slappy mcguire
Mega Poster
I started really going to theme parks in the mid nineties, and remember reading a book by the RCCGB, 'Britain's greatest Coaster', and remember being fascinated at the predictions as to the future of the industry in the UK.
Things like a UK park being bought by an American giant, and all the talk was to how the UK was going to match the US punch for punch for some years to come.
The reality? 1994 was the UK year of the rollercoaster, but sadly, after every peak, comes a trough, and with the likely demise of Camelot due, along with the closure of some high profile parks over the last few years, the UK theme park industry, is looking a little bedraggled, to say the least.
So where does the future lie, in say 2020?
What parks will merlin have inevitably swallowed whole? Which parks would have become a distant memory? Will other industries muscle into theme parks (maybe we'll get the Tesco Value Coaster... :wink: ), will the industry go the way of the broken Seaside funparks? Will there be a second UK industry rebirth? Will all the parks finally keep the chavs happy and install a gregg's on every corner? What non parks will become parks?
I don't know! You tell me...
Things like a UK park being bought by an American giant, and all the talk was to how the UK was going to match the US punch for punch for some years to come.
The reality? 1994 was the UK year of the rollercoaster, but sadly, after every peak, comes a trough, and with the likely demise of Camelot due, along with the closure of some high profile parks over the last few years, the UK theme park industry, is looking a little bedraggled, to say the least.
So where does the future lie, in say 2020?
What parks will merlin have inevitably swallowed whole? Which parks would have become a distant memory? Will other industries muscle into theme parks (maybe we'll get the Tesco Value Coaster... :wink: ), will the industry go the way of the broken Seaside funparks? Will there be a second UK industry rebirth? Will all the parks finally keep the chavs happy and install a gregg's on every corner? What non parks will become parks?
I don't know! You tell me...