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Excalibur: A Dragon's Tale
- Thread starter Harry
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It closed in about 2016ish and then got changed to the George and the dragon and then it got changed in to the castle bar and then it had a special name during the coronation event
Trooper Looper
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I never knew there used to be theming between Excali-bar and The old Animatronic show building. It shows the quality and theming consistency of Farmer Studios though! Credit goes to Drayton Talk on Twitter
i remember they used to have and still have the dragon foot prints in the concrete path surrounding the lake
DraytonEnthusiast
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When you think about it Excalibur was another Disney rip off, with Merlin and stuff. Surprised they weren’t sued with all the disney rides like Pirate Adventure
Haz
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not particularly as Excalibur's concept and story was written at farmer studios and none of the sets or theming resembles a copy, i don't see how it has anything to do with Disney?
DraytonEnthusiast
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Trooper Looper
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Well, a Member of Farmer Studios did all the concepts and Writing and Story for Excalibur. His name is Graham Edward, who is now an author and does lots of Medievil and Fantasy novels. He's also got his own website below. He even worked on Nemesis Sub-Terra as he says in his website, along with a page dedicated to Exalibur.
I wouldn't be against them filling more of this lake in and using it as ground for a ride. They have already filled part of the lake in, upto what was the waterfalls. So no attraction could ever follow the old Excalibur route now due to some of it being land.
Askong as they kept the stream running though, they could get away with filling some, but not all of this lake in.
Askong as they kept the stream running though, they could get away with filling some, but not all of this lake in.
Themeparksandy1981
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It’s still holding up well
Themeparksandy1981
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While I was checking out the monkey trail they cut back so you can see across the lake again
Kam
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Those stones were supposed to be shaped as gigantic dragon teeth. It's thanks to the robust steel framing underneath those theming pieces that they are still in place.
As anyone who has been on Excalibur will remember, those stones were supposed to be "the gateway to the Dragonlands". What a pity all of that stuff has been sitting there for 14 years without being put to any kind of use.
I'm not too sure on that https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5b48871e40f0b6634bb509d3/S52_Notice.pdf
It would be interested to see what the outcomes of these proposals were, given that they were made in 2018, and involved 6000 and 20000 cubic metre abstraction licenses. Either way, it looks like it would be hard to fill up sections of the lakes along the park with any non-porous material without speeding up runoff and worsening the flood risk further along the Tame/Trent/Humber basin that Drayton manor is situated in.
Backing my point up further, it seems the EA designated the entire area covering the park as a flood risk area in 2021, following the floods the year before. With that in mind, and considering the fact that the EA also manage the abstraction and impounding licenses, it seems unlikely they would allow the lake to be filled up enough to fit an attraction or ride on it, unless it was extremely small like the abstraction job they did in 2018 by the side of the Pirate Adventure building.
Best bet is to bring back a tow boat system in some form, at some point in the future, IMO. That kind of ride also avoids the noise risk, and would avoid the risk of haggling with the EA.
EA designation below:
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Themeparksandy1981
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The castle of dreams will now always be an entertainment venue for the park for special events.
I can see the building been themed to fit into the area where pirate cove currently is.
I can see the building been themed to fit into the area where pirate cove currently is.