April 26, 20169 yr comment_233393 Just now, ChessingtonSam said: I haven't heard anything about this? There are rumours of it either being removed or rethemed (possibly including an IP). Nothing solid though.
April 26, 20169 yr comment_233394 Holy hell, the proverbial brown stuff would hit the fan if they removed it.
April 26, 20169 yr comment_233395 It was proposed to happen a few years back but they kept delaying it when the rest of the park fell down. It will be a standard IP themed, Scruffy Dog built Merlin 'retheme' project.
April 26, 20169 yr comment_233396 Archive, your posts do make for depressing - but no doubt true - reading! It's certainly going to be an interesting next couple of years for Merlin parks. Slightly OT but to read in those posts that Sub Terra is unlikely to ever reopen - what an astonishing waste of money considering it would've been just 4 years old this year!
April 26, 20169 yr comment_233397 Just now, MattyMoo said: Archive, your posts do make for depressing - but no doubt true - reading! It's certainly going to be an interesting next couple of years for Merlin parks. Slightly OT but to read in those posts that Sub Terra is unlikely to ever reopen - what an astonishing waste of money considering it would've been just 4 years old this year! It's even worse when you find out what they were originally planning to spend that money on!
April 26, 20169 yr comment_233398 1 minute ago, Coaster Jamie said: It's even worse when you find out what they were originally planning to spend that money on! I was just back tracking through old posts - a dark ride that got shelved.... hmmmm!
April 26, 20169 yr comment_233399 Just now, MattyMoo said: I was just back tracking through old posts - a dark ride that got shelved.... hmmmm! I'm not sure about that, but according to the British Dark Rides documentary the budget was initially going to be spent on restoring Duel to the Haunted House.
April 26, 20169 yr comment_233418 No they can't remove Bubbleworks! Either restore it to Prof. Burps or keep it as it is please.
April 26, 20169 yr comment_233429 Nothing screams of originality and dedication more than an I.P attraction. Yay for creativity and pushing the boat out! That will obviously restore my faith in Chessington, the UK's first [and once best] proper theme park. ''catches plane to a decent European park''.
April 26, 20169 yr comment_233431 2 hours ago, ChessingtonSam said: No they can't remove Bubbleworks! Either restore it to Prof. Burps or keep it as it is please. Neither of those options should occur, it needs redoing, but going back to Prof Burp would never recapture the same imagination and humour of the original... And I doubt Merlin's fresh take for a modern audience would improve it... So complete retheme to something new and original or just bin it... Those are the right options...
April 26, 20169 yr comment_233433 3 hours ago, ChessingtonSam said: No they can't remove Bubbleworks! Either restore it to Prof. Burps or keep it as it is please. That ride has run its course now. It was ruined by its retime and it's been limping on for ten years now. Time to put it out of its misery. It can be a great ride again with the proper effort put in. 1 hour ago, Matt Creek said: Nothing screams of originality and dedication more than an I.P attraction. Yay for creativity and pushing the boat out! That will obviously restore my faith in Chessington, the UK's first [and once best] proper theme park. ''catches plane to a decent European park''. The problem isn't IP's, it is the way they are implemented. Merlin seem rather cozy with Dreamworks at the moment, there is no reason why a decent Dreamworks attraction couldn't work.
April 26, 20169 yr Author comment_233448 With Dreamworks opening up their own theme park in dubai later this year, I wonder how long that'll last.
April 27, 20169 yr comment_233502 Depends. Heide Park have a How to Train your Dragon area now with several rides themed to the film. What with Dreamworks having shows at Chessington and the Shrek Adventure on Southbank, I wonder whether a theme park thousands of miles away will have a bearing on Merlin.
April 28, 20169 yr comment_233655 On 4/27/2016 at 8:41 AM, Mark9 said: Depends. Heide Park have a How to Train your Dragon area now with several rides themed to the film. What with Dreamworks having shows at Chessington and the Shrek Adventure on Southbank, I wonder whether a theme park thousands of miles away will have a bearing on Merlin. Dreamworks might do a much better job if they operate it themselves, since Merlin are incapable of even getting a simple bus ride (Shreks Adventure) installed/working correctly
April 28, 20169 yr comment_233661 Not to mention Comcast are apparently buying them up now as well. I wonder if/when the Merlin Dreamworks stuff will close?
April 28, 20169 yr comment_233663 Given that Shrek's Adventure is planned to be rolled out across the globe (in a similar fashion to the Dungeons brand), I'd be surprised if the Merlin / Dreamworks connection wasn't very strong.
April 28, 20169 yr comment_233674 2 hours ago, JoshC. said: Given that Shrek's Adventure is planned to be rolled out across the globe (in a similar fashion to the Dungeons brand), I'd be surprised if the Merlin / Dreamworks connection wasn't very strong. Not just Shreks Adventure, Merlin stated that they want to use other IPs such as Kung Fu Panda for Shanghai. Dreamworks and Merlin will be fine, however I think they will now have larger limits on midways in America.
August 10, 20169 yr comment_239726 SouthParks have reported chessington submitting a planning application to move the carousel to the Market Square area. I'm surprised by this decision, but also welcome it as it is nice to see money being put into the park. However, I was surprised by how much chessington owns, (as the image shows) as I thought it wasn't much more than what the park is now. http://www.southparks.co.uk/2016/08/10/chessington-world-of-adventures-resort-to-install-new-carousel/
August 10, 20169 yr comment_239727 it's good business sense to buy up land to stop NIMBY's building houses close by then complaining about the noise, didn't Disney do the same in Paris?
August 10, 20169 yr comment_239729 Shame most of the land is green belt though... That's a good decision to move Carousel though, it's always been in a dodgy position...
August 10, 20169 yr comment_239731 It's a new carousel rather than moving the current one. I am really going to miss the current one for one thing... The spinning seats!
August 10, 20169 yr comment_239734 Seems a shame to chuck a ride into that nice big open space to be honest. The area worked nicely as just a plaza with no ride in my opinion. Then again, if it's done right, then I'm sure it could be a nice focal point for the park. Not to dissimilar to the chairswing at Phantasialand really. But it comes down to if they do it right, which given recent investments, feels like a big if.
August 10, 20169 yr comment_239735 The Carousel was already in Market Square. Also, most pointless theme park addition of ever.
August 10, 20169 yr comment_239737 1 hour ago, Benin said: Shame most of the land is green belt though... That's a good decision to move Carousel though, it's always been in a dodgy position... Green belt can be reclassified, depends how long you're willing to wait...
August 10, 20169 yr comment_239742 Interesting decision here. Hope the new carousel is positioned nicely. I'm guessing the old one is for the chop, which is a shame as it has loverly murals of old Chessington, not to mention the spinning teacups. I do wonder whether this has anything to do with one of the potential future coasters going in that area?
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