Park News
WhiteWater announces signing of service agreements throughout the ASEAN region
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Livingstone Leisure acquires North Yorkshire theme park
Livingstone Leisure Ltd has acquired Lightwater Valley Theme Park in North Yorkshire from Jersey-based Ball Investments Ltd for an undisclosed sum. Livingstone Leisure also own Flambards Theme Park in
Cornwall, and Birdland Park and Gardens in the Cotswolds. Lightwater Valley, which is located near Ripon, is the latest acquisition for Livingstone Leisure that was set up by Ian Cunningham, who was previously the UK managing director of Spanish-based Aspro Ocio. The company has a proven track record of long term
investment in traditional family attractions; developing new features and attractions to complement and improve the existing business framework. “We are delighted to be able to add such a high
profile and established theme park in to our existing leisure portfolio. It is a great attraction, with a great team and we’re looking forward to working with them to build on its excellent reputation,” said Ian. “We’re also committed to forging stronger links with the local economy and community,” he added. Lightwater Valley Theme Park has over 40 rides and
attractions for thrill seekers of all ages, among its signature rides is the 1.5 mile long Ultimate rollercoaster – the longest coaster ride in Europe - and the Eagle’s Claw aerial ride.
hiteWater Southeast Asia (WW-SEA) has announced the signing of waterpark services agreements in Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Philippines and Bahrain after recently setting up an office in Bangkok, Thailand in late 2016.
WW-SEA CEO, Chris Perry comments, “We are happy to establish ourselves so quickly in the region. We are working on, what will be world-class waterparks, with well-established partners and are excited to share the details when the time is right! We see enormous development opportunities across Southeast Asia and the regions that sit close by. It is an exciting time for our industry here!”
White-knuckle ride Sky Force nearing completion
Flambards Theme Park is all set to welcome its latest attraction, a new white-knuckle ride named Sky Force. The park, located in Cornwall in the UK, is hailing Sky Force as “the first genuine white knuckle ride in the South West”, which is set to open at the Helston park later this summer. Suspended on a set of four giant 18-metre metal legs, the Frisbee-shaped ride exerts the equivalent of up to 3G in force on passengers while swinging them in a pendulum motion and simultaneously spinning through 360 degrees. Weighing in at more than 56 tonnes, the ride was transported to the park using five articulated trailers; one of which had to have a special extension in order to carry the 18-metre legs. Sky-Force has been assembled by a team made up almost entirely of Cornish companies and sits on
a 100-tonne base of reinforced Cornish concrete. Tremain Plant Hire carried out the groundworks, Frewfix were responsible for the shuttering and concreting for the feet, Devoran Metals supplied the steelwork for the bases, Chris Brown provided the concrete pumping lorry and Chris Massie designed the ride bases.
Jon Douglass undertook the topographical survey and set out all the bases, the ride was painted by Blast Clean, transported by R and R Transport and the cranes were provided by Macsalvors.
Specialist ride engineering company Jed Hopkinson
also provided expert knowledge and equipment to assist Flambards’ own in-house engineering team.
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