yeah

New TVs have been put in some of the queues, Ive seen Fury and Tiger Rock so far. Also, Signage 101 with Chessington

That's much better. Now it needs to stay this way.

Unfortunately not - my mum showed me them on her phone. I can ask her though.

Pictures on Facebook of smoke coming from underneath the back car on Scorpion, ride's gone down. Not good.

I mean, this was actually pretty spot on.

Well there's got to be some form of transportation during construction

Six Flags have bought 5 parks in the US: Wet n' Wild Splashtown and Phoenix, Darien Lake, Frontier City and White Water Bay. http://investors.sixflags.com/news-and-events/press-releases/2018/05-22-2018-210951050 EDIT This puts them at 25 parks, my God.

That's really nice, I've never been but Phantasialand seems like it could be my favourite park when I get there. also, is that background music from Thorpe? Sounds like it to me. Would make sense with the IMAScore link.

How old do you have to be to get a job at Chessie? I've heard 16 for a ride host, which is only a year away for me, but I'm not sure.

Genuine question, why? Surely you get more value for money when you get to go to all the parks and the midway attractions rather than just Thorpe? Why not just get a Thorpe one if you only use it there?

Had the pleasure of seeing the Tiger Talk today. Was really interesting to see the tigers up close and how they train them - they use a whistle like thing on the end of a long stick, so the tiger has to follow the whistle and blow into it to get his or her food. A couple of times they made her stand up and my god, those things are much bigger than they look. They also spoke a bit about Wildfire at Kolmarden - they explained how the tigers wouldn't be bothered by the noise of the log flume, because they were situated by the main drop of the ride back in Sweden, so they're used to it by now.

I guess that makes sense, hopefully they make an effect like the train is rising from a pit of fire.

This saga has more twists and turns than any given rollercoaster in England. It's really starting to drag on a bit now. Someone had their camera out on the Rapids, who cares, wouldn't be the first time and it sure as hell won't be the last. Time for Alton to focus on more important things than pathetically arguing with a semi-famous-ish YouTuber over whether he should have taken a photo on the Rapids, despite the fact it's in the past and they can do nothing to change it now.

Unfortunately not, I had a reason but I can't remember now.

Might be replying to this a bit too early but yeah I've considered it, don't know about it though for various reasons.

We're on 4 now

Hmm. If this is true and they were given permission, Merlin really need to sort this out. There seems to be a real disconnect between their rules on social media/website and their rules at all of their parks. I was told not long ago on Twitter GoPros are no longer allowed at Chessington, only to see someone ask if they can take their mounted GoPro on Dragons Fury and the answer was yes.

14 replies... ugh I bet each and every one of them is attacking AT for daring to reinforce their rules at the expense of Lord Sanbrooke...

The one from this

People on Facebook are saying multiple staff members and even management have said it was meant to be done in March, but they haven't been able to because they need a crane to carry it out, and they can't get one in while people are in the park. Some have even said staff members have said it isn't coming back. Chessington actually acknowledged the conversation and just said to keep an eye on social media. (Someone did also say that it has been removed permanently for that new water coaster we saw, so take the above with a pinch of salt of course)

As much as I absolutely love that colour, it still irks me a bit that the ride is called Fenix and it's not red.

A. What do you mean? B. Why are you quoting a post from three years ago?

So I've just come back from Chessington, where I had three goes on Tiger Rock. Here are my thoughts: Area As many have said, "Land of the Tiger" features many high fences. To be honest, though, it wasn't all too noticeable, as the Tiger Rock itself draws most of your attention. The area around the drop and main entrance to the area, is themed around a conservation site, with the wooden fences decorated as large supply crates. There's some nice theming around the enclosures near the drop (I didn't go too far down where Peeking Heights was), with some crates, shovels, binoculars, all that stuff. The bridge going over the flume itself has a new bridge running alongside it for the tigers (although, I personally didn't see any of the tigers on any of the bridges, one came close but walked off). The area where the Buddha is has all sorts of signs, about some festival, and also signs directing you to "Tiger Cave" "Tiger Pool" and of course, "Tiger Rock". The sign pointing to Tiger Rock is pointing to the theming feature, and not the ride, which could cause confusion. The panning for gold thing has been changed to a doughnuts and churros stand. Now, as you've probably seen, unfortunately, the dragon has been covered up and honestly, it looks awful in person, you can easily see where it was the dragon and some of the green paint remains. The ride entrance is pretty much the same, but painted up in a tiger pattern and with a new sign. Finally, the music is absolutely fantastic, really atmospheric and honestly makes the area. It doesn't sound like anything Chessington have done before. Ride Experience The queue in the station remains, there's some signs explaining the story, how you're in the "Tiger Temple", you're travelling down the "Amur River" and you're "Connecting with the Spirit of the Tiger". There's also a scene up on the wall, and a show sequence plays every so often with a tiger over your head. The ride is mostly the same until you get to the former Dragon tunnel. As you exit the tunnel, you catch your first glimpse of the tiger rock on the ride. You pass by the old Chan's Cycles and Lee's Laundry, which are now painted all red and completely bare which I think is a shame. There's some nice audio as you go up the lift and when you're on the top. As you go through the tiger head you're sprayed with mist, like Wicker Man, which means you get wetter than on Dragon Falls. The old photo kiosk is now a tiny gift shop selling mostly just generic tiger stuff, some Tiger Rock bears, cups and pin badges. The old food kiosk is now the photo kiosk. Overall This review is getting long so I'll keep this short: Overall, I thought Tiger Rock and Land of the Tiger was alright. Not much has changed to be honest, and I was disappointed with some of the theming being removed. I am happy that the ride is back as I felt a part of Chessie was missing without Dragon Falls, without it it was just repeat rides on Fury, Vampire and Rattlesnake.

Okay so here's where we are right now: - I'm feeling very intimidated by the height of the rides at Thorpe, as well as the drops. - I'm not scared of Smiler, like, at all, I just don't know when I'll next be going to Towers. - I'm thinking of going on Rameses with a friend on Saturday

I was expecting the eyes or something to fall off due to the forces, and it turns out it's an advert for how intense it is or something. But no, it is literally a video of a leek riding a rollercoaster.