everything went downhill from the tsunami accident to the pandemic. after the tornado accident, they had to pay millions of pounds out which left them next to nothing and left them with nothing for the pandemic which deemed the park "abandoned" before another member of the family had bought it over. the plan with the family member is that they'd keep it until the original owners got some money back, rebought the park, and got it up and running again, which never happened. the member of the family scrapped all coasters, and they got replaced with flat rides, which basically make up the park now. I can remember from when i was a young child (i was born in 2011, so not so long ago) that there was a big wheel, a log flume, high diving pirates, rollercoasters etc. and there was so much to do, but ever since it was bought over then it has gone downhill. when i went for my 8th birthday in 2019, i went on the new attraction "mad mouse," which was your standard spinning wild mouse coaster for children. safe to say this is probably lying in a field somewhere, too, along with the rest of the coasters that were scrapped and found in fields, just lying there. It's the owners fault. If they never scrapped the coasters, then this wouldn't have happened. the last 2 times i was there (december 2022 and december 2023), there was an SBNO (standing but not operating) ride at the way back of the park and im pretty sure that it wasnt even in the park's land area. it looked like some sort of drop tower or a view tower. it was definitely some sort of tower, but im not too sure if it's there now. it disappoints me as a scottish theme park/coaster enthusiast that they call this "scotlands theme park," its not ours, its theirs. they wouldn't listen to us, and this is what they received. its embarrassing at this point.
Brilliant Comment Mate 🤔 & Thanks so much for taking the time to type it out for all is to read the History and your own personal thoughts on this, I did some research for video but nowhere near as much info as you have just commented 🤗 Yeah it’s a shame we don’t have a Theme Park up here that we can compete with the many South of the Border that we can be proud to call our own & your 💯 correct mate it’s not Scotland Theme park & it’s embarrassing seeing they signs on the Motorway saying it is, feel sorry for any Theme Park enthusiasts that travel any longer than 30 mins to go here as it’s a waste of Fuel & Time the drive will be Better fun than any ride here. I also was outside the Theme Park @ Aberdeen & that’s even worse it’s basically a big amusement arcade with a few little rides outside it, was that bad wasn’t worth me going there early in the morning before park opened to fly over, glad I decided to go catch a McDonalds Breakfast instead as would of been annoyed if I missed their breakfasts to fly over it. Will pin your comment young man so it’s @ top so all viewers that read comments get to read yours 1st as loads of good info 😃👍🏻🏴
Scotland needs a serious investor or group of investors to build a proper theme park. I think, given our tourist industry, Scotland could sustain a theme park from a business perspective. And I mean hundreds of millions invested in proper rides and supporting amenities.
Yeah its definitely needing a good theme park instead of us all having to travel down south or further a field to go to one, would love the day some investors did do this mate but i hope im wrong but cant see it happening within next 10-20 years 🥺👍🏻🏴
Scotland's Themepark? Nah that is an embarrassing shit show. I live near there, and as you correctly said, when it opened, M&D's claimed it would be "bigger than Blackpool Pleasure beach" As you can see that never happened. That rollercoaster looks like the one that sat down in the corner and wasn't used for years. If it is that one, it's ancient as that was there when the rides used to be in the carpark over the road in the 90s, I mind seeing that coaster there as early as 1990/91😱😱..so many people were getting injured with that rollercoaster, whiplash and back injuries that's why they stopped using it. But it looks like they have brought it out of retirement when they really should've scrapped the damn thing! 🤬 They buy out of date rides from parks who sell them off when they upgrade, so M&Ds get all their cast off shite. The travelling shows are better than that pile of pish 🤣🤣
Yeah its a poor excuse and think they should change all the road signs and stop calling it “Scotlands Theme Park” as its embarrassing to us all anyone who travels here reads that, i was there up until 10 mins before the door opened yesterday and they also had a free Comic Con on the weekend and the place was empty, i remember when it 1st opened it was never anywhere near Blackpool pleasure beach but it was ok for a day out, defo isnt now 😢👍🏻🏴
That’s exactly what I was thinking, at face value looks quite run down. Sadly though it’s a vicious cycle. No visitors no money, no money can’t update/upkeep, can’t update looks tired people won’t visit…
Yeah we needing a totally new theme park built elsewhere, i see the company that own Flamingoland want to build a new park @ Loch Lomond but there an online petition against it, theres a meeting regarding if will get the go ahead next month 😃👍🏻🏴
Great video again 👍 it's a poor show M&Ds....my daughter was there back in 2009 and went on one of the coasters.. when they came off, the very next time it went, it broke doon half way round and everyone had to be rescued... lucky escape 😀...was there no another roller coaster came off the track round about 2015-16ish and a load of people were hurt?.... thanks for sharing again 👍🙂🏴
Just watch a couple of your videos mate Brilliant coverage of Celtic Park & Ibrox 😃. Yeah i remember that being the news the cart came off and landed next to a young kids ride, luckily the ride was not in use at time or would hate to think what might of happened, its embarrassing that its called Scotlands Theme Park, wish we would get a great theme park up here so dont have to travel as far to find a decent one 😢👍🏻🏴
@chrissmortontv7012 yeah Loudon Castle was a lot better than here another reason why this place shouldn’t be sign posted in the Motorway as “Scotland Theme Park” as it was definitely not as good as Loudon Castle 😮👍🏻🏴
Awww just typical of the wasps to stop people in an area thats Fun Lol, yeah being honest the pirate ship was not bad as long as it was before eating 😃👍🏻🏴
State eh that it's a fukn brass neck. We get nothing in Scotland it's shocking. If someone put the cash in to build us a proper theme park they'd make a fortune there's no competition.
