Blog | Oakwood Theme Park - Part 54

First week of opening

2 April, 2010

Distinct lack of blogging of late – sorry guys been manic with the reopening of the park. LOADS of stuff has been happening at Oakwood – here’s a brief round up for you … KO the police dog came for a visit with his handler Sharon Gibby! The dog section use Oakwood for training during […]

The Tower of Doom (Part 2)

17 February, 2010

Ok – Bounce climb completed, cables replaced and painting has commenced. Rob Prickett, one of our ride engineers, bravely took on the task of ‘spring cleaning’ Bounce! At Oakwood everything is bigger and better and spring cleaning is no different – our type of spring cleaning involves half a mile of scaffolding, harnesses, hard hats […]

The Tower of Doom …

4 February, 2010

… well that’s what the Bounce currently is to me as I prepare to climb the scaffolding to the top of it. We’ve been planning to head up for a number of days but the wind, snow and rain over the last week have made it somewhat treacherous – this doesn’t help one iota when […]

Want to join the team at Wales' No 1 theme park?

13 January, 2010

Recruitment for both part time and full time seasonal positions will start shortly so if you’re interested get in touch. Send your CV with a covering letter to [email protected] telling us why you’d like to help us make sure our visitors have a fantastic day. Alternatively, you can post your CV and letter to us […]

Oakwood = FUN, Snow = FUN

13 January, 2010

Given that Oakwood is all about having fun, it’s unsurprising to see the staff making sure they enjoy the snow! Apparently a sledge from The Waterfall ride makes an excellent snow sledge. Well … after working hard outside in freezing conditions they need to find some way to warm up!!!!! Ummm – you appear to […]