Spooky season is once more drawing to a close. As I write this, I’ve just packed away my ‘Graveyard Smash’ and ‘Pumpkin Chai’ candles and I’m gazing out upon my neighbour’s glistening Christmas lights – yes, already! But before I start festooning my own home with lights, I couldn’t resist a look back on what […]
Read More Spooky Season Round-Up 2024Located an hour north of Parc Astérix, Parc Saint Paul has become a popular stop-off for enthusiasts, making the obligatory Toutatis pilgrimage. This is a small park aimed at families, with a large variety of rides for smaller guests, as well as many, many play areas. With the gate price a very reasonable €28, we […]
Read More Parc Saint PaulWith just four rollercoasters, only one of which manages to achieve ‘Extreme’ status on RCDB, Bellewaerde might not be a park to catch the eye of coaster enthusiasts. Located in Ypres, Belgium, just under a two-hour drive from the Eurotunnel, there are certainly better options nearby if thrilling rollercoasters are your main draw to a […]
Read More Beautifully Unhinged: Halloween at BellewaerdeAs pumpkins pile up on the compost heap, and fairy lights begin to twinkle, it’s time to admit that spooky season 2023 is well and truly over. The most chaotic time of year has not disappointed this year, and I’ve been able to experience a whole variety of events, including, for the first time, a […]
Read More Spooky Season Round-Up 2023Right now, Drayton Manor is without a doubt one of the most exciting theme parks in the country. Having come back from the brink of closure just a few short years ago, we’ve seen the park install a fantastic new land – Vikings – this year as well as tease some more very big things […]
Read More Spooky Season 2022: Night at the (Drayton) ManorAfter ripping the proverbial plaster off my fear of horrors and spooks with a visit to Tulleys at the start of the month, finding myself up in the Midlands with a spare evening could mean only one thing: some last-minute scares were in order! I’d heard a few things about Screamfest prior to booking my […]
Read More Spooky Season 2022: ScreamfestAfter a couple of years of visiting – and loving – the Halloween events across the Merlin parks, the time had definitely come for me to branch out and try my first non-theme park, dedicated Halloween event. And after hearing nothing but relentless praise over the last few years, I knew exactly which event I […]
Read More Spooky Season 2022: My First Ever Visit to Tulleys Shocktober FestSpooky season is back! Creeping slightly in to September this year (yesssss) spooky season has well and truly begun with the opening night of Thorpe Park’s fabulous Fright Nights. This is only my second year of visiting the event – it’s taken me a while to pull together the courage to take on halloween events […]
Read More Spooky Season 2022: Fright Nights
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