MarkC Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 Well hello there! Chessington needs a new ride and a there little teaser video may just be able to show they will deliver it.. Adventurers, we need your help! We recently found some “spook-tacular” mysterious footage on a damaged video camera… we’re working on fixing it to see if that might give us some more clues. Could it be something newly uncovered at the Resort? We need all the help that we can get, please share this video to help us find the mysterious owner! We hope to share more of our findings soon… Video - https://www.facebook.com/Chessington/videos/vb.21321734034/10153395203604035/?type=2&theater Discuss little nerds.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 Tomb Blaster retheme? It could just be something for Howl'o'ween though. OldFarmerDean 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 No idea what this is yet' but as Jamie's said, chances are it'll either be a Tomb Blaster re theme (due to ancient look of the clips) or so,etching new for Howl'Oween as they usually receive something new for that each year (hopefully Hocus Pocus Mystery & Haunting in the hollows will remain). I strongly doubt we will see a new ride next year as besides being Chessington, they we need to send planning out by now which even for something medium we would've probably had to seen already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merry-go-girl Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 Looks like some sort of update to Tomb Blaster to me. Or small attraction adjacent to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 The fact they've used the term "spooktacular" says to me that its something for Halloween... Maybe something similar to the Krypt maze they had a few years back... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 It's pretty much the same theme as tomb already is, so would be odd if it were that! Does look haloweenish, but a really odd time and way to start promoting it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexander Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 Hopefully not a re theme... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imagineer Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 The last people that I knew who owned that skeleton were the Entertainment Department, so I guess Howl'o'ween attraction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HermanTheGerman Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 Everything about the post implies that it's for Howl'O'Ween, it's just that the timing seems a little early. Normally we don't see this sort of thing until very late August at the earliest. Oh well, either way, it still looks like it could be linked to the Tomb Blaster replacement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJ Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 It's clearly shot in Tomb, look at the polystyrene breakage on one of the stone props. Maybe that has something to do with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerfuffle Posted July 7, 2015 Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 Just saw the video now....and following the ideas of a Tomb retheme, when I saw the skeleton, the first thing that popped into my head was Abdab. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJ Posted July 7, 2015 Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 Most the park management don't know the character Abdab exists so it probably won't be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerfuffle Posted July 7, 2015 Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 Most the park management don't know the character Abdab exists so it probably won't be. Perhaps. Otherwise I reckon Tomb would make a great setting if it included Sir Arthur Stubbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosferatu Posted July 7, 2015 Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 Well this is Chessington we're talking about, so I doubt it's going to be anything spectacular. But maybe they'll surprise us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJames Posted July 7, 2015 Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 Maybe they'll demolish the existing theming in Tomb Blaster, not bother to replace it and finish the project and open it up unfinished and bare next year..? De ja vu it seems? Ian-S and Kerfuffle 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerfuffle Posted July 7, 2015 Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 Maybe they'll demolish the existing theming in Tomb Blaster, not bother to replace it and finish the project and open it up unfinished and bare next year..? De ja vu it seems? I hope they don't get inspiration from the ride immediately next door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merry-go-girl Posted July 7, 2015 Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 Maybe they'll demolish the existing theming in Tomb Blaster, not bother to replace it and finish the project and open it up unfinished and bare next year..? De ja vu it seems? They can call it 'Purgatory', it'll be the most horrifying dark ride in Europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosferatu Posted July 7, 2015 Report Share Posted July 7, 2015 Maybe they'll demolish the existing theming in Tomb Blaster, not bother to replace it and finish the project and open it up unfinished and bare next year..? De ja vu it seems? It's a Chessington trademark. Kerfuffle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerfuffle Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 Second part of the video has been revealed! https://www.facebook.com/Chessington/videos/10153405262009035/ ...complete with a very interesting description: Great news Adventurers, we’ve managed to uncover some more ‘spook-tacular’ footage from the damaged video camera! Could this elusive character be the owner of the camera and who we’re looking for? He appears to have stumbled across some form of hidden, lost tomb… The idea of a Tomb revamp seems to be getting more likely... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 It already is a 'hidden lost tomb', these clues are describing something that is already there! If they are planning to make this the third incarnation of the same ride with the same rough theme I'll lose all hope. If they are planning to redo Tomb, which is a bit knackered but passable, while other areas of the park are not even close to acceptable, I'll lose even more. It's 'spook-tacular'. Surely this will be a Halloween incarnation of Tomb? That would make sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerfuffle Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 It's 'spook-tacular'. Surely this will be a Halloween incarnation of Tomb? That would make sense. Suppose so. Alton Towers used to transform Duel into either 'Duel Live!' or 'Skelvin's Haunted Adventure' every Scarefest, so I don't see why Chessie can't do this... Celia Mae 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 Tomb Live would be interesting... Although Duel Live was scrapped because people complained about the lack of lasers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerfuffle Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 Although Duel Live was scrapped because people complained about the lack of lasers... Well then hopefully this year Chessie can teach people a valuable lesson; Lasers don't make proper dark rides/Halloween attractions. Jack F 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraX Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 The H&S of the walkways of tomb have leap frogged tombs re-theme over bubbles, to the top of the list. If this IS leading us into the re-theme, all we can hope is they do a good job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 To be fair, shooter rides CAN be great fun. Tomb is just not a great example of one. Whatever this is, for them to begin teaser trailers this early on, one would hope it's a pretty major or significant thing. Not holding my breath yet mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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