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Source Theme Park Guide. I think Loki's shut on the same day as the Bubbleworks. Longboat Invader is expected to open in a different location (likely with a new theme). The new ride will probably have a May opening.

Considering that Flume, Ripsaw and Skyway all closed suddenly. Not to mention that successful retheme of Dragon Falls, I certainly feel reassured that Loggers is coming back soon. Not like they are going to say one thing and then say another resulting in the FAQ becoming a bad news section of course .

Yes, I do think Chessington is well kept. Vampire's station, Fury's queue and the state of Tomb, Wild Asia, Toadies and Mystic East don't bother me to name a few. Who needs the superfluous care and attention of Europa Park and Efteling when you have Chessington anyway.

Maybe, there's no way out they could fit it even in seriousness, it's interesting to see what was then a highly influential ride at the park, which is now basically Liquid-The Ride.

Yeah Chessington is certainly going downhill alright, it's just a matter of time before the bubble busts. -Oh Wait.

I think Paultons is a park that needs a full day when it's busy (judging from experience), but you may not need a full visit if you are not visiting during the weekend. I would advise for a 4pm leave and you will probably need to get a taxi to/from the park unless anyone is driving or giving lifts. must do rides at the park: Veloceraptor, Flight Of The Pterosaur, Cobra, Boulder Dash, Cat-O-Piller, The Edge and Magma.

Spin rock is set to close the following weekend. No mentions of what will replace this, but it has mentioned to be bigger and better. source Liseberg

Well it wins my vote because there's a waterfall. no really it does, as I love hidden features like this.

Olympia Looping definitely looks to be a fantastic addition to Winter Wonderland. However I think I may need to take out a mortgage to afford all those rides.

The ghost train potentially being shut on the event to make up for the ride being shut? The ride's biggest illusion is clearly it's availability.

Some of the things I've heard about operations here are terrible to the degree that even on a weekday express is a neccesity. Especially hearing of the ratios of paid queue jumpers to standby queue and that it can take upto 5 minutes for a train to dispatch on a busy time that isn't even full. Seems to to make Chessington look like Europa park.

Fair point on Cassandra, which isn't the best mad house out there. Silver Star does seem to get a lot of criticism. For me it's the best hyper I've done, but then again I only have the Big One currently as a comparison. Glad the rest of the park was good though and I'm another who enjoys Poseidon.

Yes, as much of a good this TLC scheme is, parks shouldn't be rewarded for doing something that is expected to be a normal occurrence at all major parks. imagine how much triumph and fan there would be if Didney, Efteling and Europa announced every time they refitted a ride or added new lighting like Merlin have for the TLC.

Reading this made me feel a little sad, but the again it was a matter of time before the old Tooley Street building went under the knife. Never managed to experience the original one (regrettably) but remember walking past it once or twice. Certainly is gong to feel rather different when this view is gone.

As much as I may moan at Merlin a little too much, food is one of the things they usually seem to do right (except Burger Kitchen). Whilst it it may not always be amazing, I find the food quality they provide to be of very good quality especially for a theme park. Places such as Smokehouse BBQ, Roller Coaster Restaurant, Fin's and even Woodcutters usually offer decent food. Comparing their food food to places such as Oakwood, Drayton and even DLRP (shocker), their food typically seems better.

Wasn't it supposed to be like the lighter side of Transylvsnia though? I'm pretty sure the original area comprised of two main areas. The dark and scary area where Vampire is with the castle and forests whilst the other area where Professor Burps is was supposed to be the upbeat area with town/village a brewery. Ive always thought Transylvania has been one of the most coherent themed areas in the UK (let alone Chessie) and hope this show-horned IP doesn't ruin this.

Wow, this really makes me want to rush to the park to experience this before it shuts. Least Stealth is actually working, but wow! Closed rides are apparently a popular thing in 2016.

One day they'll sell you something to skip queue whilst queue to skip the queues. Whoops silly me, better not give them more ideas.

Oh boy, we do have some real idiots around. And that's why we are now seeing ridiculous measures of 6 foot fences and danger of death signs every couple of centimetres.

Fantastic news! Thats one less ride for people to complain about.

I think they made the right choice. An inflatable upcharge attraction is clearly tonnes better than a hefty support flat ride, even if it was on its last legs.

Good old reliable Intamin aye . I'm not complaining as long as it's back running by September.

2024, this is Chessington remember! I would love to see Ramesis replaced with a modern top scan like Talocan or even a complete rebuild. But seeing Merlin being Merlin,I can't see this happening and as a result the ride is slowly being driven into the ground which is a shame.

Who's to say there won't be tents or small marquees involved anyway. Or knowing Merlin, probably shipping containers. Hopefully this will be better than Big Top was.

Putting it into perspective (as one who isn't a fastrack fan), which may have been mentioned. If mobile fastrack ticket purchases are taken out of the existing proportion of Fastrack currently sold, then it is completely acceptable. However, if the sale of mobile fastrack will be added on top of current fastrack allocations, then it is completely unacceptable. Towers seem one one of the better handlers of paid queue jumping so hopefully they've got this.