Matt 236
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Although different circumstances, it is crazy how in half the time Scorpion has been closed, Towers have rebuilt/plushed Nemesis and Europa have replaced their largely fire damaged version of the same ride. As part of a whole area rebuild.
Meanwhile at Chessington, we still know nothing more about the fate of the ageing Scorpion Express. Which has been SBNO for almost 2 years now, but looking increasingly likely to be permanently closed. I guess this isn’t the first time this has happened at a notable park. When we see what with the Hollywood ride at Phantasialand and various closures over the years at Blackpool.
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Very embarrassing and poor for the park to deliver this level of service for the opening of the park. It seems to get worse every year, with last few leaving lots to be desired also.
Chessington’s reliability issues are certainly even worse than Thorpes and Towers.
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A lot of the above is looking a lot better than before.
Whilst I expect there are some imperfections and areas that will contrast (at least for now), I am looking forward to seeing these updates in what looks to be the biggest TLC project in the park’s post Tussaud days.
Lets hope they keep this a consistent thing and don’t abandon it like Towers Loving Care.
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It has taken a big loggers leap into the sky.
Better chance of Eclipse returning than that.
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Map perfectly competent to me, much better than those silly big heads from all those years ago.
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These updates are lovely, have never seen this amount of work or updates around the park in my time being an enthusiast.
stealth already looks a lot better.
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To be fair even if it isn’t entirely like the concept art, I’m sure it will be better than its Angry Birds Land carnation. Which isn’t difficult for them to do.
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It was an interesting excursion during its first season, but after that generally forgettable.
Like many walkthrough attractions before it, this one aged like milk.
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19 hours ago, JoshC. said:
This was difficult and probably would change order.
Legendia I visited 6 years ago, and I hear the park isn't as good as it was then. So that may change.
I'd be interested to go back to Liseberg and see how I feel about it; I just didn't vibe with it when I visited 7 years ago.
I’ve been to Legendia twice, in 2021 and 2023.
It was definitely a park with charms and a stunning flagship coaster, however the park seemed rundown with a number of attractions either looking on their last legs or SBNO. We were actually evac’d from the twin looping coaster on our front trip as the chain snapped.
I mean Liseberg is nice, I like their flume ride, Balder is incredible and the rest of the ride lineup is generally staple. I stayed in the Grand Curiosa hotel during its opening with the ECC and consider it one of the nicest park hotels I’ve done so far. The Oceana water park looks promising too.
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Coaster Studios listed their top 25 European parks. Here’s mine:
1/ Europa Park
2/ Phantasialand
3/ Energylandia
4/ Disneyland Paris
5/ Parc Asterix
6/ Alton Towers
7/ Liseberg
8/ Tivoli Gardens
9/ Efteling
10/ Thorpe Park
11/ Tover Land
12/ Blackpool Pleasure Beach
13/ Legoland Billund
14/ Paultons Park
15/ Plopsa Land
16/ Chessington
17/ Hellendoorn
18/ Drayton Manor
19/ Legoland Windsor
20/ Great Yarmouth PB
21/ De Wasrbeck
22/ Flamingo Land
23/ Tivoli World Spain (now infamously abandoned)
24/ Bakken
25/ Oakwood
Should probably try and visit a few more there. But long haul is more of a priority right now.
I won’t be updating my dark ride list yet, but can safely say Pirates In Batavia 2 is arguably the best dark ride I’ve experienced outside of a Disney or universal park. It’s incredible!
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Currently unsure on the blue colour for the exterior, but I’ll wait and see what the finished product is like.
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I like how the 30 somewhat subtly appears in the logo. I’ll still be calling it Nemesis however.
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Very excited to hear about lots of these updates. Very much needed for the park and something which should have been done years ago.
A lot of the U.K. parks have been way behind many in Europe and America, when it comes to upkeep and presentation. But this is a strong start indeed. Would be nice if this was a regular thing rather than just an odd number of seasons.
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I’m not holding much hope yet, but something like this would be great over here. Especially as attractions and the film industry are two key areas the UK should be prioritising.
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I’m very mixed about the whole thing, so I decided to create my own logo instead.
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If this ends up like the concept art, it will be quite the improvement.
Angry birds was a cheap (cheap) area.
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Another one for the Port Aventura club.
It has been six years since my first (and only) visit. With other trip priorities and the park’s countless operational faults, I’m still not overly convinced to return yet. Even with Uncharted.
Oakwood is another one, 8 years so far. More likely to return there.
It’s been almost 5 years since I did Mingo & LWV. The latter I doubt I’ll ever visit again.
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It might aesthetically look the best it has in over a decade, but Chessington is fundamentally broken.
Most of the new rides built and supplied by cheap manufacturers, with low throughputs and regular break downs. Mandrill might be the best investment in years, but it’s still a weird choice given other options. Not helped either by Merlin’s extreme & unnecessary safety reactions, making what’s already a questionable throughput dire.
The rest of the park is still the same story. Old/ageing rides struggling to operate on lower throughputs and increasing breakdowns. Tiger Rock & Dragons Fury were down frequently during the day. Tomb is an absolute mess.
Howl’oween was generally fun (albeit no Creepy Caves) with some excellent shows and entertainment, but seriously needs to go back to 8pm as you basically get half an hour of atmospheric park lighting and everything.
Management, car parks, queue distribution, infastructure, F&B and so much more is keeping this park from being something great. Like I’m sure it was a long long time ago. However most of the above is unlikely to be improved soon, if ever.
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Can see more rides having compulsory lockers and metal detectors before boarding the ride. Universal and Cedar Fair parks do this, as does Hyperion at Energylandia.
Closing the baggage room wasn’t a great choice, as besides saving money on 1 minimum wage 19 year old, it reduces confidence of guests leaving personal items incase of theft.
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I await with mixed emotions on this new proposed logo.
Am actually a fan of the existing logo, the infinity loops really encapsulated what the park was and didn’t seem too dated.
However change is imminent and I guess the old logo has run its course.
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Whatever happens to Scorpion, there is no way they would source parts from Europa’s Alpen Express. Because that ride is even older than Scorpion and we don’t even know what Europa are doing with it yet. No to mention different companies.
The park could benefit from another major coaster and some supporting attractions in-between. In a few years, some rides including Scorpion will be 40 years old.
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Rumba is a 1987 Intamin rapids (modified 2002) and Vikings was a 2007 ABC one.
Doubtful that much (if anything) could be recycled on this attraction or anything similar. Ironic though an attraction half its age has been decommissioned though.
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Given half the park is seemingly on its last legs, that’s a substantial amount of attractions that could be on the chopping block. However as others have mentioned the park urgently need as much capacity as possible because the throughput of most of their new rides is embarrassing TBH.
hard to know what’s next for the park, but can see Mexicana being a potential redevelopment area. Just made to think more than a decade ago, they had three attractions that could manage around 1000 PPH. Nowadays 500 PPH seems high for them which is embarrassing.
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It’s a honestly a park where you think their operations couldn’t get any worse. Yet somehow it does.
At this rate, they might as well close for park for a year and carry out a massive maintenance upgrade, especially with half the park’s rides on life support.