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King of the Railway at Drayton Manor Theme Park

Today we were invited to Drayton Manor Theme Park’s special screening of King of the Railway, the new Thomas & Friends film in the 4D Cinema at Drayton Manor. We had never been to Thomas Land at Drayton Manor before but it was top of the toddler’s to-do list! We managed to keep it all a surprise until we arrived and he was so happy, it was definitely worth keeping the secret.

We had a couple of hours to enjoy Thomas Land and we all loved it. It was very quiet so we were able to walk on to all the rides we wanted to and we managed 7 of the 15 rides and attractions. Before we knew it, it was time for our special screening of the new Thomas & Friends film, King of the Railway.

A special guest arrives on Sodor with a big surprise and important jobs for Thomas, Percy and James. The engines meet new friends and discover suits or armour, coats of arms and legends of long-ago heroes. Then their bravery is put to the test when their new friend Stephen goes missing.

King Of The Railway DVDThe film lasted about an hour and included new friends, Stephen, Millie, Connor and Caitlin. My children really enjoyed it, especially with the magical effects of the 4D cinema. The DVD was released on the 2nd September and includes bonus features such as 4 fantastic Guess Who? Puzzles, Sing-a-long Song: Working Together Again, NEW Sing-a-long Song: Searching Everywhere and NEW Sing-a-long Song:  It’s Gonna Be A Great Day.

Giveaway:

We really enjoyed the film so are very excited that we have one copy of the new Thomas & Friends film King of the Railway on DVD to giveaway to one of my very lovely readers! To enter, simply complete the Rafflecopter form below. Good luck!

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  • olivia kirby
    September 4, 2013 at 9:46 pm

    Caitlin.

    We love Thomas Land, great place for toddlers.

  • Charlotte
    September 4, 2013 at 10:19 pm

    Is it strange that I use to work at the hotel. I’ve been reading your blog for a while, but this made me chuckle. xx

  • katrina day-reilly
    September 4, 2013 at 11:09 pm

    Stephen

  • anthony harrington
    September 4, 2013 at 11:21 pm

    Stephen

  • melanie stirling
    September 4, 2013 at 11:41 pm

    Millie

  • S Edwards
    September 5, 2013 at 9:47 am

    Millie

  • LINDA WEATHERLEY
    September 5, 2013 at 9:55 am

    Caitlin

  • Helen Atkins
    September 5, 2013 at 10:02 am

    Stephen, Millie, Connor or Caitlin

  • belinda porter
    September 5, 2013 at 10:19 am

    answer Stephen

  • TRACEY HUBER
    September 5, 2013 at 10:21 am

    Stephen

  • Ben Audsley
    September 5, 2013 at 10:36 am

    Stephen, Millie, Connor or Caitlin

  • laura banks
    September 5, 2013 at 10:37 am

    stephen

  • Rob Griffiths
    September 5, 2013 at 10:59 am

    Stephen

  • iain maciver
    September 5, 2013 at 11:00 am

    Stephen, Millie, Connor and Caitlin

  • Iz ferguson
    September 5, 2013 at 11:08 am

    Millie

  • Rebecca Derby
    September 5, 2013 at 11:09 am

    Connor!

  • sara macey
    September 5, 2013 at 11:17 am

    Millie
    (my son loves Thomas)

