Mitchada04
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Knowing Chessington's luck they'll do that but find some real life thing that prevents them from building anything ever again as it's deemed of historic value or something.
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Kong. Stunning! . The facade is incredible and daunting. The mountain mural looks great up close, and even better from the distance, really looks like a mountain range going off into the distance. The huge doors opening, the kong entry arch, it all just sets the right tone. And then the queue. It's so well done, dark, twisty, carvings on the wall, actors, an animatronic worm before load, and the witch room! That really builds up the atmosphere as she summons Kong, great animatronic too, very realistic.
The ride. The vehicles are very agile for how large they are. So that's cool tech wise, and driving round to the gates is great. Once inside you get a mix of screens and real sets, and everything is well done. The motion bases, the story works well considering it has all been tagged onto the Kong360 video from Hollywood. It's really good fun, the drivers are cool, the Kong animatronic is stunning and you get so close to him! Incredible. It's nothing special in the sense of pushing the boundaries, but it's a great ride. Does feel quite short but that's just how the pacing is. Overall, a great addition to Islands!
Hulk. Not a lot has changed. The outside cattlepen is now covered, the interior queue is modernised and has some cool effects, the story is different, new trains stylish, launch tunnel very bright with a lack of effects, the soundtrack on board is really cool though! Ride isn't any smoother, it's edgy and snappy. Really is an icon coaster.
Diagon Alley. So this was also new for me, was under construction last time I went. Wow. It is stunning and I'm not a fan of Potter. The train ride slightly disappointing but I didn't get the magic of travelling to Hogwarts. Just everything in DA is so thought through. The shops are as stunning as in Hogsmeade, but the addition of streets like Knockturn, the train bridge up above with train sound effects even though it's just a staff run, the huge fire breathing dragon. It is amazing and the true statementof theme park immersion in this era.
And as for Gringotts, it's a really cool ride system with a good fun story and great pacing. Not as groundbreaking as FJ was, but it's loads of fun and very clever.
Overall, another lovely trip to Universal. VB looks like it'll be stunning, Toothsome is an incredible piece of design, and Citywalk seems so much better now it's had the majority of its makeover. It's great watching them grow and such a rate and continue to do so!
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Didn't Big Top have some stuff from Carnival?
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If Paultons do extend Peppa Pig then that's fair, they've not touched it since it opened and have invested in plenty since it arrived. Maybe a Peppa Pig dark ride of some sorts?
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Publicised numbers are always wrong, Swarm was £23 million I've been told on two separate occasions. Ghost Train is up and nearing 30 apparently and kept rising with all the delays, and now all the tweaks etc.
Maybe the ride system cost £13 million, plus the £3 million for the actual building, large amount for theming, headsets, marketing etc. Easy to see it slowly rise.
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Secret life of Pets.
And well rumour has it completely new ride. Maybe a wingrider. End of the day, Dragons doesn't work in the land, something designed around it would. A terrain hugging wing rider through the forest with near misses and special effects would look more in place and be a better complete experience.
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Fallon is projected for early next year, F&F for early/mid 2018.
Another one to add to potential stuff coming alongside SLOPs and Nintendo and a 3rd park: Dragon Challenge.
It hasn't duelled for a few years now and as Hulks revamp has been received well Dragons is next. Rumours have it as closing middle of next month. And some put it down as being demolished with a new coaster taking its place maybe for next year!
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Stealth is waiting on a part. The park can literally do nothing but wait.
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Down by Samurai will be the other access point. Thinking about it that'd make more sense for a stand out entrance area as there's more room to play with. But yeah, that's the loop you're looking at.
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Inferno did open towards the end of the day.
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It is going around Loggers train route. You can see from Samurai all of the track being lifted up. Space is tight in CC for two cattlepens, so I'm thinking they might use Loggers queue for Platform and then some metal fences to guide you to the entrance which I assume will be the gate to the left of naughty but nice or that'll be the exit. Either way, yes.
Big Top just wasn't finished in time that's all. It had some really good effects and now they've done it once hopefully this time it'll be fine.
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That'd be like one train op, ride is about 15 mins long
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The fourth has been there a while but being tested out of hours. It was only signed off by ADIPS a few weeks ago and began running.
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It has run 4 trains I think. And I've heard a fifth is on site, and while it'll never run 5 they'll have a spare.
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So smoothly it is now officially open. Surprise! Talk about not setting a date and then just opening it. I wonder if they'll set a date for Toothsome Chocolate Factory which is now rumoured to be opening in a few weeks or if that'll join Hulk and Kong in just opening one day.
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Rides are subject to availability. It's on the website and scroller signs before you go in saying it will be unavailable. It should be back up soon from what I've heard. Like a week maybe, not down all summer.
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I know I've already done it, but I can't wait for this again! That launch room is a geeks dream and an engineers amazement. It's stunning, and yeah, the engineers get really chatty if you do. And the whole VIP team is great, I'd be happy to pay the £50 for this. Really hope lots of you can make it, it's such an experience, and you'll give it a tiny bit more slack when it's always breaking down, especially after you see the computer system it uses to record all the date
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Logger's Leap
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I thought someone had confirmed it earlier in the thread, if not, I'm pretty sure it is being used for Platform 15's queue yes