To be stupidly excited that Thomas Land has opened?

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We are taking ds for the day in a month or so, he's going to love it so much. and i will be known from thereon as the worlds greatest mummy (even if i do spend too much time mning working)

Thomasland has just opened? Where? When?

Ooooooh!

drayton manor, 1st day today! ds has jut rung up his grandma to tell her that he is going. will find a link...

here

Too far for us.

this is the first time that this type of thing has opened close enough to us. i'd love to go to diggerland, but too far.

We have been to Diggerland. Suppose it is fair then.

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too far for us as well - are they doing the steam train at al this year?

oh that looks lovely, must try and take the children!

where is it where is it where is it/???

I wonder what age/height restrictions will apply for the rides. Some seem aimed at quite old children - such as Cranky's Drop Tower and the roller coaster.

Thomas Land preview illustrations of some of the rides.
Thomas Land Map layout of the site (warning 5MB file size)

It's open already - yay! Planning a trip for ds with his cousins. No doubt will have to re-mortgage to pay for them all to get in, but karmically we are ahead after a lovely couple gave us a free family ticket when Thomas visited the National Railway Museum recently. They'd been given it as a corporate gift and came especially to the NRM to find a family to pass it on to!

north of birmingham.

has anyone been to the thomas day over the isle of white?

ThomasLand is at Drayton Manor Theme Park, near Tamworth, Staffordshire on the A4091, close to Junctions 9 & 10 of the M42.

Google Map

there is an article/review of it, here we went on the thomas day out in shropshire, it was lovely!

Hmm, read the review, was mentally planning the trip till I saw the prices at the bottom - £19 per child over 4, £23 per adult - would make a trip for us cost £84 just to get in...

...think we'll give it a miss.

Even the cheaper tickets bought in advance would cost £66 for the family. And bear in mind that anyone 12 and over is an adult.

you can get a discount here its not much, but its a bit off..

i tjought i read they were opening a thomas themed hotel at this place as well, has anyone else heard this or did i imagine it?

havent heard that, but there are some good B&B's round there.

heres another discount code.

must have imagined it! we live miles away, would be worth going if we can stay in a thomas hotel, but a bit far just for the few rides they have, might as well go to euro disney!

lol, you could always visit the severn valley railway too! and its the whole theme park including zoo. i remember going when i was 11, it was fab!

omg..what fresh hell is this?

you're excited?

i'm dreading it. particularly the gift shop.

troutpout has put my sentiments very well

ah..... hadnt considered the gift shop