bennetski Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 It really frustrates me how Tomb Blaster is being handled badly these days, with the air vents being open and effects broken again, it really detracts the experience of the ride and it was just a year ago when they fixed all the ride up back to its former glory and now it sounds like they're ruining that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 All effects were working fine today and airvents shut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBobJones Posted August 20, 2013 Report Share Posted August 20, 2013 I think Tomb Blaster is a little like Duel, depending on which days you go, different effects will work one day and not the other. I'm sure as soon as they fix one effect another breaks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted August 23, 2013 Report Share Posted August 23, 2013 The air vents were open when I was there. Really spoiled the ride. It also baffles me that they won't invest in a fire door that doesn't let light in (axe alley). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBobJones Posted August 24, 2013 Report Share Posted August 24, 2013 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted August 24, 2013 Report Share Posted August 24, 2013 Saving money at the expense of guest experience... #surprise BigBobJones 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted August 24, 2013 Report Share Posted August 24, 2013 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted August 24, 2013 Report Share Posted August 24, 2013 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted August 25, 2013 Report Share Posted August 25, 2013 Yes, the theming that was falling apart because it hadn't been maintained. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJ Posted August 25, 2013 Report Share Posted August 25, 2013 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBobJones Posted August 26, 2013 Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 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... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldFarmerDean Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 am I the only one that's had a problem with the throughput of this ride... went last year and again this year, and out of the trains that are being sent around half of them were closed off, the queue moved so slow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 Throughput of the ride is fine, though I dislike it running on 3 trains. It's a different matter when they have cars blocked off though (due to the guns not working generally). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldFarmerDean Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 is that a regular occurrence though as it's happened on 2 occasions, and if I remember probably the few years before that :/ how many trains should it normally run on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted August 28, 2013 Report Share Posted August 28, 2013 3 on offpeak (dead weekdays), 4 usually, 5 during halloween, summer and hopefully easter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted August 28, 2013 Report Share Posted August 28, 2013 I thought three trains was maximum (because I recall seeing a sign saying "We are running three trains on Tomb Blaster today to reduce your queuing time"). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 Rule 1. Chessington Lies. Benin and Kerfuffle 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 Rule 1. Chessington Lies. 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?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldFarmerDean Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 you've probably got that right... I went halloween last year and a lot of the rows weren't working, and can't remember a train coming through that often to run 5, seriously, so poor! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 Oh right fair enough - wish Vampire still ran 3! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 I went on Tomb Blaster during African Adventures. It has to be said that the ride's in a right state now! On the plus side, at least the boulder was working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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