So true mate, absolutely nothing up here and if we want to go to a decent them park have to go to the various ones down south or further afield. Scotland always praised as a Great tourist destination so we should have a half decent Theme park & not this ☹️👍🏻🏴
Yeah had many people saying the “kids are bored after 1 hour & want to go home” we need a right good decent Theme park instead of having to travel down south or further afield just to go on a Rollercoaster 😃👍🏻🏴
I was there back in 2011 and it was great. I have some cool videos riding the big roller coaster that it isnt there anymore. The place used to be packed even in the winter. Such a shame
Yeah was a good day out with log flume & 2 rollercoasters mind you that tornado with the loops knocked the hell out you & gave you whip lash but hey it was our Scottish rollercoasters so we kept going back on 🤕. Thanks for commenting 😃👍🏻🏴
Can you imagine how upset your wiens would be if they were stuck in the car or on a bus for hours to arrive at this sad excuse for a day out It was pretty good a few years ago but now its just an embarrassment
Totally agree mate, yeah id be raging if my parents wasted a good few hours drive when i was a kid to go to that poor excuse for a theme park, the only ride they had left that was ok was the Log Flume and they have sold that off, needs a new buyer who willing to invest otherwise no one is going to visit the place 😥👍🏻🏴
Its Shite....Blows my mind why some Multi Millionaire doesn't buy this,and more land around it and create a Blackpool type theme park for Scotland......
Yeah I know mate or even buy a plot of land in middle of nowhere & build a new one from scratch, if they spend money on good decent rides then they defo have a demand for customers 🙃. I see the owners of Flamingoland are wanting to build a Theme Park Holiday Resort @ Loch Lomond but there is already an online petition with more than 150k opposing it 😔👍🏻🏴
Exactly mate, they could build one anywhere as long as it has good rides the customers will come, so annoying have to go South of the Border or further afield is frustrating 🥲👍🏻🏴
Yeah i actually forgot all about the Tsunami incident thats why didn’t mention it as when check up in google it wasnt one of the main articles, just wish Scotland had a Butlins or something similar that day visitors also go 🤔 Great Comment mate 😃👍🏻🏴
Thanks Mate 🤗yeah be absolutely amazing if Scotland ever got a theme park anywhere near Alton Towers standard after all we do get alot of tourists, suppose can keep dreaming 😴😃👍🏻🏴
I remember M&Ds being decent as a kid on school trips 🤔 looking at it now, it's definitely went downhill. There doesn't seem to be any proper rides except from that run away train thing. No wonder we all go to Alton Towers and Thorpe Park now 😂 M&Ds needs closed and rebuilt with good investment! Side note, don't suppose you would be able to get drone views of Loudoun Castle? :') used to love going there as a kid too! It's a shame that one shut down
Last i heard the land was getting used by a business and all the rides have been taken away, i did go once before i started channel to fly drone over but couldn’t find a suitable take off point but since then i got a better drone so will try confirm if all the rides are away or not next time im in the area 😃👍🏻🏴
Great video, That was so sad to watch it looks horrible I can imagine how disappointed families have been once they got inside after paying the entry fee. Scotlands Theme Park what a Joke
Yeah i can imagine alot of parents have told their kids days before going & the kids as should do be all excited about going cant sleep the night before and when they get there want to go back home as would rather be out playing with their mates 😔 feel sorry for anyone who traveled a good distance to get here 😩👍🏻🏴
@Maxxie1945 everyone entitled to their opinion on here 🤗 they dont have any type of rides i particular like but they will suit others like yourself 😃👍🏻🏴
I thought it had actually closed down for good? We had more fun in Amazonia than the theme park itself. My youngest son enjoyed chasing the wee lights on the floor inside than on any ride!
Great comment mate, yeah good other attractions here but the rides as you say your Son had more fun chasing a light on the floor 🤣 really hope Scotland Does get some sort of decent Theme park Soon 😃👍🏻🏴
Good Comment mate 🤗 Yeah if not going to invest in the rides then should just close that section & carry on with their other attractions & remove all “Scotlands Theme Park” as its embarrassing 😮👍🏻🏴
No as 💩 as the Charlie and the chocolate factory experience but getting that way Really sad the big car park at the back would be packed with busses years ago place would be jumping they used to have good events but that was before the bankruptcy it needs revamped or shut
Yeah totally needs to either close or money invested back into the park as its shocking how bad they have let it go, didnt see any buses there at all yesterday and if did would of felt sorry for them as must of been so disappointed when people who travel arrive 😯👍🏻🏴
Good Comment mate 😃yeah we desperately need a decent theme park like Alton Towers instead of always having to travel south of the border or further afield for one, we can always dream they will build one in Scotland, dont care where just anywhere 😃👍🏻🏴
I remember back in the 80's when this place was a cruising hot-spot for gentlemen of a certain persuasion. BTW, I was a child at the time, so nobody make any assumptions about me lol
Scotland needs its own thorpe park, alton towers ffs, bet we could come up with some cracking coaster names lol haggis muncher, irn bru revolution lol juet feek like Scotland need it's own Broken M&Ds look at it 😮
Yeah i thought id give place the benefit of the doubt by going back now its reopened since a few viewers said last time alot of the rises had been put away for the winter, it actually looked even more pathetic yesterday at least last video had circus tent there 🤪👍🏻🏴
💯 agree with you mate & now they have taken the rollercoasters away i would say some travelling Fairgrounds are better, when it 1st open they claimed it was going to match Blackpool Pleasure Beach 🤣🙈👍🏻🏴
@edwarddowds1014 yeah fact i remember them claiming when it 1st opened that they were going to match Blackpool pleasure beach also showing my age as well 🙈no good this getting old crap lol 😃👍🏻🏴
SCOTLAND FOREVER! But seriously, i went to Strathclyde park on a school trip type of thing for five days. We could see M&D’s and it looked abandoned. The paint was worn off,and the dark gloomy atmosphere only made it worse. All in all, M&D’s sucks, Scotland rules.
