It’s safe to say, 2020 hasn’t brought the greatest theme park news. Must of what we hear about is closures and delays in construction. In a sea of negative theme park headlines, here’s a positive one! Construction is set to being next year on will begin on The London Resort. The London Resort will be an enormous theme park and water resort on the banks of the Thames that will cover 535 acres of land. The resort is in the same area as 136 Wembley Stadiums.
It’s being called the “UK Disneyland” and is the largest-scale theme park constructed in Europe since the opening of Disneyland Paris in 1992.
The park has formed a valuable partnership with Paramount Pictures, The BBC, and ITV Studious. A major focus on the park has been put on its “next generation” of rides. An early rendering of the park’s layout shows plans for ambitious sections like The Jungle, an area filled with the ruins of a long-lost Mesoamerican civilization, and a movie-themed area called The Studio. Then there’s Starport, a twenty-third-century sci-fi landing zone (the UK equivalent to Galaxy’s Edge, perhaps?).
PY Gerbeau, CEO of London Resort Company Holdings (LRCH) said, ‘We are creating one of the most exciting theme park projects in the world. The London Resort will be a next-generation theme park resort, a world-class destination that maximizes a wide range of immersive, interactive technologies and experiences.’
The two-park resort will see its first part opening in 2024, and the second part will follow in 2029.
