Matt 236
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WWH’s future where the fire never happened? Difficult to say really.
Seens unlikely they would’ve fully ripped it out, but a gun ride system like Duel & Tomb Blaster happening would’ve been highly plausible at the time. They would’ve probably rethemed or replaced it again by now. Maybe a Sony IP?
If it wasn’t ripped out, then Inferno wouldn’t have happened (least in its existing guise) due to building location. No DBGT either? Yeah I can take that.
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Enterprises’s official demise was imminent.
It hasn’t been running reliably for almost a decade, let alone this season. Where it hasn’t rotated fully for a long time.
Enterprises seem to be a dying breed these days with only some left in existence.
Towers do seriously need to broaden their selection of support attractions, as this leaves Blade is the last family/thrill ride left, which too is on its last legs. -
7 hours ago, Theme Park Fanatic said:
I’ve heard that a couple of the original Vampire trains operate in America. Can someone tell me which Theme Park they operate at? Apparently an Arrow Coaster needed trains and a few of Chessington’s still worked. Due to this Chessington exported a couple to America. I heard thease were stored behind the scenes at Chessington for a few Seasons. The rest of the original fleet were unfortunately scrapped. Even though defective I think Chessington should have retained at least one. Vampire is there flagship ride,and accounts for a lot of the Theme Parks success.
This is not something I have heard about, nor have I heard been rumoured before. Let alone confirmed.
Aside from Vampire, only four other suspended coasters remain. All of which are in the USA. Having ridden two of them, at no point did they appear to look or resemble the original Vampire trains thematically , apart from being the same car design.
I cannot comment for the other two, although Ninja at SF Magic Mountain did use the former trains of XLR8. The former long demolished suspended coaster from SF Astroworld. Also Vortex at Canada’s Wonderland is largely similar to Bat anyway in many respects.
To the best of my knowledge, all the original Vampire Arrow trains were scrapped, unless they were donated or preserved by anyone. Again, largely unlikely. I just can’t see why an American chain park would randomly invest tonnes of money to ship some old coaster trains across the Atlantic to marginally improve supplies.
The ride would’ve only had 3 trains anyway and who’s to say one of them didn’t become a spare parts doner, which is possible.
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Going? Going to reopen next year it seems.
I’m sure Chessington now what they are doing. Maybe the development plan or whatever is will drop more ‘possible’ hints at the future.
Nothing is set in stone, unless it was built by universal rocks.
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After some work shuffling, I am now able to make this.
Just need to sort out my pass/entry now.
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I’m a maybe for now.
Just have to sort out work and then renew my pass or membership.
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I’m sorry. But if we are going on the tangent of rides like Tomb Blaster and Duel, being restored to their original states of operation, then I see no reason of Runaway Train being exempt. However any man and his dog could easily say this would never happen
Burrito Bob is a lie. However the same principal lies around every myth snd rumour, regarding the future of any ride. The mysterious disappearance of the ride on the website is an interesting one. However until we get an official announcement or see the ‘demolition’ vehicles, the closure can neither be confirmed or denied.
I believe we are getting some sort of development plan regarding Chessington any time now, so we shall all have to see what’s happening and whether any of this might affect Scorpion Express. As we know it!
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Scorpion Express closing forever?
Nah. Bob from the Burrito place told me it’s being restored to Runaway Mine Train, although there ain’t be any rock work.
It’s ok, we will know one day!
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4 hours ago, Theme Park Fanatic said:
@Mark9 next year has the potential to be a good season for Alton Towers. With the “rumoured” reopening of The Haunted House and “rumoured” return of Nemesis Sub-Terra it’ll be great. Both rides are sorely missed. From the message written in the Duel queline,I expect the main characters of the returning Haunted House will be Emily Alton and Snowy. I wouldn’t rule out the building being rethemed to Emily Alton’s Dolls house and the ride taking you around scenes. For instance a playroom that features the dolls house and causes children to become possessed. I like most people believe that both rumours are true. If these rides return Alton will technically gain a couple of new/rethemed Dark Rides in the space of a year.
I don’t see next year being a good season for the park (but not necessarily terrible).
With Nemesis being out for the entire season, that is already a substantial amount of throughput already out of the window. Whilst the park still have six other large scale coasters, the problem isn’t the main attractions but the ones that support it.
We don’t know when the (likely) re-themed Duel will reopen and if isn’t towards the start of the season, that’s another large blow. Add that up the ongoing issues with Hex and Enterprise and that’s no fewer than four rides out of action.