Had a few viewers say they took their family here for a day out and kids were bored wanting to leave within the hour which was my same thought process when i last went here for the rides, you must of been super bored coming for 5 days, great comment mate 😃👍🏻🏴
M&Ds has never been the same since . the bad Ascendant . Imagine you can down from way up North . you would be want your petrol money back. can you mind it used to be across the road years ago in the 80s or there about
I couldnt remember that but a few others have also said that, think they need to knock it down and restart and this time spend some decent money on rides and not just old rejections from other parks if they claim to be Scotlands Theme Park then they should have decent Rides, if be raging mate if drove any distance to see this place, the car journey be most exciting ride youd experience 😜👍🏻🏴
@@Droneauditsscotland the indoor area is good, but the outdoor is pitoful, it doesn't even have a theme. we really need a real theme park company to take over, then it would be a real family fun day out, not hour out.thunk its about time M&Ds sold their shares and Motherwell council worked in co-operartion with a company that would keep the themed golf, without upcharging.
@c.c.8841 Thanks for the Info mate 🤗yeah i remember the inside bit being really good. The owners of Flamingoland are wanting to build a new theme park @ Loch Lomond which has already got over 10,000 online signatures against it, theres a meeting later this month to see if they get go ahead i just hope they build it anywhere & off course in a area i can fly over & update everyone as its getting built lol 😃👍🏻🏴
Yeah i can imagine they were as there is not much to do, going to a theme park should be a great day out but this place just doesn’t qualify, unfortunately all us Scots need to travel down south to 1 of the many Theme parks down there as we have nothing up here and the fact this place is signposted on the Motorway as “Scotland Theme Park” tell it all 😔👍🏻🏴
The two brothers that own this decrepit and dangerous park are utterly disgraceful. They have the cheek to charge for this. It is nothing more than a traveller site now. A private investment fund have secured a site for a modern, state of thr art theme park in west Central Scotland. M&D's will be a housing complex.
Yeah it needs just to close, even the traveling fairgrounds have more white knuckle rides than here now, i wish they would take “Scotlands Theme Park” down as its embarrassing 😩👍🏻🏴
FFS Man this park has bn in decline for at least 30 years , last time I was there was about 20 years ago & it was sh#t then. Blackpool was always the better option when I was younger but its probably not the same either( ah there's a video if u haven't already) 😊 This looks like something out of that Fallout series😳 I'd be scared looking for a keyring in there at night 😂
Yeah the park is well past it time and if they dont invest it will close down as no way they can attract customers with what is left at the park, yeah was never even close to what Blackpool even when at its best it was not a patch on any of the major Theme parks, Loudon castle had more. I have Fall out on watch list i hope its more exciting than i was when at this place lol , Good comment mate 😃👍🏻🏴
thanks bud. I probably need to start with a cheaper one. I have an Electric Scooter that goes 65km & off road., lots fun . , I have lots of trails & great scenery so was thinking I could put the drone on follow with some audio & hopefully folk might like it. Fallout isn't normally my thing but I did enjoy it. Should be a season 2 . have a good one 😃
You've got to remember this is a company that was in administration. It wasn't bought over by new owners or investors. They can only build on what was left after the administration forced the sale of assets to keep the park alive. Yes, the place is poor, but it is still in a very delicate financial position. They can only slowly build on what they have left.
Yeah i get that mate but there is nothing basically here, kids are board and asking to leave after 1 hour and when dont invest back into the park no wonder the customers stay away, it needs a new owner who can afford to invest in new rides not one that sells off the only half decent rides they have and buys poor 2nd hand ones that another theme park has basically got rid off. They should not be sign posted as Scotland Theme Park as even when was open Loudon Castle was far better so they really should of owned that title. End of the day Scotland is crying out for a New to be proud of Theme park, we are all bored up here with no decent Theme park North of the Border 😩👍🏻🏴
@Droneauditsscotland I don't disagree with you mate. But it's their company at the end of the day. They'll do what they want to do. It's like your neighbours telling you to sell your house because they don't like your garden. What would you tell them?
