Drayton Manor

I went to Drayton Manor today, which is a theme park, in case you’re unsure.

It’s about a 45 minute drive from our house, just a tad further then to Alton Towers. However, it’s much easier to get there, as you just drive down the M6 for a bit, whereas to get to Alton it’s mostly country roads to get there. Whereas Alton Towers is kinda South-East of Stoke-on-Trent, Drayton is more North-East of Birmingham.

Anyway, we went for most of the day, and rode Maelstrom (rode twice – IMO, it’s better then what Thorpe Park have), G-Force (rather unique lift hill design that goes upside down), Apocalypse, Shockwave, Stormforce 10 (very very wet….but Thorpe Park’s Tidal Wave is wetter), and a couple other smaller rides, including “Excalibur, a Dragon’s Tale” and the Buffalo Roller Coaster, which was pretty good.

It’s an okay theme park but it’s not really worth another visit, and they REALLY need to clean it up a bit. The was loads of litter all over the place, especially in the queue lines. In terms of litter, Thorpe Park is the cleanest, Alton Towers is pretty good (but there is still some…), and Drayton Manor is the worst.

Overall though, the whole day was quite fun, but if you’re planning on driving up from the South, go the extra 20 or so miles to Alton Towers, and if you’re planning on coming down from the North, don’t waste the extra petrol.