SteveJ Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 Tomb had a lot of subtle technical improvements this season, new/fixed lighting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldFarmerDean Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 Didn't seem like it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HermanTheGerman Posted October 2, 2014 Report Share Posted October 2, 2014 A fair amount of the refurb budget for this year was spent on lighting. Shame everything else about the ride is falling apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted October 3, 2014 Report Share Posted October 3, 2014 Lighting looks relatively lovely. Relatively. Shame the ride is utter crap though. Kerfuffle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragon2000 Posted October 14, 2014 Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 Had two rides on Sunday. On both rides I had a non-functional blaster. One of them just randomly went up by 100 points every 30s or so even though I wasn't firing it. When I did try firing it, it didn't work at all. They still haven't fixed the targets in the axe throwing area. I give up hope with them fixing it for this year. Let us hope for next year instead... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paige Posted November 14, 2014 Report Share Posted November 14, 2014 It's a bit of a silly question. But does anyone know what the glass part of the floor in the corner of the queueline a little bit before the station is for/supposed to be? Or is it just something more technical like lighting or something? It's been bugging me for a while as to what it is and for! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted November 14, 2014 Report Share Posted November 14, 2014 Its not a technical thing. I think its something to do with a bottomless pit because if I remember correctly it has a mirror at the bottom. paige 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted November 14, 2014 Report Share Posted November 14, 2014 It's an effect of a bottomless pit, using mirrors. Used to work quite well when the glass was clean! dragon2000 and paige 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paige Posted November 14, 2014 Report Share Posted November 14, 2014 Oh, thanks! It's pretty scratched as you'd expect so it was hard to make out what it is. I'll be able to sleep at night now. MattyMoo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerfuffle Posted November 14, 2014 Report Share Posted November 14, 2014 I don't really get why the bottomless pit is there though. I'm sure the queue isn't meant to be themed around the tomb itself, so why the heck is it apparently booby-trapped? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJ Posted November 14, 2014 Report Share Posted November 14, 2014 There's a bottomless pit because... It's a bottomless pit! Ho ho No other reason really. Just a fun effect. Kerfuffle and Matt 236 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pluk Posted November 14, 2014 Popular Post Report Share Posted November 14, 2014 I imagine it's a portal into the fifth dimension. Matt 236, yeah, HermanTheGerman and 10 others 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted November 15, 2014 Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 It's definitely a bottomless pit. If it was cleaner, it would make a very good effect. Reminds me strongly of the now removed Magic Theatre attraction in Legoland which used to have one just like this until it was removed for the shoddy Xbox attraction that appeared in 2008. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordanluke2009 Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 This is a big statement Laser Raiders at Legoland is better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerfuffle Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 This is a big statement Laser Raiders at Legoland is better. Yes - because it was actually DESIGNED to be an interactive shooter (unlike Tomb and Duel which were essentially haunted houses before the revamps). I also like how it's pretty much based on a ghost train system as well! (hence the doors opening by bashing into them and the various tight corners) Oh, one more thing...the guns actually WORK on LR as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 Shame it has the stupidest queueline in existance then that makes the ride feel like a complete effort to both with (like most of Legoland tbh)... Also, they stopped using Mack Omnimovers, which makes me hate Windsor's so much more... dragon2000 and Kerfuffle 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 The trouble with laser raiders is that the queue-line building is about five times as big as the actual ride building. dragon2000 and HermanTheGerman 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerfuffle Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 The trouble with laser raiders is that the queue-line building is about five times as big as the actual ride building. That's mainly because it has to share the space with The Bazaar and Scarab Bouncers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 Both of which take up a tiny proportion of the tent? More like squeezed in than shared... Classic poor design choices really... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 In regards to both of these rides, Tomb blaster is definitely the better of the two. Whilst the ride is currently fairly worn in places with faulty boasters,lasers and passed its best, the ride is far superior as it features a heavily themed exterior with rock work, waterfall and queue that in good old Tussaud's manner (though slightly ruined by the tall fences now) snakes it's way around the area building up to the main event inside. It also features lots of highly immersive large quality effects (when working), a catchy souñdtrack and is one of the few rides at Chessington to exceed 1000 in throughput (when on 5 trains). Laser Raiders is still good in the way that it's more interactive than tombs, still features a nicely themed queue (for merlin standards) and also a fairly catchy soundtrack (tombs is obvs better) however there's quite a few problems. 1/ the train tracks run between the entrance and the ride building which means not just going outside the tent to get across it (slightly ruining the build up IMO) but also entering a second much poorer snd boring designed queue which isn't very nice to wait in. 2/ the throughput of the ride is rather abysmal (like most of Legoland's rides) and often gets 2 hour queues on peak days plus with the ride design of 4 people per car and dispatches around every 30 seconds (we're already less than fury), the ride probably doesn't get more than 400 PPH on a good day. 3/ the shop and scarabs feel pretty shoe horned in to the tent and it feels very mediocre appearance wise 4/ the layout wasnt done very well to begin with and was not really though out well. So yes, lasers is an ok ride (for Legoland) but Tombs is still better than a mile (even now), however neither are a patch on Duel . Edit- so many mistakes Kerfuffle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 Laser Raiders is just cardboard cut-outs. I know Tomb is knackered but it's still far better, despite needing a hell of a lot of work done on it (which I hope it will get over the winter - yeah, right!) Kerfuffle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dk3 Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 Does anyone know what's up with TB? Been down for a few weeks now....has it finally died for good or are are they still attempting to fix with cellotape? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshuaA Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 Does anyone know what's up with TB? Been down for a few weeks now....has it finally died for good or are are they still attempting to fix with cellotape? You must mean samurai right? I barely think it is dead for good, if anything its next door neighbor is way more near retirement. dk3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dk3 Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 You must mean samurai right? I barely think it is dead for good, if anything its next door neighbor is way more near retirement. You mean Falls? Come to think of it you could mean most of the rides there, unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshuaA Posted September 1, 2015 Report Share Posted September 1, 2015 I meant rameses, but Chessington as a whole needs duct tape! dk3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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