@stevenw75 yeah get that mate but been referred to as “Scotland Theme Park” you wouldn’t be too amused if came all the way down from Top of Scotland for this 🥺👍🏻🏴
Total embarrassment and most likely not very safe. All the land we have in Scotland and that is best we can do?, also when we do get potential investors i.e. Flamingo land Loch Lomond, we get a hoard of pitchforking activists defending their wee plot of grass, no thought whatsoever for the younger generation.
Yeah they have not reinvested back into the park over the years and when dont the customers wont come😔 The Company who own Flamingo Land want to build a Brand New Theme park @ Loch Lomond but an online petition has hit over 10,000 names trying to block it, theres a meeting later this month regarding if plans will go ahead just hope they manage to come to some sort of an agreement & build it anywhere, we have been deprived of a Decent Theme park ever since the old Butlins @ Ayr 😥👍🏻🏴
Yeah but they could at least invest in some other rides so we can have a good day out, there is absolutely nothing in the White knuckle ride section that be good to go on 😯👍🏻🏴
Place is a shit show shadow of its former self and its former competitor louden castle Yet u get all the snowflakes objecting to a theme park of flamingo land quality at loch lomond as they only care about their house values Tbf weathers an issue for scottish parks but i always ranked louden castle better than mnds but go with the old butlins idea inside section for rides u would see in say irn bru carnival and then have an outside section for coasters and bigger rides Scotlands theme park was and always is louden mnds just has ease a access due to the m74 owners dont gee a toss google will show folk why
Yeah Totally agree with Loudon Castle being better another main reason why this place should not be sign posted “Scotland Theme Park”. Wasn’t aware about the idea of a Loch lomond Flamingo Land Quality theme park was on the cards for there until residents objected but we defo need something like that here as there is actually nothing to do Theme park wise 😯👍🏻🏴
@Droneauditsscotland I think personally for something of louden qaulity or the old butlins from the 90s idea at craigtara easily looking at a 30 - 50 million investment and I'd personally do the butlins route an indoor warehouse like section and outdoor section aswell for some of the bigger roller coaster esque rides bit geographical location is key and probably why mnds still does ok is it's m74 links think personally the m80 with cumbernauld area would be a dominant shout plenty of land and industrial areas were it could work but again money is key and ideally a 30 - 50 million investment would get you something of the 90s butlins era or cadonas in Aberdeen
@Droneauditsscotland it was never going to be theme park at lichlommond but a family holiday village like centre parcs. Same company as Flamingo Land but they have clearly said no roller coasters and theme park attractions.
Ahh i didnt know that, other viewers had commented so when googled it just came up and online petition of more than 10,000 object to it being built didnt know meant no rollercoaster 😩 Thanks for commenting mate & updating us 😃👍🏻🏴
Best part of that place is the 10 pin bowling with restraunts, the park itself is terrible amd costs a small fortune. You get better rides at the gala day 😂
everything went downhill from the tsunami accident to the pandemic. after the tornado accident, they had to pay millions of pounds out which left them next to nothing and left them with nothing for the pandemic which deemed the park "abandoned" before another member of the family had bought it over. the plan with the family member is that they'd keep it until the original owners got some money back, rebought the park, and got it up and running again, which never happened. the member of the family scrapped all coasters, and they got replaced with flat rides, which basically make up the park now. I can remember from when i was a young child (i was born in 2011, so not so long ago) that there was a big wheel, a log flume, high diving pirates, rollercoasters etc. and there was so much to do, but ever since it was bought over then it has gone downhill. when i went for my 8th birthday in 2019, i went on the new attraction "mad mouse," which was your standard spinning wild mouse coaster for children. safe to say this is probably lying in a field somewhere, too, along with the rest of the coasters that were scrapped and found in fields, just lying there. It's the owners fault. If they never scrapped the coasters, then this wouldn't have happened. the last 2 times i was there (december 2022 and december 2023), there was an SBNO (standing but not operating) ride at the way back of the park and im pretty sure that it wasnt even in the park's land area. it looked like some sort of drop tower or a view tower. it was definitely some sort of tower, but im not too sure if it's there now. it disappoints me as a scottish theme park/coaster enthusiast that they call this "scotlands theme park," its not ours, its theirs. they wouldn't listen to us, and this is what they received. its embarrassing at this point.
Brilliant Comment Mate 🤔 & Thanks so much for taking the time to type it out for all is to read the History and your own personal thoughts on this, I did some research for video but nowhere near as much info as you have just commented 🤗
Yeah it’s a shame we don’t have a Theme Park up here that we can compete with the many South of the Border that we can be proud to call our own & your 💯 correct mate it’s not Scotland Theme park & it’s embarrassing seeing they signs on the Motorway saying it is, feel sorry for any Theme Park enthusiasts that travel any longer than 30 mins to go here as it’s a waste of Fuel & Time the drive will be Better fun than any ride here.
I also was outside the Theme Park @ Aberdeen & that’s even worse it’s basically a big amusement arcade with a few little rides outside it, was that bad wasn’t worth me going there early in the morning before park opened to fly over, glad I decided to go catch a McDonalds Breakfast instead as would of been annoyed if I missed their breakfasts to fly over it.
Will pin your comment young man so it’s @ top so all viewers that read comments get to read yours 1st as loads of good info 😃👍🏻🏴
Scotland needs a serious investor or group of investors to build a proper theme park. I think, given our tourist industry, Scotland could sustain a theme park from a business perspective. And I mean hundreds of millions invested in proper rides and supporting amenities.
