August 5, 201015 yr comment_95983 Change is not always good!I love no matter how old it is - even though it is me saying it - it is still a good coaster!The amount of teenagers I have seen refuse to go on Vampire and had one male cry which obviously I was laughing inside!!The only thing that I would improve to Vampire is a re-paint of the track.
August 5, 201015 yr comment_95984 Certainly no need for change when it comes to Vampire :)Although it is unbelievably desperate for a re-paint.
August 5, 201015 yr comment_95990 How long will Vampire be unavailable for, Is it just a small problem or is it major, Just checking to see if anyone knows roughly?
August 5, 201015 yr comment_95992 Can Vampire not be changed back to it's original awesome state? (I know not these days, just saying that a change like that would be good)
August 7, 201015 yr comment_96040 I heard from someone that the old carriages are gone, sold or just scrapped. So the original awesome can not be restored (but that was just what my mate said so don't take it as fact )
August 7, 201015 yr comment_96063 I heard from someone that the old carriages are gone, sold or just scrapped. So the original awesome can not be restored (but that was just what my mate said so don't take it as fact )I know this, hence why I said that it wouldn't happen... Though I was more about the queue entrance and general theming more than anything...Though apparently one car is still in use somewhere at some undisclosed park...
August 7, 201015 yr comment_96065 Though I was more about the queue entranceHow would you improve it then? (Not saying in a funny way - just to hear what you think lol).Though apparently one car is still in use somewhere at some undisclosed park...Yeah I heard about that only a few days ago. Engineers won't tell me neither which really bugged me for a bit!
August 7, 201015 yr comment_96066 How would you improve it then? (Not saying in a funny way - just to hear what you think lol).Use the old entrance... It's really that simple (plan-wise)... As effectively I would have Express Passes following their current route down the steps and under, whilst the regular queue would just turn right and join up to it's current location...That's it really... Unfortunately a lot of work would be needed to make the old door usable for what I would want... A shame...Continue the theming added to the queue, whilst making the rails actual gothic style railings over the purple efforts we have...The next big thing would be to actually hide the tin building by placing a facade on it... Be it a two inch thick piece of painted wood or not, just would be 10x better than what it is now... Making it look like an actual castle/mansion/whatever it's actually meant to be...That's it for now...
August 8, 201015 yr comment_96122 ^ Sounds like a good idea to be honest Benin. Think it should be made darker in the trims as well as that little thing I would imagine could increase the overall ride experience!Vampire re-opened today at 11am.
August 10, 201015 yr comment_96285 Was it running on 2 trains? It was when I came today (9th).Yeah it was.Vampire is still on 2 trains until 3rd one is fixed
August 10, 201015 yr comment_96288 Thanks Keithy! :lol:I am sure the queues are very long for it at the moment! (LM style )
August 16, 201015 yr comment_96525 Still on 2 trains, I thought it was running on 3 trains for a short while a few weeks back anyway? - I am visiting soon so might get an express pass if on 2 trains.
August 16, 201015 yr comment_96537 Still on 2 trains, I thought it was running on 3 trains for a short while a few weeks back anyway? - I am visiting soon so might get an express pass if on 2 trains.More fool you then. Dispatching is still pretty decent on 2 Train operation. Team Perseus do work quite hard!
August 16, 201015 yr comment_96539 It's been running 3 trains all summer? And will/should be for the rest of the summer...
August 16, 201015 yr comment_96554 Is on Two Train operation, will be operational with three trains when parts have come in, after 26th August.
August 16, 201015 yr comment_96561 Is on Two Train operation, will be operational with three trains when parts have come in, after 26th August.Ah... just in time for the end of the summer holidays, excellent.
August 16, 201015 yr comment_96582 More fool you then. Dispatching is still pretty decent on 2 Train operation. Team Perseus do work quite hard!Even the best dispatching in the world cannot prevent a 70 minute queue it seems on Sunday... Dread to think what it would be like on a busy day (15k+), but I don't blame the staff (unless a staff member broke the third train, in which case I do)...
August 20, 201015 yr comment_96873 It needs to go now I know lots of us think it but I bet when they do get rid of it eventually it will be sadly missed like the corckscrew at alton. Its still a great coaster at the front but no where else in my opinion!
August 20, 201015 yr comment_96878 :PIt is still the most popular ride in the park and is my opinion a phenomenal family coaster with a quite low height restriction for what is actually an extremely fun ride. It certainly doesn't need removing although quite a bit of TLC is definitely overdue. Also, it may be just be but there really isn't a big difference in experience in the first 3 rows and then the further back you go the smoother/ less jolty it gets so can't understand your comment on that.
August 20, 201015 yr comment_96880 Well it isn't going to be removed in the near future, that has been confirmed. So it doesn't "need to go", but it does look very tired. Hopefully this is being looked at in Chessington's future plans for refurbishment/improvment. As long as Vampire is still the Vampire, the only way it could go is forwards.
August 20, 201015 yr comment_96886 Well it isn't going to be removed in the near future, that has been confirmed. So it doesn't "need to go", but it does look very tired. Hopefully this is being looked at in Chessington's future plans for refurbishment/improvment. As long as Vampire is still the Vampire, the only way it could go is forwards.yes definittly I dont want to see it go but I would like to see it have a crash course make over.
August 20, 201015 yr comment_96890 :PIt is still the most popular ride in the park and is my opinion a phenomenal family coaster with a quite low height restriction for what is actually an extremely fun ride. It certainly doesn't need removing although quite a bit of TLC is definitely overdue. Also, it may be just be but there really isn't a big difference in experience in the first 3 rows and then the further back you go the smoother/ less jolty it gets so can't understand your comment on that.I think its time is in the next 10 years in my eyes though unfortunatly going on the corckscrew years! I would to like to see it re vamped to a more 'vampire' theme. hay at least they have put some models in the queue lines of vampires. hay ho thats what you get when you have 5 minutes to come up with something to ease the hard work of queueing
August 20, 201015 yr comment_96892 yes definittly I dont want to see it go but I would like to see it have a crash course make over.You don't want to see it go but... "it needs to go" ??????^Also they aren't models of Vampires, they are left over animatronics from one of Tomb Blaster's previous incarnations.
August 20, 201015 yr comment_96894 The One and Only Abdabbbie, to be precise. Unfortunately Abdab looks a bit fake just sitting their with the remains of his inner workings poking out from underneath his robes. I would prefer a bit of sublty. However, I understand that re-dressing Terror Tomb animatronics and plonking them on the ground is a lot easier than fixing, reprogramming and rewiring them up so that they work realistically again.
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