Meet Gem106's Sammy the Hamster at Twinlakes on 8th August 2012

Meet Sammy at Twinlakes!

You can meet Gem 106’s amazing dancing hamster, Sammy at TwinlakesTheme Parkthis summer. It’s likely you’ve already spotted Gem 106’s furry friend showcasing his dance moves on the TV, but now you can see Sammy LIVE right here at TwinlakesTheme Parkon Wednesday 8^th August.

Sammy’s first public appearance is not to be missed, so make sure you head down to Twinlakes for what promises to be a fun filled day with Gem 106.

Appearance times:

11am
12noon
1pm
2pm
3pm

Lights. Camera. Erm...hamster.

www.gem106.com

New Xtreme Fright Nights Video

Watch if you dare...

Waybuloo is coming to Twinlakes 1st August!!

Meet Yojojo & De Li at Twinlakes Park only on 1st August 2012!

See Yojojo & De Li:

11am
12noon
2:10pm
3:20pm
4:30pm

Location of Yojojo & DeLi is subject to change please check the Events Board for up to date information.

All rides and attractions open as normal.

Twinlakes Park reserves the right to cancel or cut short any character appearance without prior notice.

Please note – this is a free event included in the admission charge to Twinlakes Family Theme Park.   

http://www.twinlakespark.co.uk/index.php/upcoming-events/waybuloo-yojojo-de-li/

More baby Meerkat sightings!!

The baby meerkats really are enjoying this lovely warm weather!!

Baby Meerkats come out to play in the sun.

Our baby meerkats are getting more and more confident since starting appear from their nest.

Today the little fellas have been spotted soaking up the lovely sunshine with their fellow meerkat mates.

Fun in the sun at the Susanoo Splash Play

There is a massive splash landing at Twinlakes Park this summer with the recent unveiling of the brand spanking new, 22-foot drop, Dragonfall Log Flume and Susanoo Splash Play!!!  These fantastic new attractions turned the taps on for the first time last summer with the aid of Sam and Amy, breakfast presenters on Gem106 FM.  Since then it’s been a splashing success with a 100% of soakings a day!!  So bring your swimsuits and join the splash in this year’s summer’s heat. 


Over ½ an Acre of Wet and Wild Fun, the ultimate Splash play….. is a great day out for family and friends. Unique Lagoons and Waterfalls to amuse big kids and little ones.


Twinlakes Au Guang Dragon Zone features the UK’s most exciting water flumes and the biggest Splash play in the UK with incredible waterslides for the Ultimate thrill–seekers.
Brave the sheer vertical drop. Or dare you plunge into darkness on the typhoon tunnel. Hold on to your pants! as you shoot the UK.s best and biggest water slides.

So grab your towel and get down to Twinlakes TODAY!

Twinlakes wet ‘n’ wild experience, with water thrills and fun for everyone. 
Bringing the Beach to the Midlands

A extra special fly over!!!

Staff and visitors at Twinlakes Family Theme Park, Melton Mowbray got an extra special treat yesterday as the red arrows circled the park followed by an array of red, white and blue smoke. 

We are yet to discover the purpose of their fly over but guess they must have been visiting a show nearby.

Sheep Shearing sucess at Twinlakes Park

Our Sheep on Red Rooster Farm at Twinlakes Family Theme Park got a new haircut yesterday ready for the summer.

With the help of local shearer Mike Hewson, the visitors enjoyed a full demonstration.

First sighting of the NEW baby meerkat

There has been a little bundle of joy appeared in the Meerkat enclosure this morning.

Farm Rangers were shocked and delighted to see the first sighting of a baby meerkat.

Isn't it cute!!

Office Manage mucks in down on Red Rooster Farm

Twinlakes Office Manager Emma Sudron took a break from her day-to-day office duties this week to help out on Red Rooster Farm.  After ditching the heels and rolling up her sleeve Emma wow's the crown at Wart Hog Nationals Pig Racing Championships.

Pig Racing Video

Do not miss out on this entertaining activity and head on down to Red Rooster Farm to check out the excitement for yourself!!

Fantastic offer - Family Theme Park Breaks

Stay Play Explore Theme Park Family Short Break for just £159

A family of four can enjoy the ultimate Theme Parks short break with a family ticket to Drayton Manor Park plus one other: Twinlakes Park or Wheelgate. Relax in a top 4 star family friendly hotel, with breakfast for an amazing £159.

• Drayton Manor Park - one of the UK’s most popular theme parks, featuring the best thrill rides, Thomas Land and an open-plan zoo

• Twinlakes Park - 100 acres of attractions including the UK's largest indoor venture centres, exclusive 'Wet and Wild' water-splash play park and interactive zoo-farm

• Wheelgate - The ultimate all-weather adventure on the edge of Sherwood forest,  packed with family rides and indoor pursuits, indoor zoo-farm, reptile experiences and falconry shows

Choose from two 4 star hotels: Sketchley Grange Hotel or Hilton East Midlands.