Yeah its definitely needing a good theme park instead of us all having to travel down south or further a field to go to one, would love the day some investors did do this mate but i hope im wrong but cant see it happening within next 10-20 years 🥺👍🏻🏴
The MERLIN group tried. Proposed a large theme park near Loch lomond and it was rejected.
@@stevenw75 Sadly Merlin are the only ones who could pull this off :(
@@stevenw75 Interesting, never knew that.
I thought it was Flamingo Land and not Merlin, or am I getting mixed up?
Scotland's Themepark? Nah that is an embarrassing shit show.
I live near there, and as you correctly said, when it opened, M&D's claimed it would be "bigger than Blackpool Pleasure beach" As you can see that never happened.
That rollercoaster looks like the one that sat down in the corner and wasn't used for years. If it is that one, it's ancient as that was there when the rides used to be in the carpark over the road in the 90s, I mind seeing that coaster there as early as 1990/91😱😱..so many people were getting injured with that rollercoaster, whiplash and back injuries that's why they stopped using it. But it looks like they have brought it out of retirement when they really should've scrapped the damn thing! 🤬
They buy out of date rides from parks who sell them off when they upgrade, so M&Ds get all their cast off shite. The travelling shows are better than that pile of pish 🤣🤣
Yeah its a poor excuse and think they should change all the road signs and stop calling it “Scotlands Theme Park” as its embarrassing to us all anyone who travels here reads that, i was there up until 10 mins before the door opened yesterday and they also had a free Comic Con on the weekend and the place was empty, i remember when it 1st opened it was never anywhere near Blackpool pleasure beach but it was ok for a day out, defo isnt now 😢👍🏻🏴
Back in the 90s that place was buzzin. Was there at christmas time for the christmas events. Sad seeing it like this now
it was amazing back in the day
Yeah i have fond memories of this place & was shocked @ how much it has been left to deteriorate over the years 😥👍🏻🏴
That’s a shambles.
Your 💯 correct mate 🤔👍🏻🏴
Looks more like Michael Jacksons back garden at Neverland.
Oh mate you had me in stitches reading your comment, but guarantee Neverland probably still looks better today than M&Ds did yesterday 😢👍🏻🏴
It reminds me of Pripyat, near Chernobyl.
Prioyat In Chernobyl be a more fun day out mate 😮👍🏻🏴
That’s exactly what I was thinking, at face value looks quite run down. Sadly though it’s a vicious cycle. No visitors no money, no money can’t update/upkeep, can’t update looks tired people won’t visit…
Yeah we needing a totally new theme park built elsewhere, i see the company that own Flamingoland want to build a new park @ Loch Lomond but there an online petition against it, theres a meeting regarding if will get the go ahead next month 😃👍🏻🏴
Great video again 👍 it's a poor show M&Ds....my daughter was there back in 2009 and went on one of the coasters.. when they came off, the very next time it went, it broke doon half way round and everyone had to be rescued... lucky escape 😀...was there no another roller coaster came off the track round about 2015-16ish and a load of people were hurt?.... thanks for sharing again 👍🙂🏴
Just watch a couple of your videos mate Brilliant coverage of Celtic Park & Ibrox 😃.
Yeah i remember that being the news the cart came off and landed next to a young kids ride, luckily the ride was not in use at time or would hate to think what might of happened, its embarrassing that its called Scotlands Theme Park, wish we would get a great theme park up here so dont have to travel as far to find a decent one 😢👍🏻🏴
@@Droneauditsscotland I used to love going to Louden castle if you remember that. They had good of majority of the rides
@chrissmortontv7012 yeah Loudon Castle was a lot better than here another reason why this place shouldn’t be sign posted in the Motorway as “Scotland Theme Park” as it was definitely not as good as Loudon Castle 😮👍🏻🏴
aww the place looks so run down :( also i remember once on the pirate ship there was a wasp's nest in it so the operator had to stop the ride
Awww just typical of the wasps to stop people in an area thats Fun Lol, yeah being honest the pirate ship was not bad as long as it was before eating 😃👍🏻🏴
The theme is post apocalypse
Couldn’t of said it any better mate 😥👍🏻🏴
State eh that it's a fukn brass neck. We get nothing in Scotland it's shocking. If someone put the cash in to build us a proper theme park they'd make a fortune there's no competition.
So true mate, absolutely nothing up here and if we want to go to a decent them park have to go to the various ones down south or further afield. Scotland always praised as a Great tourist destination so we should have a half decent Theme park & not this ☹️👍🏻🏴
My family used to get annual passes but we haven't been for a long time. There's hardly anything there now 😮
Yeah had many people saying the “kids are bored after 1 hour & want to go home” we need a right good decent Theme park instead of having to travel down south or further afield just to go on a Rollercoaster 😃👍🏻🏴
Sad to see this, used to be good but looks dreadful now.
Yeah feel sorry for anyone who wastes time traveling here as not much to do 😮👍🏻🏴
I was there back in 2011 and it was great. I have some cool videos riding the big roller coaster that it isnt there anymore. The place used to be packed even in the winter. Such a shame
Yeah was a good day out with log flume & 2 rollercoasters mind you that tornado with the loops knocked the hell out you & gave you whip lash but hey it was our Scottish rollercoasters so we kept going back on 🤕.