If the Retro Squad rides return, it will help a little, but not massively as there still isn’t enough filler besides the main rides, especially if one experiences a prolonged breakdown.
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Yes.
I also liked that song by David Bowie as well.
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Think I’m going to have to go with Skylion.
I mean yes, ok it is basically “Lego Avatar Flight Of Passage”, which I haven’t ridden (yet) at time of writing, but I personally love it.
The attraction is thrilling, immersive and really puts you into a whole different world. I’m so glad they went for this setting than the Lego Movie one. The facade looks great and reminds me a little of Vogel Rock at Efteling and the queue line ain’t too shabby either.
Honourable mention goes to Gruffalo River Adventure, which is fun and a decent rethrme of Professor Drunk’s Bubbleworks. Monster Party is another one to shout at too.
Some Merlin dark rides are definitely better then others. The likes of DBGT are generally poorly executed. I’m yet to ride the ones at Garda and Heide.
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It’s a shame to see it go, but this is probably much needed and the ride has been in a horrid state for the last few years now.
Even the modest updates of 2018 time were not enough.
Let’s see how this develops.
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Two years after my piano version,I finally got the chance to play the original Vampire theme on a real pipe organ.
I only had one take, so excuse the mistakes.
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Jumanji!
Because everybody knew it was going to be an ‘IP’ based land with the listed attractions.
Let’s see what it’s like many months from now.
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Mixed bag today, on my second visit of the 22 season.
Despite the very warm weather, ride reliably seemed reasonable, with just Colossus experiencing any proper down time. It reopened after a while. Samurai was on form and my ride on Saw was probably the smoothest of recent years.
Carnival seems a fun event, although execution seems a bit hit and miss in places. Breakout at Bozos was surprisingly fun and better than expected. The themed announcements are a nice touch, although the rear of the event feels largely overlooked.
Operations could’ve been better. Rush on one swing, Tidal Wave 2 with stacking and Inferno & Swarm we’re stacking a little too. Colossus had the worst operations by far, so many broken seats with dispatches where having one train wouldn’t have been much slower.
Music and audio was shockingly bleak in many areas of the park such as Amity, Jungle and Lost City. This definitely weakened the atmosphere. Closed F&B units along with ‘thinned’ stock levels in shops was also noticed, a sign of the times maybe? My pizza pasta was one of the weakest I’ve had so far.
What’s more, leaving the park is still absolute nightmare. It took my at least 15 minutes to leave when only 8-12 cars were infront of me. The ANPR setup needs to seriously improve because no one is able to leave without pressing the help button.
May do a Fright Nights if there’s time, but we shall see.
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If parks like Tivoli Gardens can replace their old powered coasters with ‘flashy’ new versions which are superior, then Chessington definitely can too.
However they choose not too, so Scorpion will go when it’s literally an operational write off. Which maybe it already is.
Even in the DIC years, Flying Fish got a new train.
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It is definitely a park with much charm and potential.
The way they have developed in the last 10+ years is simply incredible. Building new rides and areas that perhaps would not look out of place at a European theme park.
They also seem to be one of the few uk parks to keep their values and deliver top quality customer service for their consumer. No surprises they come towards the top of attractions on Tripadvisor.
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Like Rob had said, the likelihood is it has been taken off the app because it may have pro-longer downtime because of the unknown incident.
There are many parks with older Mack powered coasters (80’s/90’s), so if they can keep theirs going, there is no reason why Chessington can’t either. However again that depends on the damage.
I think comparing an outdoor powered coaster to a fully enclosed water based dark ride is an inaccurate comparison.
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Currently a maybe, but hopefully a definite once I sort out cover at work.
Edit- swap complete, all good to attend this now.
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At this point, they should just go and build Spooky Island from Scooby Doo. Then it would be an island like no other.
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And while we’re at it, why don’t they sort out the Adventure point castle.
Paint it blue, gold and white just like the Disney castle.
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I think the comparisons between the two are just silly and irrelevant.
Yes, the rapids did need some work going to it, it given its outside and around a concrete foundation, helps this placement no doubt. Not to mention new boats.
With Pirate adventure, not only is the theming now all gone and ripped out, but the ride system would have greater wear and tear from its closure around 2014 time (8 years speaking while writing this).
I mean, never say never to a new dark ride or attraction taking this former spot, but we will be incredibly lucky to see the ride system restored, let alone the theme.
The fate of Rocky Express and your opinions
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Just leaving this here.