Pirates Adventure Rumour
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With a site been open it’s hard to hid a coaster construction site but a dark ride you will only really see construction prices if you go on Thomas train as they will be using the maintenance shed doors and round the back. They may have stripped the rest of the building and they currently working on the ride system as if they can’t get that working again then it be pointless theming a building if the ride system don’t work. Also I know the ride system is 35 years old but Disney land pirate ride open in 1967, WDW in 1973 and Tokyo in 1983.
@Themeparksandy1981 your correct in what you’re saying. It’s definitely harder if not impossible to conceal work on a Rollercoaster,than it is to refurbish Pirate Adventure. Your second point is also true. Much of the work being undertaken on Pirate Adventure has been seen from the Thomas Railway. The Mack ride boxes were seen just outside of the back doors of the Pirate Adventure building. People in high visibility jackets have also been sighted by passengers on the Railway as it goes past the back of the Pirate Adventure building. To be extra discrete most of the restoration and installation of new theming could be done out of hours. When Duel at Alton Towers was being rethemed to Alton Manor most of the work wasn’t publicly visible. Even people who used drones to film the retheme didn’t pick up any of the new theming or construction work.
Just because visitors can’t see the full extent of the work being undertaken on Pirate Adventure it doesn’t mean it’s not happening. As Pirate Adventure is such a beloved Ride at Drayton Manor the work is probably being carried out as discrete as possible. I imagine Drayton Manor want Pirate Adventure to reopen next year (2026) with the least amount of spoilers possible,until Drayton Manor sees fit. I imagine that if Pirate Adventure is returning next year we’ll start to get spoilers and drips of information from September onwards.
Have I missed something? Because I’m 99% sure this isn’t true?
@Themeparksandy1981 I think we can all agree that with the sighted maintenance work,barrage of rumours from an array of sources, the Mack ride box being seen outside of the back entrance of the Pirate Adventure building and boats being sent away for a spruce up it looks like Pirate Adventure will return next year. If Pirate Adventure is returning I’m expecting it to be similar to Piraten In Batavia at Europa Park.
Going by the time it took to reopen Piraten In Batavia I think Pirate Adventure returning next year is feesable. Piraten In Batavia took 24 months to open. This was due to the ride having to be built from scratch,the Boats being made and finally The Global Coronavirus Pandemic. None of these factors are applicable to Pirate Adventure so a reopening should be much quicker. I think the Boats being sent away for a spruce up is a good indicator that Pirate Adventure is returning. I don’t think Drayton Manor would refurbish the Boats if the ride wasn’t reopening. From a financial perspective it would be a waste of finances to have the Boats overhauled only to scrap them upon their return.
I was speaking to some maintenance guys and they said the motors and the lift hill chains are back up and been running but there’s no water in it or boats back on site yet.