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London Resort shares new image, changes opening date to 2025

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The London Resort unveils an enormous castle with turrets, as well as a fire-breathing dragon and costumed characters.

The London Resort, a £2.5 billion theme park project in the UK, has unveiled its fantasy-themed land in a new image, also revising the opening date from 2024 to 2025.

The London Resort shared the new image on its official Twitter account, revealing an enormous castle with turrets, as well as a fire-breathing dragon and costumed characters.

Additionally, The London Resort revealed plans to open to the public in 2025. The new opening date comes after a string of delays due to the pandemic and the site’s SSSI status.

“2021 to-do list is work in progress,” The London Resort tweeted. “Update DCO [development consent order] documents, revise opening date to 2025, partner with dynamic and visionary IP brands.”

“Continue designing cutting-edge unique experiences, appreciate all the support, beware ‘hic sunt dracones’ (among other things). Bring on 2022,” The London Resort added. ‘Hic sunt dracones’ means ‘here be dragons’ in Latin.

Fire-breathing dragons at The London Resort

The London Resort’s CEO PY Gerbeau recently revealed that the project will continue as planned, despite Kent’s Swanscombe Peninsula being confirmed as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) by Natural England.

Gerbeau said there will be no “material changes to our application, nor will the project be materially different”.

“To all the naysayers and doom-mongers, the London Resort is going ahead, as planned,” Gerbeau said at the blooloop V-Expo in October while announcing the first businesses selected for the destination.

“We will be the first theme park across Europe, to be built from scratch in nearly 30 years,” he added. “We will be one of the only operationally carbon neutral parks in the world.”

The resort’s dinosaur-themed land, called Base Camp, was unveiled in April last year. It will feature two coasters, roaming dinosaurs, dark rides and interactive dig sits, as well as dining and entertainment.

Images: The London Resort

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Bea is a journalist specialising in entertainment, attractions and tech with 10 years' experience. She has written and edited for publications including CNET, BuzzFeed, Digital Spy, Evening Standard and BBC. Bea graduated from King's College London and has an MA in journalism.

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