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Oh....well I guess princesses are popular, fair enough.

Did I just dream it or did Small World previously have a section you walked around that featured a miniature city with lights and voices?

Ooh, the last two hours one is helpful. Although I probably should have mentioned I will be going with two other adults and 3 children, so FP and SRQ probably aren't really applicable.

Hey everybody, I'm headed to DLP on Monday for a few days. It's going to be crowded, hot and expensive, any pro tips for me?

You actually think children in this day and age no longer like to see animals? Even though zoo's up and down the country are still raking in thousands?

I wish I could show you the ride picture of my nieces the first time their mother dragged them on the Bubbleworks. The younger one is screaming in tears and the older one looks like she's got a gun pointed in her face. Then when they got home they spent the entire day watching POV's . And were ecstatic the next time we went to the park to go back on the ride.

I hope you don't mind but your post was so clear and concise that I forwarded it along to Chessington's twitter, they were cool about it.

Blimey who knew Burnt Stub Manor used to look like the Playboy Mansion inside, good thing they made it a ride so now it's less scary.

I don't hate it. I think the positives definitely outweigh the negatives here. The biggest positive for me is that 27 years later I can still ride a dark-ride at Chessington and relive my BubbleWorks memories. From what I could see in the POV I watched the lighting is so much better, it's actually a dark ride. The use of music is a bit lackluster and there was definitely a bland section around the midway point but compared to the DuckyWorks (or full closure and demolishing) this is an improvement. Also important to me is that Transylvania as a land still seems to be left largely intact. I'm ok with this, I would take the nieces back on it and I reckon they'd love it even more then the DuckyWorks.

Hah, that's hilarious. We missed out on Pirates last time becuase we couldn't find it. Now my 24 year long mission will still go uncompleted. Any other useful tidbits?

I'm going to DLP in May! It's my first time back to the park since summer 1992 so....Do they still have that freaky Snow White ride?

That's another good one for the kiddies.

It's a strong possibility, I wonder what the best day to go in the half term would be?

It looks fun...but a 4 hour round trip is a big no for the kiddies. Unfortunately.

Thanks, sadly it's Devon coverage is pretty limited.

I have recently relocated to the tiny town of Kingsbridge in Devon and am wondering if anyone knows of, or can recommend any Halloween events or attractions in the county. I'm up for the full range from scare mazes to pumpkin patches and hayrides. Muchly appreciated!

Masochist.

Incidentally, where would be a good place for me to request people's photos of the Transylvania area?

Give the Gruffalo a hammy Romanian accent.

But wait, didn't Merlin hint the theme would still be a factory tour?

The Gruffalo? Is that IP still popular, I feel like it's so 6 years ago. Why can't anyone just build a half decent haunted house anymore?!

Hah, staff at Chessington seem to have gone back in time to 2005. The Professor's been retired/dead for a long time now. To me this revamp is no different from what's already occurred. In fact, it may even turn out to be an improvement. We can assume, from the snippets revealed, that the factory tour theme is remaining. Perhaps my dream of a Fanta IP has finally come true. This guy is taking it particularly hard though: This chap needs a girl pretty bad

Wait it's going to be re-themed by next season opening? This is going to be all cosmetic then, I thinking this will be a pretty similar experience to the 2006 re-theme.

Now it's in there is there any chance they can squeeze the carousel back in?

^ Well done merch team, I want them all.