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Effects on tomb blaster are really messing up now especially the skeletons along one of the Straights. No lights and the effects only start working when you've passed them. Also last week they opened the air vents, wasn't really that hot, and it ruined the ride due to all the light getting in.

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Just remember for those few weeks of the year when it is warm, opening the air vents is a lot cheaper than putting in air con into that huge warehouse.

Yes and putting air con in the warehouse ruins the experience far less than opening the vents.

Chessington are a theme park making money and getting away with doing the bare minimum (heck, they even slashed Zufari's budget so they could destroy theming that they had failed to maintain) so they should be able to afford air con!

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Yes and putting air con in the warehouse ruins the experience far less than opening the vents.

Chessington are a theme park making money and getting away with doing the bare minimum (heck, they even slashed Zufari's budget so they could destroy theming) so they should be able to afford air con!

I guess you're referring to the theming that was already falling apart and a danger to everyone hence it's removal?

Chessie can't afford anything worthwhile...

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Yes but also because fibreglass supported by scaffolding doesn't really last 25+ years anyway.

I went on the ride with all the vents open and actually thought it wasn't too detrimental to the experience. There's a lot inside the Tomb to keep the eye interested and if anything shows up more detail than the normal show lighting does. The ride has worse problems!

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Retrofitting a 20 year old building is a bit different from a country where the constant hot/muggy weather requires every building to be a freezer 24/7...

I would be interested to see how much it would cost them to fit in a system and how much work it would require to keep the entire building to a suitable temp considering it's two floors and split into multiple rooms...

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air con can easily be installed on that ride and not be noticed at all.

Anyone been to a little park called Disney World or Universal in Florida?

You mean that really warm part of America that regularly sees temperatures well into the 30's? Chessington would argue that air on on Tomb would be a waste of money but then upkeeping their rides would also be seen as a waste of money so you-know, va la voom.

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Seems strange to downgrade themselves though - why wouldn't they want people to know that Tomb Blaster has 5 trains?

(Unless they make people think that 3 is a lot when really they could be running more?)

You've probably got confused is all. Tomb used to have an a frame sign (presumably the one mentioned) saying FIVE trains. Vampire used to have one which said THREE trains.

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