Simply present one of your vouchers at any of the attractions for entry.  See below the terms and conditions for opening times and days.    

To book this fantastic short break, simply click on your chosen hotel below, alternatively call our booking specialists now on 0844 888 5181 to enquire or make a reservation over the phone. Special rates available for additional nights. See individual hotels for details.

http://www.goleicestershire.com/short-breaks/SPE_theme_parks.aspx

Exciting news at Twinlakes Park

There has been some exciting news this week at Twinlakes Family Theme Park, Melton Mowbray.

We a pleased to announce the new voice over on our radio commercial...

School is out for the summer!!!

The end of year 2011/12 is coming to an end which means one thing, the summer holiday season begins.

So next question is, how to keep the kids entertained?

Easy.

Head on over to Twinlakes Family Theme Park, Melton Mowbray for an action packed family fun day out guaranteed. 

There is a massive splash landing at Twinlakes Park this summer with the recent unveiling of the brand spanking new, 22 foot drop, Dragonfall Log Flume and Susansoo Splash Play!!!  These fantastic new attractions turned the taps on for the first time last Summer with the aid of Sam and Amy, breakfast presenters on Gem106 FM.  Since then it’s been a splashing success with a 100% of soakings a day!!  So bring your swim suits and join the splash in this years summer’s heat. 

Twinlakes offers the very best in family entertainment jam-packed with a breath-taking variety of family Rides and Attractions, set in 70 acres of glorious countryside, where you’ll find unlimited action and play zones, a massive 125,000sqft indoors plus rides and attractions galore. Twinlakes is the ultimate family theme park experience.

Plus ‘TV Character days’, just the job to entertain the whole family. Memories are made and dreams come true as your kids get to meet their favourite TV Characters! Whatever the weather you’ll have the best day out ever. Expect a full day of play. Enjoy fascinating flying displays in the Falconry Centre, hundreds of wonderful friendly animals, ferret racing and cute baby animals in Red Rooster Farm, or find Giant Tortoises and Scary snakes in the Creepy Critters experience.

All Aboard Twinlakes family Train chug around the park then giddy up over to Excalibur and check out ‘Joust-a-Bout’, just the job for all those ‘Sir Lancelot’ wanabees and damsels in distress.…. swing on over to Red Rooster Farm and join the Monkey Mayhem with the cutest smallest Monkeys you could possibly imagine! Sail away on the Lazy River Ride experience..…hop on board ‘Davy Jones Barrel Run’ the new 350ft indoor water ride where you can swirl, twirl, splosh and splash your ship mates. And there’s more New rides for Toddlers!

Thrill Seekers ride the awesome white knuckle Gladiators Galleon with its unbelievable G Force swing?  Families can expect a rattling good laugh on the Buffalo Stampede family rollercoaster with 400 metres of pulse pounding magic. DARE YOU ENTER ‘Dungeon Quest’ haunted maze.

The soaring flying sensations of the Icarus Sky Flyers and the speeding rocking Mercury Minicoaster are some of Twinlakes favourite’s.  Expect laughter and thrills on the Spinning Spiders, Dune Buggies and Shark Bite Rides.  While the big thrill Trauma Tower is an indoor scream machine. Bump, pedal and row boats on lakes, pump iron on daring obstacles of the Texan Assault Course, shoot down multi slides, fly down zip slides and pedal like crazy on Indy Karts. There’s Big Zones for small kids with interactive soft play centres, absorbing Wild West city, challenging attractions and a host of activities to give maximum fun. Indoors the biggest and best in the UK, with 30,000 sq ft Labyrinth has awesome challenges and rides with four floors of super high slides, daring tower climbs and multi swings.  Enjoy bouncing in Buccaneers Island and blasting balls at buddies in the Master Blaster. Indoor Ice-Skating is a family favourite on our Eco friendly skating rink!

Check out our website for more details and fantastic discounts!!!

For tons of fun, treat the kids to the best family day out. Unbeatable family value with action, animals and acres of beauty there’s all weather fun at Twinlakes. Kids just keep coming back for more………….

Ark of Animals

Twinlakes’ Red Rooster Zoo Farm seems to be very busy lately…what with the arrival of baby meerkats, the porcupines settling in and now we have some MORE new arrivals!

Here in Melton Mowbray we have had our fair share of wet and wild weather lately and this week it will be bringing an Ark of Animals to join the fun and excitement at Red Rooster Zoo Farm.

Expect to see an array of exciting creatures including Raccoons, Sugar Gliders, Skunks and Meerkats very soon!!

