March 4, 20251 yr comment_324126 Knock off Nintendo World apparently has a 20 month construction window according to plans, so a closure now would mean they can be ready for 2027. Technically late 2026, but we know it would be 2027.
March 4, 20251 yr Author comment_324128 Imagine the OUTRAGE that would've occurred when Beanoland closed for 2 months to start the Wild Asia process. Closing it for 2 years is ridiculous.
March 4, 20251 yr comment_324129 1 hour ago, Benin said: Imagine the OUTRAGE that would've occurred when Beanoland closed for 2 months to start the Wild Asia process. Closing it for 2 years is ridiculous. I checked the Chessington general discussion thread and there was no outrage. Then again... they announced the closure of Beanoland in advance and had an epic cream pie fight to say goodbye to the area. Wild Asia gone for two years with only a token announcement on their social pages and website. Sure this isn't Kingda Ka, but we're talking four rides just closed until further notice.
March 17, 20251 yr comment_324330 Ahh, the late 2000’s. Definitely a lot more optimism when it came to the parks and maybe professionalism too. Wild Asia closing (suddenly) at the start of this season, (rather than near the end) without any fanfare definitely comes across as a cost cutting measure. Which Merlin have implemented in all their parks this year. Though interesting developments may well be on the horizon, this is looking like a bleak year for the park currently.
Yesterday at 05:32 PM1 day comment_330362 We'll turn this thread into a Minecraft World thread, which has been officially announced for 2027:Minecraft World | Opening 2027 at ChessingtonA world-first, fully immersive Minecraft‑inspired theme park land, inspired by the game’s most iconic biomes, mobs and items. Sign up to find out more!The announcement says it will feature a "world first roller coaster". Given that it'll likely be an Intamin multi-dimension coaster (given the plans and art shown), I expect this will be some not yet seen trick track element
9 hours ago9 hr comment_330379 Woo.Everyone's talking about it. Brand new theme park focused on Minecraft.Theres no way that intamin is going to have a high enough capacity for the crowds this area will attract.
36 minutes ago36 min comment_330401 Looks great. I'm not usually a big one for IPs but I think this is one of the better ones and this has potential to be great as long as Merlin spend the money on it. Throughput could be a problem for this. Saying that though, this is Chessington so it doesn't have much competition, this could probably still have one of the best throughputs on park 🤣
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