Saz

The more I look at some of the plans, the more I am certain this will be based around The Walking Dead. Some of the buildings in the plans look remarkably similar to the prison that featured in season 3, and the unveiling yesterday of what appears to be a watchtower as the central theming element in the plaza confirms this theory even more.

Lionsgate also produced The Descent - that would make an incredible maze!

That music would perfectly suit The Smiler. It has the same eery effect that the outdoor queueline for The Tower of Terror in Florida has.

'The world's most looping roller coaster' would have been better in all honestly. 'The world's first 14 looping roller coaster' doesn't explicitly say that there are no coasters with more inversions.

I remember reading or hearing somewhere that there would be a secret element as well as the 14 inversions.

Four week ban surely.

I honestly thought this was some sort of construction work going on when I first saw it on Towers Nerd. It's shockingly awful. I really hope the whole Dark Forest area is revamped at some point in the near future, especially Rita. The idea of a drag racing track being taken over by nearby cursed forest doesn't quite cut it as a legitimate theme. Just paint Rita entirely green, retheme it to a werewolf or something and be done with it.

^Some comments also raised concern that the track suddenly ended. I also hope that this was trolling.

Perhaps they will take the Universal Studios route and introduce actors and 'proper' scare zones around the park.

Or turkeys at Christmas. So has the tunnel gone completely, or is it from just after the drop?

I do think Vengeance will end up at London Dungeons again. There appears to be an empty room next to where Sweeney Todd is, so it might be able to be fitted there.

Henry is a case of "blink and you miss him" unfortunately - he literally appears on one corner of the boat ride. In regards to the ceilings, they are mainly covered with fabrics or are painted black. Some may have had additional theming but I can't really remember. Looking at the plans there is designated room for an outside queue, but as others have said the indoor queue area is huge. It's probably 10 times the length of the last dungeon's indoor queue.

Perhaps Vengeance might just end up back at London Dungeons next year - I'm sure there is space for it somewhere. Extremis might make a good addition at Chessington somewhere, perhaps there is space in the Hocus Pocus Hall building for it to be included within the attraction somehow, oe maybe the Vampire/Tomb Blaster 'shed'. Edit: I managed to find this http://planning.lambeth.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=externalDocuments&keyVal=MD6OE2BOHV000. They are the update plans of the new dungeons. Judging from these plans, I think those who went to the preview day yesterday only experienced around half of the entire Jack the Ripper shows somehow. All I remember from yesterday was: but there seems to be 5 Jack the Ripper shows.

I visited today and the ride cycle (from what I remember) is as follows: Overall the new dungeons are good. Some shows are better than the previous dungeon but others felt a bit bare in terms of theming. The boat ride could have benefitted from additional effects/theming - in some parts it just felt very quiet.and dull.

Sorry for my ignorance, but is the photo that Mark posted the new Transformers attraction at Universal? Iron Rattler is looking insane!