OAKWOOD Theme Park
Pembrokeshire, UK
Aspro Group
 Park News - (2/9/2025) According to posts on social media, cranes are on site at Oakwood where it appears that crews are carefully taking down the park’s “Drenched” ride, an Intamin Mega Splash flume. If the name isn’t ringing a bell, you may remember that this ride was called HYDRO when it first opened in 2002, but the name was changed in 2009 after the park was fined the year before following a several-years long investigation into the death of a rider in 2004.
Intamin’s Mega Splash concept did not go over well, as the first version of the ride system that opened at Knott’s Berry Farm in California as Perilous Plunge in 2000 also was involved in an incident that resulted in a death of a rider about a year after it opened and eventually that version was shut down and removed from Knott’s in 2012.
So far the park has not responded to any posts on social media asking about the status of Drenched, but it does not appear to be listed on the website page that shows off the park’s other “thrill rides” at this time.
(7/12/2024) An incident was reported as having taken place on the “Bounce” drop tower ride at Oakwood this week. According to the report the drop tower ride experienced a ‘scheduled emergency stop’ in mid-ride and quickly brought a loaded ride cart back down quickly after only climbing half-way up the tower.
Currently the ride is closed and undergoing an investigation.
2025 - Nothing is known at this time...nothing added in 2024
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