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Anything changed to make it your best ride so far? Or did it just not suck as normal ?

Ha <_<That is something I always see getting asked I bet it's so annoying for the people who work on that ride.

I personally love Quantum , It used to be a lot better, but it's still awesome. To be honest I'd welcome it with open arms to Chessington

Great to hear he's back <_<If only I could remember all those questions...

Yeah

The sound track was just amazing. The best dark coaster in the UK.

I would agree, but like you say for some reason, it does seem to have had the most attention, e.g. refreshments to the queue and the dragon being re-painted a couple of times.

I don't think they look too bad anywhere. But they really need a touch up, but so does a few bits of the park and I'm sorry I would put EVERYTHING behind Runaway's Rocks getting re-done/re-painted/re-vamped.

That has actually been added this year as now when you first walk into Transylvania you are able to hear Bubble's music. :PThis also shows that there is now only one grave stone in the area before the station , lots more around the outdoor queue though,

Thanks, actually understand and makes me a feel a little less of a douchebag.

An absolutely amazing ride that was a fantastic experience. Meant that X Sector was a definite visit every trip, and in general a fantastic family coaster for the park.I think I know why it went, down to evacuation safety laws changing , meaning a relatively large cost would have been needed to make them up to today's standards, a cost that sadly, Alton weren't willing to pay even if I think they should

Err excuse me?I've not seen Dragon Falls have problems EVER. Therefore when the ride is evacuated and there is a guy climbing all over the drop, and the ride is closed for a pretty decent amount of time I thought it was pretty unusual and thought that anyone visiting within the next few days may want to do know.

I remember a few years ago when they used to be £5, but even at £8 that's cheap compared to in the States. Strangely they are one of the few things which is more expensive over there.E.g. My on ride photo on Expedition Everest was if exchanged from $ to £ about £15

There we go

I assume it was just me then :PAlthough I did go on first thing in the morning and it was raining lightly and had been the night before so I'll put it down to being cold/not having warmed up yet

Managed 3 rides on Rattlesnake today and whilst it was still absolutely awesome, it felt a lot slower than last year, was wondering if anything has been done. The brakes which were on seemed to be in the same place, but the lift seemed slower, maybe it's just me :PAlso, Rattlesnake today had a queue almost as long as the others, when Vampire and Fury on 50, it was on 40! Kobra was also only 45.

I was unbelievably impressed with Kobra today, it has a very slow moving queue due to stupidly long times between cycles, but the ride itself was fantastic!The ride experience was actually very different to what I was expecting and was so much fun! Whilst I'm not a huge fan of the restraint system, it does result in an unusual and novel position to ride in. I couldn't agree more with everyone who says its faster than it looks, overall the ride was a great addition :PDoes anyone know why they weren't doing Express Passes for Kobra today? One of the VERY few days I have EP's and one of the 6 rides wasn't available, oh well. :DThe whole area was amazing, and Lorikeet Lagoon was another highlight of the day!

Just thought I'd warn of what looked like pretty serious problems today on Dragon Falls about 3/4. Boat looked to be stuck on the main drop with a maintenance guy (can't remember there actual name) climbing over the conveyor belt over the drop. Other boats evacuated, but at about 4 the boat from the drop was no longer there, but the ride still not in operation, this was the last look of it I got so don't know if it was re-opened.

Here is a (admittedly bad) picture of the added fire affects in the "Firepit" Where that big dog guy is in the middle

The now "bloody" pool in the Vampire area, my flash decided to go off so is giving some very strange colours, sorry

Blac..., I mean Brown Buccaneer was awesome as usual today, despite a LOT of paint peeling off revealing the older, brown colour scheme. Such a great ride though

Just got back from an unbelievable day at Chessington, as always :DThe park was just fantastic, and managed a good ride count!Vampire- 5Dragons Fury- 4Rattlesnake- 3Runaway Train- 3Tomb Blaster- 2Safari Skyway- 1Bubbleworks- 1Kobra- 1Black Buccaneer- 1And a couple others :PMight add pics later

Ha, no it is :PThanks Mr. Hicks!

Oh I know how it feels, I have had a trip planned for this Thursday for a while and my lift just dropped out, so yeah, disappointing But oh well

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