Kerfuffle Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 7 hours ago, dickie001x said: Probably the only reason they stopped dying the water was to save money. ...or even the same reason why Nemesis doesn't have it's blood-red rivers anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince800 Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 I don't think there's a problem with it running into any lakes. Dragon Falls isn't anywhere near things like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian-S Posted January 19, 2017 Report Share Posted January 19, 2017 It can still leach into the surrounding grounds and the World is much more dye shy nowadays, which is ironic considering the other crap that goes into the ground by the ton, but yeah it was probably cost related though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappomatic Posted February 3, 2017 Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 Originally the ride didn't have a filtration system meaning in the summer the water was a disgusting opaque green from the algae. I believe the filtration system was added at some point in the 2000s. Of course, for truly disgusting ride water you need Storm Force 10 at Drayton Manor which is a reddish-brown colour and forms huge clumps of scummy foam and smells fishy (probably duck poo). Mer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted February 3, 2017 Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 Mmmm yummy water facts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted February 3, 2017 Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 Nah, the worst water on a UK water ride is the one at Flamingoland... Grim... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJ Posted February 3, 2017 Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 I'm sure the water has always been a closed filtered system. It certainly was dyed green/turquoise originally as I have pictures of its opening day where the water is practically glowing blue! And heard from someone the reason it stopped being used was because it ruined the filters after some years, but not sure how accurate that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince800 Posted February 3, 2017 Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 Yeah I'm sure it has always been a closed system to. Surprising to read from Benin that the one at Flamingo Park is dirty. I thought that all new water rides after the mid 90s had to have filtered water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dk3 Posted February 3, 2017 Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 Was anyone aware of this? "...replaced most of the water trough and all of the spines underneath that supported it." https://www.garmendale.co.uk/theme-park-engineering/winter-ride-refurbishment-work/ pluk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince800 Posted February 3, 2017 Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 Yes that was a few years ago. The same engineering company which does a lot of stuff for Chessington. As I've said in another thread, it seems that the extensive work done to Dragon Falls, this & all the evac stuff is probably needed on Loggers too which is why they've probably closed it until they can decide what to do with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HermanTheGerman Posted February 3, 2017 Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 3 hours ago, dickie001x said: Was anyone aware of this? "...replaced most of the water trough and all of the spines underneath that supported it." https://www.garmendale.co.uk/theme-park-engineering/winter-ride-refurbishment-work/ They were actually going to close Dragon Falls at the end of 2014. Its only due to this work that it was able to carry on. Its certainly very likely that its the same issues had on Loggers (rotting ride structure, mould and decay). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappomatic Posted February 4, 2017 Report Share Posted February 4, 2017 13 hours ago, Wumbamillio said: I'm sure the water has always been a closed filtered system. It certainly was dyed green/turquoise originally as I have pictures of its opening day where the water is practically glowing blue! And heard from someone the reason it stopped being used was because it ruined the filters after some years, but not sure how accurate that is. It was closed in so far as it wasn't part of a body of water like Loggers Leap and Rumba Rapids at Thorpe Park, but the filtration system definitely wasn't there. You can see the filtration system to the left of the small drop near the start (Bing Maps birds eye view shows this best). I remember ever since this was installed the ride has had clear, chlorine-smelling water. Before then it was murky and lacked the chlorine smell, and the area contained derelict portacabins.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince800 Posted February 4, 2017 Report Share Posted February 4, 2017 22 hours ago, HermanTheGerman said: They were actually going to close Dragon Falls at the end of 2014. Its only due to this work that it was able to carry on. Its certainly very likely that its the same issues had on Loggers (rotting ride structure, mould and decay). I wasn't aware of that. I guess they realised that they couldn't have one of the main rides at Chessington SBNO in such an obvious place. Also a good part of the ride goes through the Tomb Blaster building. At least they revamped it :). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted February 4, 2017 Report Share Posted February 4, 2017 Well at least the ride is in working order and had the adjustments to operate in present conditions. Still a shame and disappointment to see most of the original theming removed or delapidated as the drops look dull and naked without the faces and rockwork. Same can be said for the shortened tunnel and other pieces astound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince800 Posted February 4, 2017 Report Share Posted February 4, 2017 It's a bit like Rumba Rapids as far as theming goes these days. What we have is Rapids Ride 1 & Log Flume 1 IMO. Mer and Dean_W 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeah Posted March 11, 2017 Report Share Posted March 11, 2017 A single rider queue has been added to Dragon Falls? Odd decision to put it there and not Vampire or Rattlesnake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattgwise Posted March 11, 2017 Report Share Posted March 11, 2017 Guess that means back to forced sharing of boats then. Something I've liked at Chessington last view seasons is that they haven't forced you to share like in the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted March 11, 2017 Report Share Posted March 11, 2017 59 minutes ago, Mattgwise said: Guess that means back to forced sharing of boats then. Something I've liked at Chessington last view seasons is that they haven't forced you to share like in the past. Why would they/did they force it? Is it a H&S thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattgwise Posted March 11, 2017 Report Share Posted March 11, 2017 Only to speed up loading as far as I know. CharlieN 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappomatic Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 Nothing like having a total stranger wedged between your legs! streetmagix and dragon2000 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 Could be worse, could be like on Chiapas... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mer Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 On 15/01/2017 at 10:17 PM, Wumbamillio said: The elephant is (shockingly!) the same. Its been butchered over many years, it was built to smaller scale and was meant to appear bigger from a distance, which is why it now looks tiny when closer to the track. The trunk also seems to have been shortened and the whole thing painted solid grey so doesnt look as nice or lifelike. And its movement probably has never been properly refurbished in 30 years, last it got turned on it moved pretty badly. Goes to show how standards dropped! You'd never think the exisitng elephant could look so good! The water used to be dyed a teal colour, and yes its always been a closed water system. Cant believe how much better the elephant looks there! Do you know when it was moved to the other side of the track and why? Just seems a bit pointless to move something like that Unless it was so it could get guests wet (it looks too far away to do that originally). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveJ Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 It could get guest wet easily when it waved its trunk around, that short clip may not show it though. It was moved because an eating area was built over the other side I think, it was adapted quite shoddily, with its trunk shortened and painted up very badly. On the other side its too close to the track, so the scale is wrong and you can see how small it actually is... and it was turned off recently because it was a "H&S risk" by distracting riders from their boat bump ahead of them. It should never have been fiddled with and then it would all be fine. Mer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeah Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 On Saturday, March 11, 2017 at 11:27 AM, Mattgwise said: Guess that means back to forced sharing of boats then. Something I've liked at Chessington last view seasons is that they haven't forced you to share like in the past. This doesn't seem to be the case. A boy two boats ahead of us entered through the SRQ and sat literally on his own in a boat. So yay for throughputs I guess? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattgwise Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 2 hours ago, ChessingtonSam said: This doesn't seem to be the case. A boy two boats ahead of us entered through the SRQ and sat literally on his own in a boat. So yay for throughputs I guess? Because today there was no queue at all! I rode it several times and walked on. Wait until the Easter holidays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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