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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.

 

The state of the building has also probably made any work on Tomb important, otherwise they probably wouldn't be allowed to even open it...

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Tomb definitely needs some work done to it as its starting to look dated now, however I'd say rides like Falls, Bubbles, fury, skyway & vampire are higher up on the to do list as in their current state they're pretty shocking for what's one of the Leading parks in the UK.

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in their current state they're pretty shocking for what's one of the Leading parks in the UK.

 

Possibly playing devil's advocate here, but is Chessington really a leading park in the UK now?

Sure, they're the 4th biggest in terms of attendance, but that means next to nothing really.  They don't do anything particularly spectacular, the majority of their headline attractions are over 15 years old, they have added two major attractions in the past 12 years.  

 

Maybe too much is expected of Chessington?  Or maybe that just highlights how low our expectations are?

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Highlights how badly treated it was when DIC when running the show really...

 

That decade did a lot of pretty irrepairable damage to the park, and when you then have a company who only seem to spend money on things if it brings in guests (which isn't the main problem with Chessie at all, nostalgia factor brings in people irrespective of the state of the place), then you get all the issues we've seen...

 

If money was actually spent seriously repairing stuff, maybe that child wouldn't have fallen off the queue... Nor would we have Tomb's building practically being condemned...

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As far as I know the Tomb building itself is fine, it's certainly built to last so is structurally sound. It's just that it's not functional as an operational building, think along the lines of ventilation, inspection, cleaning, access. It needs new infrastructure throughout and it's been said since 1987 how difficult it is to manage.

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This image was also tweeted by Chessington's Twitter, which heavily suggests that we're seeing either some sort of special version of Tomb Blaster (Tomb Live maybe?) or an attraction themed around Tomb Blaster...

 

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Said it before, and I'll say it again.  For them to be advertising a Halloween attraction now, it better be special to be worth the attention.

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  • 4 weeks later...

Given there's no plans online yet and Chessington has pretty difficult planning constraints, it surely can't be anything remotely big if they're confident enough to be advertising it already?

My bets is on a small ride replacing the Lorikeet Lagoon area, which has been closed and empty all season.

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