Twinlakes Park is only:
5 minutes away from Melton Mowbray
40 minutes away from Leicester and Nottingham
20 minutes away from Oakham
30 minutes away from Stamford
1hr away from Peterborough, Coventry, Derby
1hr 15 minutes away from Birmingham, Sheffield

Farm Findings

This morning down in the Meerkat pen there has been lots of excitement. Staff members believe that one of our Meerkats has had some baby meerkats! We are currently unsure how many due to the mother keeping them tucked away safely underground but we will keep our eyes peeled!

More updates and picture to follow!

Twinlakes Park is only:
5 minutes away from Melton Mowbray
40 minutes away from Leicester and Nottingham
20 minutes away from Oakham
30 minutes away from Stamford
1hr away from Peterborough, Coventry, Derby
1hr 15 minutes away from Birmingham, Sheffield

Sun's Out for Susanoo Splash Play!

Susanoo Splash Play has been the centre of excitment today, as we are finally enjoying some sunny, summer weather!

For a wonderful hot, holiday atmosphere, come and join us for some fun in the sun!!

Jemima's New Playhouse!

With only 9 more days to go, mother-to-be Jemima at our sister park, Wheelgate, Mansfield, is finally comfortable and settled in to her new playhouse home!

After being waterlogged and rescued from the torrential rainfall, staff at Goat Gruff farm have provided Jemima with a toddlers playhouse, providing enough shelter to keep the little family out of  the rain!

Waterlogged Jemima!

Jemima, our mother-to-be duck at our sister park, Wheelgate in Mansfield, decided to start her family in a large planter in the middle of Goat Gruff farm and has been getting a lot of attention from both visitors and staff!

Unfortunately, with the endless heavy showers, her new home is fast becoming waterlogged and she is struggling to keep her eggs warm and dry…

After sitting on 11 eggs for the last three weeks, with only 10 days to go until they are due to hatch, Simon came to the rescue with some much appreciated temporary shelter, an umbrella!

Click the following link to preview a short clip of Jemima and her soon to be brood! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OowI9XqJ0H0

To ensure that Jemima and her family remain comfortable throughout the torrential rainfall, staff at Goat Gruff farm have decided to come to the rescue with a toddlers playhouse, providing enough shelter to keep the little family out of the rain!

Keep posted for some exciting pictures of Jemima’s new playhouse, coming soon

Red Rooster Zoo Farm’s New Arrivals Settle In

The most recent additions to the Red Rooster Zoo Farm seem to be settling in to their new home.

Staff at the farm created a new enclosure for our Porcupines, which they certainly seemed relaxed in! After a long week of showers they seem to be enjoying basking in the warmer weather, especially after a long day entertaining our visitors!

Here at Twinlakes we love having new breeds of animals to add to the large variety we already home.

5 minutes away from Melton Mowbray
40 minutes away from Leicester and Nottingham
20 minutes away from Oakham
30 minutes away from Stamford
1hr away from Peterborough, Coventry, Derby
1hr 15 minutes away from Birmingham, Sheffield

Group Experience Terrifying Treat!

At this time of year Twinlakes provides all action, all weather fun to lots of different groups who are looking for some light relief towards the end of the school term!

Today, a group from Huntingdon took up the opportunity to get an added extra experience!

The doors of one of our Halloween attractions ‘The Farmhouse of Fear’ opened to this unexpecting group of youngsters to give them a taster of the future Twinlakes Halloween activities.

Did they brave the corridors of darkness or were they spooked by the story of the Scarecrows??

‘It was dark, bit scary. You didn’t know what was coming…’

‘It was exciting to go through…thought it would never end’

‘Quite exciting…thought something would pop out at any minute’

‘Was really scary…banging noises and skeletons…amazing sound effects’

Dare you join us for some Halloween Horrors??

Halloween events run between 20^th Oct-2^nd Nov.

For more information on the Xtreme Fright Nights please visit:

www.xtremefrightnights.com

For more information on Twinlakes Family Scream Park please visit:

www.twinlakespark.co.uk

Wheelgate's Runaway Piglet Al on his tenth day...

10 days on and poor little Al is still at Wheelgate Park, Mansfield, with the hopes of finding his mother fading. Luckily, staff at Wheelgate park are making him feel right at home…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6UQps3BxxE&feature=plcp 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDOFvz0-_44&feature=plcp

Wheelgate Park is only:
5 minutes away from Mansfield
40 minutes away from Melton Mowbray
20 minutes away from Nottingham, Newark
1hr away from Peterborough, Sheffield, Derby, Lincoln

Spiky Visitors!

Being located on the outskirts of a country town we often get to spot some amazing wildlife and today was no exception! Rangers this morning found some unusual visitors whilst checking the park.

 Down in Action USA our staff spotted a family of hedgehogs by the Buffalo Stampede ride exploring the grass range.

  

Mummy Hedgehog scurried off on her way but we were quick enough to get a snapshot of these two cuties!