Thanks for commenting 😃👍🏻🏴
Can you imagine how upset your wiens would be if they were stuck in the car or on a bus for hours to arrive at this sad excuse for a day out
It was pretty good a few years ago but now its just an embarrassment
Totally agree mate, yeah id be raging if my parents wasted a good few hours drive when i was a kid to go to that poor excuse for a theme park, the only ride they had left that was ok was the Log Flume and they have sold that off, needs a new buyer who willing to invest otherwise no one is going to visit the place 😥👍🏻🏴
Its Shite....Blows my mind why some Multi Millionaire doesn't buy this,and more land around it and create a Blackpool type theme park for Scotland......
Yeah I know mate or even buy a plot of land in middle of nowhere & build a new one from scratch, if they spend money on good decent rides then they defo have a demand for customers 🙃.
I see the owners of Flamingoland are wanting to build a Theme Park Holiday Resort @ Loch Lomond but there is already an online petition with more than 150k opposing it 😔👍🏻🏴
It shouldn't be called a theme park
Yeah its defo shouldn’t mate they should invest some of the money back in as whats left now not up to Theme Park standards 🤔👍🏻🏴
Looks depressing but then Again it is Scotland
We are more fixed on banning People smoking
Yeah i know mate 🙈 plus see they are trying to block a new theme park & resort that the owners of FlamingoLand want to build @ Loch Lomond 😫👍🏻🏴
@@Droneauditsscotland they could find somewhere to build one mate
Why do it at Loch Lomond as it’ peaceful there
Find somewhere else’s to build it
Exactly mate, they could build one anywhere as long as it has good rides the customers will come, so annoying have to go South of the Border or further afield is frustrating 🥲👍🏻🏴
3:32 Spinjam from Alton Towers lol
Yeah most likely mate, they buy all the 2nd hand rides that other parks are bored 😥👍🏻🏴
I went in 2015 it was great! It’s such a shame to see it left the way it was, after the incident with tsunami the place hasn’t been the same.
Yeah i actually forgot all about the Tsunami incident thats why didn’t mention it as when check up in google it wasnt one of the main articles, just wish Scotland had a Butlins or something similar that day visitors also go 🤔 Great Comment mate 😃👍🏻🏴
@@Droneauditsscotland they need a theme park like Alton towers, wildness intertwined with the rides and they can keep the rides under tree level
@@Droneauditsscotland also thank you appreciated
Thanks Mate 🤗yeah be absolutely amazing if Scotland ever got a theme park anywhere near Alton Towers standard after all we do get alot of tourists, suppose can keep dreaming 😴😃👍🏻🏴
I remember M&Ds being decent as a kid on school trips 🤔 looking at it now, it's definitely went downhill. There doesn't seem to be any proper rides except from that run away train thing. No wonder we all go to Alton Towers and Thorpe Park now 😂 M&Ds needs closed and rebuilt with good investment!
Side note, don't suppose you would be able to get drone views of Loudoun Castle? :') used to love going there as a kid too! It's a shame that one shut down
Last i heard the land was getting used by a business and all the rides have been taken away, i did go once before i started channel to fly drone over but couldn’t find a suitable take off point but since then i got a better drone so will try confirm if all the rides are away or not next time im in the area 😃👍🏻🏴
Great video, That was so sad to watch it looks horrible I can imagine how disappointed families have been once they got inside after paying the entry fee. Scotlands Theme Park what a Joke
Yeah i can imagine alot of parents have told their kids days before going & the kids as should do be all excited about going cant sleep the night before and when they get there want to go back home as would rather be out playing with their mates 😔 feel sorry for anyone who traveled a good distance to get here 😩👍🏻🏴
M and ds is actually good
@Maxxie1945 everyone entitled to their opinion on here 🤗 they dont have any type of rides i particular like but they will suit others like yourself 😃👍🏻🏴
I thought it had actually closed down for good? We had more fun in Amazonia than the theme park itself. My youngest son enjoyed chasing the wee lights on the floor inside than on any ride!
Great comment mate, yeah good other attractions here but the rides as you say your Son had more fun chasing a light on the floor 🤣 really hope Scotland Does get some sort of decent Theme park Soon 😃👍🏻🏴
Shut it down
Looks shocking compared to what it used to be like time capsule is pish now tae we need better
Yeah seems we have nowhere decent to go for a day out, things are suppose to get better not worse like these guys have 😥👍🏻🏴
I remember M&D used to be good to go to in the summertime but now it is just rubbish. It’s a dump just shut it down. Be good for everyone.
Good Comment mate 🤗 Yeah if not going to invest in the rides then should just close that section & carry on with their other attractions & remove all “Scotlands Theme Park” as its embarrassing 😮👍🏻🏴
No as 💩 as the Charlie and the chocolate factory experience but getting that way
Really sad the big car park at the back would be packed with busses years ago place would be jumping they used to have good events but that was before the bankruptcy it needs revamped or shut
Yeah totally needs to either close or money invested back into the park as its shocking how bad they have let it go, didnt see any buses there at all yesterday and if did would of felt sorry for them as must of been so disappointed when people who travel arrive 😯👍🏻🏴
@@Droneauditsscotland aye I think it's days long gone. Good video though
I’m thinking the Irn-Bru carnival could take over the place.