  • adeinne tonner
    September 5, 2013 at 11:24 am

    Caitlin

  • Jenette ogborn
    September 5, 2013 at 11:49 am

    Stephen, Millie, Connor and Caitlin

  • Lynsey Buchanan
    September 5, 2013 at 12:05 pm

    Stephen, Millie, Connor or Caitlin

  • Laura Pyper
    September 5, 2013 at 12:17 pm

    Millie

  • Bex allum
    September 5, 2013 at 12:19 pm

    Stephen

  • leanne williams
    September 5, 2013 at 12:42 pm

    Stephen

  • Natalie boundy
    September 5, 2013 at 12:42 pm

    Millie xoxo

  • EMMA WALTERS
    September 5, 2013 at 12:46 pm

    connor 🙂

  • Sarah Morris
    September 5, 2013 at 12:49 pm

    Caitlin

  • Hannah Oneill
    September 5, 2013 at 1:30 pm

    Millie

  • Marty McGovern
    September 5, 2013 at 1:31 pm

    Connor

  • Kelly M Tobin
    September 5, 2013 at 1:35 pm

    Stephen

  • Susan Hill
    September 5, 2013 at 1:53 pm

    Stephen

  • Claire Butler
    September 5, 2013 at 2:01 pm

    Stephen

  • Paul Wilson
    September 5, 2013 at 2:10 pm

    Stephen

  • Sarah Mcknight
    September 5, 2013 at 3:08 pm

    Caitlin

  • Caroline H
    September 5, 2013 at 3:37 pm

    Millie

  • C Parkin
    September 5, 2013 at 4:35 pm

    Connor

  • Rachel Craig
    September 5, 2013 at 4:41 pm

    Connor

  • Susan
    September 5, 2013 at 5:05 pm

    Stephen

  • karen cowley
    September 5, 2013 at 5:48 pm

    Millie, thanks for the chance to win this xx

  • J. Tingay
    September 5, 2013 at 6:06 pm

    Stephen

  • andrea lloyd
    September 5, 2013 at 6:31 pm

    Stephen

  • Laura Finch
    September 5, 2013 at 6:49 pm

    Its Stephen xx

  • Claire D
    September 5, 2013 at 7:22 pm

    Stephen

  • D J FREEMAN
    September 5, 2013 at 7:27 pm

    Millie,Stephen,Connor,Caitlin

  • alison johnson
    September 5, 2013 at 8:02 pm

    Millie x

  • jessica cook
    September 5, 2013 at 8:08 pm

    connor xxxx

  • louisereeks@gmail.com
    September 5, 2013 at 9:15 pm

    stephen

  • Jenny
    September 5, 2013 at 10:18 pm

    Stephen

  • Kathleen Marsden
    September 5, 2013 at 10:36 pm

    Connor

  • abby carroll
    September 5, 2013 at 10:42 pm

    millie

  • Lisa Jones
    September 5, 2013 at 10:50 pm

    Stephen

  • Hayley Todd
    September 6, 2013 at 8:35 am

    Millie 🙂

  • laura stewart
    September 6, 2013 at 10:00 am

    stephen

  • sarah rees
    September 6, 2013 at 11:11 am

    stephen 🙂

  • Julie Ward
    September 6, 2013 at 1:20 pm

    Stephen

  • Tracy Newton
    September 6, 2013 at 2:25 pm

    Stephen, Millie, Connor or Caitlin

  • Tammy Tudor
    September 6, 2013 at 8:21 pm

    Caitlin

  • Susan Sargent
    September 7, 2013 at 12:47 pm

    Stephen

  • Anne McCutcheon
    September 7, 2013 at 4:56 pm

    Stephen

  • Fiona Matters
    September 8, 2013 at 12:05 pm

    Stephen, Millie, Connor or Caitlin

  • Lou Gourley
    September 8, 2013 at 1:46 pm

    Millie

  • Tean Porteus
    September 8, 2013 at 3:44 pm

    Millie

  • Heather Shaw
    September 8, 2013 at 8:44 pm

    Caitlin. We are HUGE thomas fans in this house 🙂

  • Louise
    September 8, 2013 at 9:54 pm

    Stephen

  • Sarahann Tonner
    September 9, 2013 at 1:14 am

    Millie

  • Bev Morgan
    September 9, 2013 at 11:04 am

    Stephen

  • Mary-Ann Pollard
    September 9, 2013 at 6:56 pm

    Caitlin

  • Laura Farnworth
    September 9, 2013 at 11:26 pm

