Yeah I must admit I didn't know whether or not to add it to the list, but the park are still yet to announce a permanent closure.
Its also still listed as closed on the ride availability page (https://www.chessington.com/plan-your-visit/resort-information/ride-availability/) but looks like this page hasn't been updated for a good while!
Its a strange one as I thought they would be desperate to get this back open, and it was seen testing last season. But maybe they have bigger plans for this area now!
Not that it makes a difference to your point, but Scorpion hasn't run since mid-2022, and is completely absent from the park's map now.
Whether it's died a slow and painful death or just taking a hibernation, who knows...
Thanks for this @Matt N always find these interesting!
Its so satisfying being in the Nemesis queue, always seem to have a good team running it and the queue constantly moves. Nice to see Oblivion is being ran slightly better this year hopefully that continues.
Only timing I got last week was in the Wickerman queue as I was bored and was interested how it does on 2 trains. Were dispatching trains roughly every 2 mins so 720.
So today Chessington has the following closed all day;
- Mandrill Mayhem
- Rattlesnake
- Tiger Rock
- Zufari
- Tomb Blaster
- Tiny Truckers
- Seastorm
- Monkey Swinger
- Scorpion Express
Dragons Fury has operated for 1 hour so far today and is currently closed.
What an absolute shambles. I swear this is getting worse every year. I feel like Thorpe and Towers have both turned a corner and are making the right decisions and investments. The same can't be said for Chessington unfortunately...
The park also re validated tickets yesterday due to ride availability.