Yeah that be a good move for us all staying in Scotland of they did 😃👍🏻🏴
Place looks fucking miserable without the Tornado and Tsunami. They desperately need a half-decent rollercoaster.
Yeah after taking the Rollercoasters away this place has nothing decent left 😔 no wonder no one goes now 🤔👍🏻🏴
The moving shows have more to offer
💯 agree with you on that mate 😃👍🏻🏴
Camelot theme park was better than this and that park is long gone
Guaranteed it was mate 🤔 even the Fairgrounds that travel about and dismantle every few days have better rides than this 😔👍🏻🏴
The theme park is so bad they need to make another Alton towers but in Scotland
Good Comment mate 😃yeah we desperately need a decent theme park like Alton Towers instead of always having to travel south of the border or further afield for one, we can always dream they will build one in Scotland, dont care where just anywhere 😃👍🏻🏴
@@Droneauditsscotland yeah because I love in Glasgow
Looks more like an industrial site
I remember back in the 80's when this place was a cruising hot-spot for gentlemen of a certain persuasion. BTW, I was a child at the time, so nobody make any assumptions about me lol
Scotland needs its own thorpe park, alton towers ffs, bet we could come up with some cracking coaster names lol haggis muncher, irn bru revolution lol juet feek like Scotland need it's own
Broken M&Ds look at it 😮
Ian Bru revolution is prop trademarked by Blackpool pleasure beach as they had it as a ride
I remember your last video on this place, there’s some difference with the new drone mate 👍 pitty the ‘theme park’ looks 💩
Yeah i thought id give place the benefit of the doubt by going back now its reopened since a few viewers said last time alot of the rises had been put away for the winter, it actually looked even more pathetic yesterday at least last video had circus tent there 🤪👍🏻🏴
its a mess looks so gloomy
Yeah I would hate it if I was still a kid and this if where my parents took me as a treat would feel I was been punished instead 😦👍🏻🏴
M&ds/Strathclyde park isnt a thene park ..never was..its a glorified fair ground
💯 agree with you mate & now they have taken the rollercoasters away i would say some travelling Fairgrounds are better, when it 1st open they claimed it was going to match Blackpool Pleasure Beach 🤣🙈👍🏻🏴
To be honest..it was better when it was the old Strathclyde park..showing ma age there 😁
@edwarddowds1014 yeah fact i remember them claiming when it 1st opened that they were going to match Blackpool pleasure beach also showing my age as well 🙈no good this getting old crap lol 😃👍🏻🏴
Try being 40..(just turned)..depressing 😁
@edwarddowds1014 lol without giving too much away your still younger than me 🙈😃👍🏻🏴
SCOTLAND FOREVER!
But seriously, i went to Strathclyde park on a school trip type of thing for five days. We could see M&D’s and it looked abandoned. The paint was worn off,and the dark gloomy atmosphere only made it worse. All in all, M&D’s sucks, Scotland rules.
Had a few viewers say they took their family here for a day out and kids were bored wanting to leave within the hour which was my same thought process when i last went here for the rides, you must of been super bored coming for 5 days, great comment mate 😃👍🏻🏴
@@Droneauditsscotland thanks!
M&Ds has never been the same since . the bad Ascendant .
Imagine you can down from way up North . you would be want your petrol
money back. can you mind it used to be across the road years ago in the 80s or there about
I couldnt remember that but a few others have also said that, think they need to knock it down and restart and this time spend some decent money on rides and not just old rejections from other parks if they claim to be Scotlands Theme Park then they should have decent Rides, if be raging mate if drove any distance to see this place, the car journey be most exciting ride youd experience 😜👍🏻🏴
@@Droneauditsscotland the indoor area is good, but the outdoor is pitoful, it doesn't even have a theme. we really need a real theme park company to take over, then it would be a real family fun day out, not hour out.thunk its about time M&Ds sold their shares and Motherwell council worked in co-operartion with a company that would keep the themed golf, without upcharging.
@c.c.8841 Thanks for the Info mate 🤗yeah i remember the inside bit being really good. The owners of Flamingoland are wanting to build a new theme park @ Loch Lomond which has already got over 10,000 online signatures against it, theres a meeting later this month to see if they get go ahead i just hope they build it anywhere & off course in a area i can fly over & update everyone as its getting built lol 😃👍🏻🏴
Total embarrassment. I got free tickets 5 years ago amd the kids were begging yo leave after an hour. 😂
Yeah i can imagine they were as there is not much to do, going to a theme park should be a great day out but this place just doesn’t qualify, unfortunately all us Scots need to travel down south to 1 of the many Theme parks down there as we have nothing up here and the fact this place is signposted on the Motorway as “Scotland Theme Park” tell it all 😔👍🏻🏴
The two brothers that own this decrepit and dangerous park are utterly disgraceful. They have the cheek to charge for this. It is nothing more than a traveller site now. A private investment fund have secured a site for a modern, state of thr art theme park in west Central Scotland. M&D's will be a housing complex.
Yeah it needs just to close, even the traveling fairgrounds have more white knuckle rides than here now, i wish they would take “Scotlands Theme Park” down as its embarrassing 😩👍🏻🏴
FFS Man this park has bn in decline for at least 30 years , last time I was there was about 20 years ago & it was sh#t then. Blackpool was always the better option when I was younger but its probably not the same either( ah there's a video if u haven't already) 😊 This looks like something out of that Fallout series😳 I'd be scared looking for a keyring in there at night 😂
Yeah the park is well past it time and if they dont invest it will close down as no way they can attract customers with what is left at the park, yeah was never even close to what Blackpool even when at its best it was not a patch on any of the major Theme parks, Loudon castle had more.
