Mark9 Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 Monkey Swinger is usually manual but also has an automatic fountain setting. I heard the same is for Rameses and once saw the operator briefly leave control while the fountains were going.. There's a brief delay on the fountains (2/3 seconds) hence why the front sometimes gets away with it and the back gets a full soaking. Bit concerned to hear operator leaves control briefly.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted September 20, 2014 Report Share Posted September 20, 2014 Rameses fountains are powered by a stupid button - so you have no choice of fountain level. Either full, or nothing. Operators press it, there's a delay. Accuracy is ****. Ripsaw has a sliding control, so you can CHOOSE what level to have it on, it's almost instant rather than any delay. Accuracy is awesome, and so almost all water related things are deliberate!! Reason why Rameses water is not touching front row? Bar pressure through the fountains. They can raise them much much higher, and it's LITERALLY just a choice of changing the bar. Ripsaw is the same, and often changes such as over winter to try and make sure the operators dont soak the gondola (they find ways, dont worry!!) SteveJ and MattyMoo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJames Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 If anyone is going to Howloween this week, please film rameses revenge at night and upload it to youtube or something! I would love to see it Cal and MattyMoo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldFarmerDean Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 (edited) Can't wait to see Rameses in the dark tonight... I really hope they decide to play the club music people have been on about! Chessington really is my favourite Halloween event as so much effort is put into the lighting and the quality of the Halloween attractions. Edited October 29, 2014 by Tommy Quadruple post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJames Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Ya just posted that four times Matt 236, Altitude and HermanTheGerman 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altitude Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 ^ Or he's just very, very excited about the club music haha! Matt 236 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pognoi Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 It's not all club music. Must've discussed this somewhere else, but yeah, the lasers are pretty cool. They're really in time with the music, and they have so many cool effects over boxes and triangles in X, eg at one point they project a piano being played, time warps like in the Doctor Who intro sequence, and whilst I didn't see it apparently they also turn into the chessington logo. But yeah it's great at dark, and WE WERE ALLOWED RE-RIDES OK. But it's not all club music, in our circuits we got the saw themetune and the others could be found in the X playlist, so I suspect they just got a bundle of music from thorpe? OldFarmerDean 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldFarmerDean Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Sorry my phones Internet didn't show it had posted haha TPJames and Altitude 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted November 19, 2014 Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 Anyone fancy a weep about other lost glorious Chessington theming? Kerfuffle and GladiatorFanKyle 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted November 19, 2014 Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 Wonderful stuff Pluk, great find. Always preferred the older styling to Rameses and whilst they talk about the snakes blending in, the thing that scared me the most about Rameses was the wonderful snake theming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pognoi Posted November 19, 2014 Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 Rammy looks so good in it's old glory days. Man I wish I got into theme parks earlier. It looks crap now compared to how it looks in some of the footage there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted November 19, 2014 Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 Now weirdly, that look for Rameses? With the majority white colour? Looks more fun-fairy and suited to sommat like West Midlands Safari Park... Much prefer the colour scheme they later adapted to it... Gold and Blue <3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pognoi Posted November 19, 2014 Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 But all the character has been removed! I am not saying the new design is bad, but the first design would have atleast been nice to see in person, with theming and all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJ Posted November 19, 2014 Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 It does look a bit funfairy with those colours but the paint scheme was all Islamic patterns, fitting with the Arabic style of Rameses' part of the Forbidden Kingdom. I think it was a much better brand before with that old logo and colour freshness but whatever. Forbidden Kingdom needs to restore its paintwork fast! Look at how funky those buildings were back in the day. HermanTheGerman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HermanTheGerman Posted November 19, 2014 Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 See, I like parts of both its designs. I prefer the new colour scheme and paint job, there is just something strangely intimidating yet intriguing about seeing the hieroglyphics on the side of the ride as you enter Forbidden Kingdom. The old logo was far better though, and definitely suited the area more. But the whole, idea of an ancient pharaoh using a machine to 'torture' you I do find to be more fitting. The slogan "Surrender your senses, vengeance is mine" is perfect and really should be used more. And yes, to second what EB said, re-paint Forbidden Kingdom! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJames Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Rameses revenge was brilliant today. Apart from breaking down and stopping repeatedly throughout the day, it was performing reasonably well and the cycles were as fun as usual. I wouldn't call the ride thrilling or intense, however it's still a fun experience. Whatever they have done to the water jets is incredible! Stayed on for two consecutive rides and came off soaked through! The front row would get drenched first in the face whilst my legs and chest were being soaked by the water fountains; the fountains would then drop and raise again and blast right up into my face for about 10 seconds and it felt like I was drowning! Truly brilliant and I came off with my whole body completely soaked through! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lewumbrajumbos Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 I am glad you think the new pumps are amazing! They terrify me if I am being honest and leave you .. rather drenched TPJames 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroDan Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Felt like you were drowning? Sounds... fun.... ermm..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HermanTheGerman Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Oh yes, whatever they've done to the fountains has definitely improved the experience. They seem to just flow better, and its nice they're getting both rows wet again. Its just a shame the fountains aren't quite lined up properly and that the actual appearance of the ride hardware is somewhat... shocking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Oh wow that sound absolutely horrible. I'll stick to the edge seats for a bit, I'm not into waterboarding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattgwise Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 This video seems to show it giving a good soaking at around 4:45. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 I've not been on Rameses for about 2 years, but that video has reminded me of why I don't really like it (despite being a fan of Ripsaw). It spends too long doing not very much and then holds you upside down uncomfortably long. I'd probably prefer it if they just ran the 2nd cycle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeah Posted August 2, 2015 Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 I'm surprised no one's mentioned the new entrance for this year, I personally don't like it, Rameses used to have an amazing entrance and now it's just a sign telling you the ride restrictions. What makes it slightly worse is that they never removed the signs from the queueline, which not only looks quite lazy but weird and pointless too, for example there's one sign telling you "Climbing on these rocks is FORBIDDEN" however it's up on that bridge where you used to queue, so nobody's really going to see it. To be fair, it's not like it was any use anyway, the rocks are beneath the bridge and there's an identical one on them as well. Cal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt10 Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Although its understandable why the queue was shortened as it never was that busy, it ruins the feel of the ride now and the walkway really got you feeling the general theme and now it looks a bit rubbish just having an empty walkway that no one uses on top of all the buildings in the area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldFarmerDean Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 They could have at least kept the queue and added the shortcut for really quiet days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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