{"id":23340,"date":"2015-02-18T23:06:21","date_gmt":"2015-02-18T23:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chopsybaby.com\/magazine\/?p=23340"},"modified":"2018-07-02T13:54:29","modified_gmt":"2018-07-02T12:54:29","slug":"thomas-land-at-drayton-manor-theme-park-set-for-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chopsybaby.com\/magazine\/thomas-land-at-drayton-manor-theme-park-set-for-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Land at Drayton Manor Theme Park set for expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chopsybaby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Captains-Sea-Adventure-RESIZED.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23341\" src=\"http:\/\/chopsybaby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Captains-Sea-Adventure-RESIZED.jpg\" alt=\"Captain's Sea Adventure - RESIZED\" width=\"500\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chopsybaby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Captains-Sea-Adventure-RESIZED.jpg 500w, https:\/\/chopsybaby.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Captains-Sea-Adventure-RESIZED-300x181.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Land at Drayton Manor Theme Park, was a complete hit when Chopsy Baby made a visit a few years ago.<\/p>\n<p>So it&#8217;s great to hear that a \u00a32.5 million project will see the park increase its size by 40 per cent and include brand new rides in time for Easter.<\/p>\n<p>A new Sodor Airport terminal as well as new rides Flynn\u2019s Fire Rescue, Captain\u2019s Sea Adventure and Toby\u2019s Tram Express will delight youngsters at the\u00a0magical venue.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Thomas Land at Drayton Manor Theme Park, was a complete hit when Chopsy Baby made a visit a few<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bristol-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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