I have Fall out on watch list i hope its more exciting than i was when at this place lol , Good comment mate 😃👍🏻🏴
thanks bud. I probably need to start with a cheaper one. I have an Electric Scooter that goes 65km & off road., lots fun .
, I have lots of trails & great scenery so was thinking I could put the drone on follow with some audio & hopefully folk might like it. Fallout isn't normally my thing but I did enjoy it. Should be a season 2 . have a good one 😃
Scotlands Car Park.
You've got to remember this is a company that was in administration. It wasn't bought over by new owners or investors. They can only build on what was left after the administration forced the sale of assets to keep the park alive. Yes, the place is poor, but it is still in a very delicate financial position. They can only slowly build on what they have left.
Yeah i get that mate but there is nothing basically here, kids are board and asking to leave after 1 hour and when dont invest back into the park no wonder the customers stay away, it needs a new owner who can afford to invest in new rides not one that sells off the only half decent rides they have and buys poor 2nd hand ones that another theme park has basically got rid off. They should not be sign posted as Scotland Theme Park as even when was open Loudon Castle was far better so they really should of owned that title. End of the day Scotland is crying out for a New to be proud of Theme park, we are all bored up here with no decent Theme park North of the Border 😩👍🏻🏴
@Droneauditsscotland I don't disagree with you mate. But it's their company at the end of the day. They'll do what they want to do. It's like your neighbours telling you to sell your house because they don't like your garden. What would you tell them?
@stevenw75 yeah get that mate but been referred to as “Scotland Theme Park” you wouldn’t be too amused if came all the way down from Top of Scotland for this 🥺👍🏻🏴
It wasn't new owners. It was previous owners children that went down as owners after the last big fine
@@TheScottishSprayer That's what I said 🤷♂️
Total embarrassment and most likely not very safe. All the land we have in Scotland and that is best we can do?, also when we do get potential investors i.e. Flamingo land Loch Lomond, we get a hoard of pitchforking activists defending their wee plot of grass, no thought whatsoever for the younger generation.
Mnds is just terrible now use to be a great wee park not on the levels of Blackpool or alton towers but gd enough for us
Yeah they have not reinvested back into the park over the years and when dont the customers wont come😔
The Company who own Flamingo Land want to build a Brand New Theme park @ Loch Lomond but an online petition has hit over 10,000 names trying to block it, theres a meeting later this month regarding if plans will go ahead just hope they manage to come to some sort of an agreement & build it anywhere, we have been deprived of a Decent Theme park ever since the old Butlins @ Ayr 😥👍🏻🏴
It's a joke really, but we can't have a decent theme park, not in the windiest place in Europe it's too dangerous to have huge roller coasters.
Yeah but they could at least invest in some other rides so we can have a good day out, there is absolutely nothing in the White knuckle ride section that be good to go on 😯👍🏻🏴
I think the theme they’re going for is shitehole
Shiteland
Looks like a shi##y funfair not a theme park
Yeah totally agree mate, even the Funfairs that travel around have better rides than this place does now 😥👍🏻🏴
Place is a shit show shadow of its former self and its former competitor louden castle
Yet u get all the snowflakes objecting to a theme park of flamingo land quality at loch lomond as they only care about their house values
Tbf weathers an issue for scottish parks but i always ranked louden castle better than mnds but go with the old butlins idea inside section for rides u would see in say irn bru carnival and then have an outside section for coasters and bigger rides
Scotlands theme park was and always is louden mnds just has ease a access due to the m74 owners dont gee a toss google will show folk why
Yeah Totally agree with Loudon Castle being better another main reason why this place should not be sign posted “Scotland Theme Park”. Wasn’t aware about the idea of a Loch lomond Flamingo Land Quality theme park was on the cards for there until residents objected but we defo need something like that here as there is actually nothing to do Theme park wise 😯👍🏻🏴
@Droneauditsscotland I think personally for something of louden qaulity or the old butlins from the 90s idea at craigtara easily looking at a 30 - 50 million investment and I'd personally do the butlins route an indoor warehouse like section and outdoor section aswell for some of the bigger roller coaster esque rides bit geographical location is key and probably why mnds still does ok is it's m74 links think personally the m80 with cumbernauld area would be a dominant shout plenty of land and industrial areas were it could work but again money is key and ideally a 30 - 50 million investment would get you something of the 90s butlins era or cadonas in Aberdeen
@Droneauditsscotland it was never going to be theme park at lichlommond but a family holiday village like centre parcs. Same company as Flamingo Land but they have clearly said no roller coasters and theme park attractions.
Ahh i didnt know that, other viewers had commented so when googled it just came up and online petition of more than 10,000 object to it being built didnt know meant no rollercoaster 😩 Thanks for commenting mate & updating us 😃👍🏻🏴
Best part of that place is the 10 pin bowling with restraunts, the park itself is terrible amd costs a small fortune. You get better rides at the gala day 😂
Yeah really bad that this is “Scotlands theme park” Loudon Castle was far better before it closed 😞👍🏻🏴