M&Ds

M&Ds is a theme park located in Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Bordering on Strathclyde Park, the park contains five rollercoasters and two water rides among others as well as an arcade, theatre and indoor reptile house, Amazonia.

Attractions

M&D's theme park claims to have over 40 rides and attractions, including five roller coasters and several water rides in addition to a number of rides designed for younger children. Most are travelling rides owned by the parks operators.

Rollercoasters:

Tsunami: Inverted rollercoaster ride with corkscrew twists, turns and loops. This rollercoaster is 650m long and can reach speeds of up to 65 km/h. The average duration of a ride is just over 1 minute.</br>

Tornado: This is the largest rollercoaster in M&D's, with over 1 km of track. The track contains two 360 degree loops in addition to several banked turns, pulling -2Gs at some points. This ride has a top speed of over 80 km/h.

Express: One of the newest rollercoasters in the theme park. It has a 500m long track up to 10m off the ground. This ride reaches speeds of up to 60 km/h and has a duration of just under 1 minute.

Big Apple: One of the smaller rollercoasters in M&D's, aimed at children. This rollercoaster travels significantly slower than the other rides, with a figure-of-eight track 300 m long. The main feature of this ride is the giant fibreglass apple it travels through.

Runaway Mine Train: Another children's rollercoaster. This ride has a track just over 200 m long, featuring several dips and turns.It used to be Jamming. Prior to 2007 the train had spinning cars, however this has now been replaced with a traditional fixed train and a traditional chain lift instead of the tire propelled one.

</br> From left to right: Tsunami, Runaway Minetrain, Express, Big Apple, Tornado

Water Rides:

Moby's Revenge: Moby's Revenge is a three-in-one water slide. The rightmost slide is a steep, straight chute, whereas the leftmost one is a winding spiral slide. The path in the centre is a straight chute similar to the one on the left, however this slide is not quite as steep and features several 'waves'.

White Water: The largest water ride in the theme park. White water is a 42m long whitewater ride, featuring two drops of up to 20m. This ride reaches speeds of up to 70 km/h at points. Souvenir photographs are also available to purchase at the end of the ride.

Thrill Rides:

Wave Swinger: The Wave Swinger is a traditional chair swing featuring 32 tilting chairs. The chairs, suspended by chains, are swung round at speed, with the ride reaching up to 14 revolutions per minute. The ride is constructed in a way that the chairs climb and fall as they swing round, hence the rides name.

Captain's Curse: The Captain's Curse is a pirate ship themed ride in M&D's. It recently underwent extensive refurbishment, being absent from the park during 2007-2008 when m&d's got it of pleasure land. Similar to other pirate ship style rides, the Captain's Curse swings backwards and forwards, going increasingly further each swing although it does not complete a full rotation.

Flying Carpet: The Flying Carpet, also known as "Ali Baba's Carpet" seats up to 40 people. The ride reaches a height of 14m at the top of a revolution, and swings at 14 full revolutions per minute. The seats are fixed facing forward while rising and falling, travelling round in a loop.

The Bungee: The Bungee consists of a spherical steel cage containing two seats, fixed to the end of bungee ropes attached to the towers sitting at either side of the ride. When released, the cage is launched into the sky, spinning 360 degrees. Upon launch, the cage travels 50m in 1.2 seconds.

Bomber Mark 2: The Bomber Mark 2 seats sixteen people, eight in each cab on either end of the main axis. This rides rotates in two different directions, with the main arm rotating clockwise, and the cabins on either end allowed to spin freely. The ride is 55m tall, and can reach speeds of up to 144 km/h. The Bomber Mark 2 is usually a travelling ride and only visits the park for a few weeks at the end of the summer. In 2009, the ride will be kept in the park the whole season, apart from a few special dates. The ride will be at Newcastle at the end of June, T In The Park in July, Nottingham from end of September, Hull in October, and Belfast from October/November.

Kiddies Rides:

Trampolines: Simply what the name suggests, 10 trampoline beds. Roughly around 5 minutes per session

Crazy Boot: Inflatable fun house, which consists of slides, ball pools and soft punchbags.

Eating and Drinking

Around M&D's visitors will find many places to have some food or drink.

Bizarre Bar and Restaurant: A crazy themed bar where visitors can relax and enjoy food from all over the world, with a licensed bar.

Downtown USA: This classic 60's diner serves American food and drink, and is decorated with Harley Davidson's and an authentic Italian Carousel. The diner is also home to a 'Wimpy Bar' and 'Pancake Palace'.

Cosmic Bowl: Cosmic Bowl is Scotlands first glow in the dark bowling alley, and also contains a restaurant serving meals, snacks and drinks. As well as bowling, visitors can also play pool, air hockey and arcade games.

Inside Out: The theme parks sports bar. 'Inside Out' shows a variety of sports on its 6 LCD widescreens. The bar also has its own beer garden.

Diamond Lil's: The theme parks American Pool Bar. The bar contains 8 Pool tables, 2 Snooker Tables and a bar.

Guiseppi's: The parks Italian coffee shop and ice cream parlour. The bar looks out over Strathclyde Loch and serves a range of coffee's, ice cream, milkshakes and sandwiches.

Planet Fun

Planet Fun is M&D's Travelling Theme Park, which features most of their travelling rides, plus more from other showmen.

Planet Fun has been held in towns across Scotland, such as: Falkirk; Stirling; Kilmarnock; Granton (Edinburgh); Portobello (Edinburgh); Leith (Edinburgh); Murryfield (Edinburgh); Perth and Greenock.

Usually, a wristband is available one day during the duration of the fair.

Rides include Bomber Mark 2 (Booster Maxxx (Fabbri)), Spiderman (Smashing Jump (Fabbri)), Mad Mouse (Spinning Rollercoaster (Fabbri)), Giant Wheel (Big Wheel (Fabbri)), plus others.

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Gerry McCafferty
22 September 2013
If you go to visit scotland website and look for m&ds they have a voucher you can print off for 2 for 1 wristbands. Saves u a fair bit. Also the side of chicken poppers is massive, can do 2 kids
Deborah Kingon-Rouse
1 December 2013
If you're planning a santa visit - go for the top price Santa package. Seems pricy at the time, but good value as includes all the main attractions which your kids will inevitably want to do anyway.
Kevin Hand
24 May 2013
Good day out for the kids £35 for them both for unlimited rides. The queues aren't bad so they're on something nearly all the time.:-)
Madelyn Bytheway
10 August 2013
Kids loved it. But it is very expensive I love dinky donuts
Scott Burrell
3 March 2012
School dinners are better than the slop served up in the restaurant. Boak
Carolina Figueroa
23 July 2022
Comprar online, hay más promociones.
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0.8km from Bothwellhaugh Road, Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, UK Get directions
Sun 10:00 AM–9:00 PM
Mon 11:00 AM–9:00 PM
Tue 10:00 AM–3:00 PM
Wed Noon–6:00 PM
Thu 10:00 AM–5:00 PM
Fri 11:00 AM–7:00 PM

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