    Connor

  • alison berry
    September 10, 2013 at 9:35 am

    Caitlin

  • Amanda Milton
    September 10, 2013 at 8:14 pm

    Stephen

  • Veronica Therawati
    September 10, 2013 at 11:31 pm

    Caitlin

  • Kerry Robinson
    September 10, 2013 at 11:31 pm

    Stephen

  • Diana Semionova
    September 11, 2013 at 2:39 pm

    Stephen

  • Julie Davies
    September 11, 2013 at 11:10 pm

    Millie

  • Rosie
    September 11, 2013 at 11:39 pm

    Connor

  • REBECCA TOWNSEND
    September 12, 2013 at 11:41 am

    Stephen

  • Celia West
    September 12, 2013 at 12:18 pm

    Caitlin

  • Dean Smith
    September 12, 2013 at 1:04 pm

    Millie

  • Pam Francis Gregory
    September 12, 2013 at 1:32 pm

    Millie

  • K Knox
    September 12, 2013 at 2:41 pm

    Answer – Stephen 🙂

  • julie baxter
    September 12, 2013 at 5:39 pm

    stephen 🙂

  • Danielle Graves
    September 12, 2013 at 9:22 pm

    Stephen

  • DENISE WILDEN
    September 12, 2013 at 10:35 pm

    MILLIE

  • cathyj
    September 12, 2013 at 11:10 pm

    Stephen, Millie, Connor or Caitlin

  • Jessica Powell
    September 13, 2013 at 12:18 am

    Millie

  • Karen R
    September 13, 2013 at 7:19 am

    Millie 🙂

  • rachael jones
    September 13, 2013 at 10:02 am

    Stephen , millie , connor & caitlin

  • Kelly Hooper
    September 13, 2013 at 11:23 am

    Caitlin

  • alison c
    September 13, 2013 at 12:42 pm

    Millie

  • Joanne Blunt
    September 13, 2013 at 1:33 pm

    Stephen

  • Mickie Bull
    September 13, 2013 at 1:41 pm

    Connor

  • kim neville
    September 13, 2013 at 2:04 pm

    Stephen

  • Lisa Wilkinson
    September 13, 2013 at 4:15 pm

    Connor

  • Rachael Marsden
    September 13, 2013 at 6:10 pm

    stephen

  • leanne newsome
    September 13, 2013 at 6:12 pm

    Stephen

  • Mark Palmer
    September 13, 2013 at 6:41 pm

    Millie

  • Spencer Broadley
    September 13, 2013 at 7:14 pm

    Stephen

  • Alice Hindley
    September 13, 2013 at 7:23 pm

    Caitlin

  • Michelle Kitchen
    September 13, 2013 at 8:04 pm

    Connor

  • vfallows83@hotmail.co.uk
    September 13, 2013 at 8:15 pm

    Stephen

  • Paul Witney
    September 13, 2013 at 8:42 pm

    Connor

  • lindacurtis68@yahoo.co.uk
    September 13, 2013 at 9:13 pm

    Millie

  • jayne underwood
    September 13, 2013 at 9:44 pm

    Caitlin

  • Rachel McMillan
    September 13, 2013 at 9:47 pm

    Stephen

  • judy2357@hotmail.com
    September 13, 2013 at 9:55 pm

    Millie

  • Katarina Micallef
    September 13, 2013 at 9:59 pm

    one of his new friends is Connor

  • Alison Smith
    September 13, 2013 at 10:09 pm

    Millie, it looks like a cute film!

  • ceril roberts
    September 13, 2013 at 10:24 pm

    stephen

  • munchieloves@gmail.com
    September 13, 2013 at 10:31 pm

    Millie

  • Andy Wilmore
    September 14, 2013 at 12:28 am

    Caitlin

  • David Jackson
    September 14, 2013 at 8:19 am

    Caitlin

  • SARA
    September 14, 2013 at 9:09 am

    Connor

  • Paula Harvey
    September 14, 2013 at 12:49 pm

    Stephen

  • Helen Hunt
    September 14, 2013 at 4:32 pm

    Millie

  • MARY HOCKENHULL
    September 14, 2013 at 6:13 pm

    Millie

  • Janice Mackin
    September 14, 2013 at 8:27 pm

    Stephen

  • Jayne B
    September 14, 2013 at 9:50 pm

    Millie

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