Southport Pleasureland in Merseyside is opening a new dinosaur park featuring life-size dinosaur models, as well a virtual reality (VR) experience and walk-through exhibition.
In addition, the dinosaur park will offer elevated walkways, guided tours, a dinosaur dig and interactive displays. It will be an environmentally friendly attraction.
“I am very pleased to share our plans for this exciting new dinosaur park attraction in Southport,” said Southport Pleasureland CEO Norman Wallis (via Liverpool Echo) .
“The Covid-19 pandemic has hampered our progress for the past two years, but now we are really looking forward to moving this project forward.”
Wallis said the dinosaur park will combine “fun and entertainment with education”. He said it will “bring in visitors to Southport all year round and expand the demographic of visitors to the town”.
“We want to help to ensure that Southport doesn’t go extinct like the dinosaurs did,” Wallis added.
New environmentally friendly dinosaur attraction
The new dinosaur park will “provide a substantial boost to Sefton’s tourism sector and the local economy”, he said. It will have a positive impact on “local hotels, guest houses, restaurants and shops”.
The project will be sustainable, with Southport Pleasureland “working to sustainability best practice targets in the development of all future development aspects of our wider attractions mix”.
“We all need to work together and it’s good to remind ourselves of Sefton’s promise of ‘bold climate action and commitment to protect communities’ as we work together to regenerate our town and the wider city region,” Wallis said.
Elsewhere, Ireland’s Tayto Park has opened a new dinosaur-themed roller coaster called Dino Dash. The ride is part of a €30m investment over the next two years.
greenloop, blooloop’s conference on sustainability in visitor attractions, is taking place on 19-20 April.
blooloop is supporting Earth Day’s tree planting Canopy Project by donating £1 for each ticket sold, and will also give at least 5 percent of greenloop ticketing revenue to Project Seagrass.
Images: Southport Pleasureland