It's the 1st July!!! Hello summer

Finally July 1^st has arrived…we can look forward to an action packed summer! The Sun is peeking through and the warmth is starting to rise!

As we head into summer amongst an event filled month, The Euros are coming to an end with tonight’s final Spain vs Italy.

Down at Red Rooster Zoo Farm we have the Animal Farm staff set to see whether the animals are up to a challenge…Who Will Win??

It looks like the meerkat has taken it…will this predict a win for Italy?  Watch this space!

Twinlakes Park is only:
5 minutes away from Melton Mowbray
40 minutes away from Leicester and Nottingham
20 minutes away from Oakham
30 minutes away from Stamford
1hr away from Peterborough, Coventry, Derby
1hr 15 minutes away from Birmingham, Sheffield

The tail of a young piggy called Al.

I am sure by now you are all well aware of our new little piggy arrival at Gruff Goat Farm, Wheelgate Family Theme Park, Nottingham but here is a little reminder…

One cold day last week one week old runaway piglet took refuge in a Alpaca Pen at Wheelgate Park.  After ringing around local farms and parks farm staff could still not locate little Al’s mum so we enlisted the help of the local media and press in a worldwide campaign to get him home.

After Al’s busy week of stardom he has finally got some peace and quiet and been able to settle into his new home at Wheelgate’s Gruff Goat Farm.  Staff are very pleased with his progress.  Day by day Al gets stronger and livelier and has now started skipping merrily around his new barn.

Having a storm at Twinlakes!!!

Wow!!! What crazy weather we had yesterday.  We had hail the size of golf balls landing in the park at Twinlakes one point.

Several of staff members were gutting to find there car’s damaged afterwards.  From dents to smashed windscreens we had it all!!!

Following this aftermath the park staff have been very busy today with clearing and repairing all the damage ready for the weekend but you will be glad to know all rides and attractions are still fully operational.

Splashtastic Summer

Susanoo Splash Play

Over ½ an Acre of Wet and Wild Fun, the ultimate Splash play…..is a great day out for family and friends. Unique Lagoons and Waterfalls to amuse big kids and little ones Twinlakes Au Guang Dragon Zone features the UK’s most exciting waterflumes and the biggest Splash play in the UK with incredible waterslides for the Ultimate thrill–seekers.

Brave the sheer vertical drop. Or dare you plunge into darkness on the typhoon tunnel. Hold on to your pants! as you shoot the UK.s best and biggest water slides.

So grab your towel and get down to Twinlakes TODAY!


Twinlakes wet ‘n wild experience, with water thrills and fun for everyone. 

Bringing the Beach to the Midlands

Runaway Al updater: feeling glum

Little fugitive piggy Al has had a very busy and hectic week this week with the trauma of losing his mummy and ending up in the alpaca pen at Wheelgate Family Theme Park to the masses of press and media attention is a desperate plea to return the little fella home.

He has been one popular little piggy.

But still the search continues and still no sign of mummy.

On a positive note staff at Wheelgate Park are happy with the little chappies health and he is feeding well off the bottle.  He seems to be settling into his new home very quickly and is very popular amongst staff and visitors.

ITV Central News Footage of the runaway piggy

ITV Central News footage of the runaway piggy!!

Join the campaign to help find the runaway pig Al's mum.

Al’s shot in the limelight in hope of finding his mummy!!

A little update on our famous little pig at Wheelgate:

Little runaway piggy Al has been getting lots of help and attention this week from the press and local media in a desperate attempt to reunite him with his mummy!!

But still the search goes on for the little piggy found last Friday in the alpaca pen at Wheelgate Family Theme Park, Nottingham.

http://news.sky.com/home/article/16253129

http://www.itv.com/news/central/2012-06-24/mystery-of-the-piglet-baffles-park-staff/

The tail of the runaway piggy!!!

Our sister park Wheelgate Family Theme Park, nottingham has been kept on its toes this week with tonnes of excitement following the discovery of a runaway piglet in their alpaca pen!!

The one week old piglet recently known by the name of Al, was a surprising discovery for farm staff at gruff goat farm whilst they were feeding the alpacas on Friday afternoon. Wheelgate do not have any pigs on their family so everyone was a little baffled to say the least.

Only being approximately a week old staffs prime aril instincts where to return the little runaway to its mother. The search begins...

After ring around the local farms and parks within the area with no success the Wheelgate team have decided to take the search more global with Facebook, tv and radio campaigns.

Hopefully little Al will find his mummy!!

In the mean time little Al is being vey well looked after by catering manager Jay Bloomfield who takes the little tyke home for late night bottle feeds.

So the story continues ...

Twinlakes Family Theme Park is on blogger!!!

Its a new venture today at Twinlakes as we sign up and started blogging!!!  How exciting.  Watch this space!!!  Lots of fun, games and latest news to come.
http://www.twinlakespark.co.uk/