{"id":7062,"date":"2020-06-23T09:40:01","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T09:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/?p=7062"},"modified":"2025-06-12T20:04:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T20:04:59","slug":"the-next-rollercoaster-type-id-love-to-see-at-drayton-manor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/?p=7062","title":{"rendered":"The Next Rollercoaster Type I&#8217;d Love To See At Drayton Manor.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I understand Drayton Manor might not be in the position right now especially given all the COVID situation. But there\u2019s no harm in thinking to the future right? Well here are 3 rollercoaster types I would love to see open in the future. <strong>Of course this is just my opinion and by all means none of these might be possible but here are my thoughts!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\">Spinning:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Something along the lines of Dragons Fury is what I\u2019m thinking of. They don\u2019t necessarily take up a huge footprint I mean look at Spinball Whizzer. It\u2019ll cater for all the family including thrill seekers. I adore Dragons Fury and think that style or coaster would fit in beautifully to the park.<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3626 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/img_6776.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/img_6776.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/img_6776.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/img_6776.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/img_6776.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/img_6776.jpg?w=2880&amp;ssl=1 2880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\">Wooden:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Given the age of Drayton Manor I\u2019ve always been quite surprised by the lack of wooden rollercoaster on park! But maybe that\u2019s just me. I love wooden rollercoasters and given the fact Wickerman has been such a successful hit for Alton Towers. I do think Drayton Manor could benefit hugely by one. Not even on the scale of Wickerman as such. But a small simple wooden coaster next to Buffalo would be fab.<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-636 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ced3f644-4d92-4305-be4d-9864db2480e2-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\">Family Launch:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Something similar to the likes of Icon but maybe a little shorter in duration would be fab. It wouldn\u2019t even have to be anything big or fancy just a little something.<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1826 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/08A1EF8A-715E-4931-B2CC-0B286CBFF273.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/08A1EF8A-715E-4931-B2CC-0B286CBFF273.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/08A1EF8A-715E-4931-B2CC-0B286CBFF273.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/08A1EF8A-715E-4931-B2CC-0B286CBFF273.jpeg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/08A1EF8A-715E-4931-B2CC-0B286CBFF273.jpeg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/08A1EF8A-715E-4931-B2CC-0B286CBFF273.jpeg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><strong><span class=\"s1\">What would you like to see for Drayton Manors next rollercoaster? Let us know!<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><strong><span class=\"s1\">Thank you for reading&#8230;<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4435 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/img_3233.jpg?resize=850%2C315&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"315\" \/><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I understand Drayton Manor might not be in the position right now especially given all the COVID situation. But there\u2019s no harm in thinking to the future right? Well here are 3 rollercoaster types I would love to see open in the future. Of course this is just my opinion and by all means none of these might be possible but here are my thoughts! Spinning: Something along the lines of Dragons Fury is what I\u2019m thinking of. They don\u2019t necessarily take up a huge footprint I mean look at Spinball Whizzer. It\u2019ll cater for all the family including thrill seekers. I adore Dragons Fury and think that style or coaster would fit in beautifully to the park. Wooden: Given the age of Drayton Manor I\u2019ve always been quite surprised by the lack of wooden rollercoaster on park! But maybe that\u2019s just me. I love wooden rollercoasters and given the fact Wickerman has been such a successful hit for Alton Towers. I do think Drayton Manor could benefit hugely by one. Not even on the scale of Wickerman as such. But a small simple wooden coaster next to Buffalo would be fab. Family Launch: Something similar to the likes of Icon but maybe a little shorter in duration would be fab. It wouldn\u2019t even have to be anything big or fancy just a little something. What would you like to see for Drayton Manors next rollercoaster? Let us know! Thank you for reading&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5053,5054],"tags":[139,692,2000,1280,1392,595,603,2128,2131,683,1982,2130,2129,2132],"class_list":["post-7062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-theme-parks","category-themed-attractions","tag-drayton-manor","tag-drayton-manor-park","tag-england-rollercoasters","tag-future","tag-future-developments","tag-future-ideas","tag-future-opinions","tag-launch-coaster","tag-mack-spinner","tag-rollercoaster","tag-rollercoaster-talk","tag-spinning-coaster","tag-wooden-coaster","tag-woodie"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/CDFB132D-7FC9-4FEA-8CCA-CE0E8B72F79F.jpeg?fit=1620%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb4qDv-1PU","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7062"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7063,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7062\/revisions\/7063"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coastersonthecoast.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}