but that is torture), G-Force sucks, Maelstrom
is the only decent flat ride I suppose. I'd rather pay £30 for a wristband to go to Blackpool which is basically 3x than
Drayton.
chris10218


Posts: 0
Location: 
Drayton Manor isn't as good as Oakwood. The rides at Drayton Manor are allright but I can't say anything about the
thrill rides cause I ein't been on any of them
mjc83


Posts: 0
Location: 
hmmm chav valley!!!!!!
MsIsly


Posts: 137
Location: In heaven, obviously not...
Better than Robinsons Land hey!
Adrenline-Junkie


Posts: 44
Location: Kettering, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
coasterchris, it isnt 2 bad... the likes of stormforce, apolocolypse, G force and maelstrom make it amazing... I think u
hav 2 giv it credit as it dosnt have a very high budget
coasterchris93


Posts: 138
Location: Near AT and DM
This is a great example of one of the countries worst parks.
emochild1994


Posts: 33
Location: walsall , uk
i went on apocalypse twice in 30 mins i went on than i went to go and eat than went on again it was really funny but its
sooooooo the best ride at drayton manor full stop!!!! lol
Tigger_boxing


Posts: 0
Location: 
Drayton Manor overall brilliant. went there yesterday and i loved it. Themeing isnt to good as there is all grafiti on
the walls lol. Best flsat ride is either pandemonium or apocalpse. best coaster is g force. the new bounty ( the pirate
ship ) is so unsafe. All the rides are too quick. Gr8 park but nver as good as Thorpe park which just rules !
George


Posts: 24
Location: 
st is alot better
AshGardner


Posts: 0
Location: 
Drayton Manor is the best theme park in britain i beleive =]
No1Airfan


Posts: 0
Location: 
On the site, before I was a thrill Seeker I saw the vid of the twister ride thing[forgot name] and made me like thrill
'coasters and rides. I deffinatly wanted to join Coasterforce since I saw that video! Looks amazing, someday I'll go!
Woody


Posts: 0
Location: 
apocalypse scraed the shit outa me lol but mazin!!!!!!
themepark_sonic


Posts: 422
Location: 
Great themepark, great rides, great theming. What more do you want?
trav


Posts: 599
Location: Leeds
My favorite park in the country. Just a really awesome park, with a couple of great coasters, some really good theming
in places, cheap and not very long ride waits.
spikey201


Posts: 599
Location: Leeds
totally cool park been every year since i was 8 loved the new ride g - force going back soon
themeparkrider


Posts: 77
Location: 
I is a good theme park.But Not as good as Alton Towers.
danthecoasterman


Posts: 2306
Location: Staffs, England
A great park. Theming is not good. The only theming was for Rapids and Storm Force which isn't that good anyway. A nice
little park that might be a little too small.
coasterchris93


Posts: 138
Location: Near AT and DM
Yet again it another person who lives close to this park. Me. The rollercoasters there aren't brilliant but they are
great fun! Shockwave was the first proper rollercoaster I had been on (I was 10) and probably my favourite there. The
park may be short of intense white-knuckle rollercoasters but the queues are fairly short which adds it's X-factor up
and it has the only stand-up rollercoaster in Europe, The only Stand-up rollercoaster in the World to contain a
"Zero-G-Roll", Won best children attractions a few times, The only X-car coaster in UK, The only Gyro-Swing in the world
to face outwards, the only stand-up floorless drop tower... I could go on forever. See thats why I gave it the sweet 85%
rating. ^_^
remyzerofan100


Posts: 12
Location: 
I like the rides, but Alton Towers is better looking and has a bigger selection of rides.
**Vicki55**


Posts: 12
Location: 
Great ride! I now understand how it got the name**G-Force!**
danthecoasterman


Posts: 2306
Location: Staffs, England
Maelstrom isn't there :(
Plowright


Posts: 4
Location: 
This is my fave park as it is the nearest park to my house. Shockwave is my favourite ride.
Erif


Posts: 4
Location: 
Gonna be going to Draton Manor in the summer hopefully! It's Shockwave that I really wanna go on
stevewalsh


Posts: 1076
Location: South West London
The perfect all round park with something for the little ones, the whole family, and the thrill seeking teenagers.
G-force


Posts: 426
Location: 10 minutes from Drayton Manor
My favourite park in the U.k, also being my local park. Lots of brilliant rides with not that large Queue's.Apocalypse
is my favourite flat ride and G-force my second favourite coaster.
snowkitten


Posts: 18
Location: Birmingham, UK
As my local park this is great fun. I always try to go as often as possible. Some great rides and the zoo is great too.
Kelzinferno: The Black Revolver was a walzer in the dark ride with lots of strobe lighting. It has gone now (and you
wasn't missing much anyway).
Kelzinferno


Posts: 18
Location: Birmingham, UK
I was looking on the Drayton Mnaor Plus website and it says that there is a waltzer ride called Black revolver. Has
anyone ridden this ride? Or even seen this ride?
coasterchris93


Posts: 138
Location: Near AT and DM
Why doesn't more people go here. It is a great Theme park and has won several awards. ^_^










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