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| Location | Curragha, Ashbourne, County Meath, Ireland |
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| Coordinates | 53°32′43″N 6°27′34″W / 53.545377°N 6.459375°W / 53.545377; -6.459375. |
| Opened | November 2010 |
| Owner | Ashbourne Visitor Centre |
| Operated by | Ashbourne Visitor Centre |
| Attendance | 750,000 (2015) |
| Website | www.taytopark.ie |
Tayto Park is a crisp/chip themed amusement park in Ireland. It is located in the townland of Kilbrew, near the hamlet of Curraha, very near Ashbourne in County Meath. The park was opened in November 2010 and is approximately 30 minutes drive from Dublin. It is the sixth most popular paid for attraction within the Republic of Ireland, with 750,000 visitors in 2015.
Attractions
General attractions
- Pow Wow Playground: Play area with and rope bridges for children under 12.
- Spudhara Playground: Playground with swings and activities for children under 6.
- Dinosaurs Alive: Exhibition of life like animatronic dinosaurs (self-guided walk through)
- Tiny Tater's Patch: Giant spiral hill and mini maze
- Giant Chess Board: A seasonal attraction which features water jets in the ground
- Mini Playground: Intended for children aged 4 years and under
- Crispy Maze
- Vortex Tunnel: This attraction is a tunnel with swirling lights near Wind Starz
- Tayto Factory Tour: Visitors can see how Tayto, a popular brand of crisps within the Republic of Ireland, are made
- Live Shows: Magic shows
- Face Painting & Arts and crafts
- Wheelchair Swing
- Play and Splash: Water zone
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Eagle Sky Adventure Zone
- The Cú Chulainn Coaster: Ireland’s only wooden roller coaster, opened on 5 June 2015, the attraction is themed on Irish mythology and named after Cú Chulainn. A figure of the warrior is emblazoned across the front of the rollercoaster trains.
- The Rotator: A Maxi Dance Party 360 manufactured by SBF VISA GROUP. Riders face outwards on a rotating gondala that swings like a pendulum. The Rotator no longer spins the full 360° that the ride is capable of.
- Air Race: Manufactured by Zamperla, this ride, themed around aeroplanes, spins and rotates simultaneously.
- 5D Cinema: A short film experience featuring air gusts, water jets, leg ticklers, flashing lights, bubbles and smoke blasts.
- Zip Line Extreme: Tayto Park is home to Ireland's longest and fastest zip wire
- Extreme Climbing Wall: 21 metre climbing wall
- Tayto Twister: 20 metre tubular slide
- Sky Walk: Three levels of obstacles and bridges high above the ground
- Viking Voyage: A Viking themed log flume which involves 3 drops, two facing forwards and one facing backwards. Manufactured by INTERLINK, the ride is a "Shoot the chute" model.
- Wind Starz: Manufactured by Zamperla. Riders sit in hangliders and push the bar to go up and pull the bar to go down.
- Endeavour: An upside down Ferris wheel Manufactured by Zamperla
- Power Surge: Manufactured by Zamperla. Riders sit in chairs and get spun and swung around.
Eagle's Nest
- Air Jumpers: Bungee system with trampolines for springing over 5 metres high
- Super Hero Training Wall: Climb up to 9 metres on the wall
- Crispy Creek Mining Company: Pan the sand through flowing water to uncover rare stones
- Shot Tower: Strap in, countdown and prepare to shoot 10 metres into the sky. Manufactured by Zamperla
- Pony Rail: Saddle up and gallop across the plains of Tayto Park
- Honey Pot Bears
- Steam Train Express: 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge train ride featuring a steam outline/diesel hydraulic locomotive and three coaches from Severn Lamb
The Zoo
- Farmyard Friends: An open area, which includes some rare breeds of farm animals such as Jacob, Manx & Soay sheep, Highland cattle, pygmy goats, and Vietnamese pot belly pigs.
- Wild Woods: A wooded area with animals including ocelots, ring-tailed coatis, Amur leopards, fishing cats, corsac foxes, aardwolves and more.
- Feathered Friends: A collection of exotic birds from around the world
- Buffalo Ridge: Home to the first herd of American bison in Ireland
- Cat Country: mountain lions, Eurasian lynx and the largest of the big cats, the endangered Amur tigers.
- Down Under: Visit emus and wallabies
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Facilities and access
Tayto Park is wheelchair accessible except for the tea house in the Tree House and the buffalo viewing platform. There is a gift shop and various food options such as the restaurant in the Lodge Building, which also provides a private function room or the Pizza Place.
There is free parking for cars and buses as well as disabled parking close to the entrance.
Bus Éireann operates the 103 and 105 service, which stops at the park on a daily basis.
Incidents
There has been a number of minor incidents which have occurred within Tayto Park.
- In 2012, a former female employee was working as a tour guide at Tayto Park where she broke her ankle on the 60ft Twister slide. The case was settled out of Court. Following the accident, the ride was altered in relation to how steep it was and at the turns. The slide was not open to the public at the time.
- In August 2016, a father and his 12 year old daughter visited Tayto Park. It's allegedly claimed that the teen sustained a broken neck while riding the wooden roller coaster The Cú Chulainn Coaster. The girl complained of neck pain the same evening after visiting Tayto Park. It was originally suspected that the pain was caused by severe whiplash, however, X-rays revealed that the teen had actually sustained a broken neck which required multiple surgeries.
- In October 2016, a wooden staircase in the House of Horrors Halloween attraction suddenly collapsed and gave way. The incident happened at around 8pm. 9 people were taken to hospital.
- In May 2018 The Tayto man was attacked by a School from Tralee
References
- https://www.yourdaysout.com/news/irelands-top-visitor-attractions-revealed-1539
- RCDB.com - Cú Chulainn
- Severn Lamb - Texan
- Blooloop - Severn Lamb Provides Texan Rail Turnkey Package for Tayto Park, Ireland
- Woman who broke ankle on Tayto Park slide settles action
- Concerns raised over rollercoaster regulations
- Nine people injured after House of Horrors staircase collapse at Tayto Park