2026: Viking Development

[ElysiaJade]

Hold onto your helmets, Paultons is cooking up something special! We’re getting super excited as the park gets ready to launch a brand-new Viking-themed area in 2026; looking at everything we know so far, this will be the parks most ambitious project...ever! 2025 is going to be filled with Viking updates, speculation and hopefully much anticipated official announcements What are your predictions?

 

[Elise]

A Viking theme is always great and open to lots of potential.
We have Vikings at Drayton Manor which we can look to for reference- however I feel the Paulton's version will be incredibly different (which is great)

I'd love to see great quality theming, some flats and a coaster. I'd love to see shows and a dark ride or walkthrough but not sure if we would see those.

 

[The COMPOUND Guy]

The size of this area is surprising.. I hope we get some sort of Big coaster that is a thrill coaster in the area, (or an RMC) the park really needs a true thrill coaster.

 

[CoasterCam]

Rumour has it a Mack Water coaster is coming in 2027 as a second year phased expansion. No idea what 2026 will bring, they're currently drilling the footers for the new rides so should be able to accurately speculate fairly soon.

 

[ElysiaJade]

Something like this could be a good fit - Paultons are absolutely capable of delivering something high level and detailed, I'd love to see their interpretation of it! I remember one of the planning/development documents having a water ride on the front cover which is where I think the rumours began (unless I've missed more details!). I, like a long list of many others would love to see a decent woodie, I know Lawrence put the RMC hopes and dreams to bed but... there are other options! And... what if he's bluffing A girl can dream!

Do we think Paultons are going to want to want to create something completely unique to other Viking areas with completely different attractions or could we see some familiar flats? I'm in two minds about Edge; retheming it to fit when Drayton has Thor doesn't seem likely but I have a soft spot for a Disk-o so it'd be nice to see it live on somewhere within the park.