PAULTONS Park has announced it will open its very first watercoaster next year.
The new attraction will be an addition to Valgard: Realm of the Vikings and it will be one of the biggest rides ever built in the theme park.
Called Serpent’s Curse, the watercoaster will be 471-metres long, with top speeds of 44mph and will open next spring.
For ride enthusiasts the details say that it will have ‘a lift hill, fast-flowing twists and curves, and a dramatic plunge into a final splashdown.’
Talking about the new ride, Paultons has said it will be one of the ‘biggest rides ever built’ at the park.
This isn’t the only new addition, as another second water ride will open at Valgard too – although it already exists at the park.
Seal Falls, the junior mini log flume water ride will be re-themed and relocated to new land.
The ride will be renamed ‘Little Serpents’.
James Mancey, deputy managing director at the park, said: “We always have a surprise or two up our sleeve, and Serpent’s Curse is potentially our most exciting reveal yet.
“We’re working with the world-renowned MACK rides to bring their fantastic water coaster to the UK.
“The speed and exhilaration of the coaster with such a dramatic finish into the water makes for something really special that works brilliantly within the Viking theme.”
Paultons Park in Hampshire is considered one of the most affordable in the UK.
Entry tickets cost £46.75pp.
There are 10 exciting rollercoasters to enjoy as well as the well-known Peppa Pig World.
Sun Travel worked out that while the entry cost is steep, children under one-metre-tall go free.
And the cost per rollercoaster, if you ride them all, works out to £4.68.
In May 2026, Paultons Park opened its new world, Valgard: Realm of the Vikings, which cost £12million to build and has its very first inverting rollercoaster.
The ride called Drakon, has been called the ‘crown jewel of Valgard’.
The new land also has a swing ride and Middle Ages themed ‘feast’ dining.
You can find out more about Valgard from Head of Sun Travel (Digital) Caroline McGuire who visited when it first opened.