March 6, 201510 yr comment_204219 Well I suppose Adventurer Services need to get into the rhythm of things too. The real tragedy is no Griffins
March 6, 201510 yr comment_204221 ^ Thorpe doesn't have it's major rides shut though... Quality over quantity comes to mind.
March 6, 201510 yr comment_204222 Yet it's still got less shut than Thorpe... Jesus man. Both parks should be at full ride availability, they both have four months of closure. Chessington is worse then Thorpe here, its three most popular rides all closed.
March 6, 201510 yr comment_204224 I think one coaster, four flats, and two water rides constitutes as major...
March 6, 201510 yr comment_204226 I think one coaster, four flats, and two water rides constitutes as major... None of those rides are major at Thorpe. That there's a disagreement about which park has managed to be less worse even before opening day bodes really well for the season ahead, huh?
March 6, 201510 yr comment_204237 If you haven't seen it, Penguins of Madagascar Mission: Treetop Hoppers is the new name for Jungle Bouncers, bit of a mouthful! Strange looking map though http://theme-parks.org/Chessington2015.jpg
March 6, 201510 yr comment_204239 See, in some respects I like the new map, but it is just so cluttered and un-navigateable, something which the old map did so well. On the FB crop, it looked so neat and tidy, now its a little bit of an explosion of everything. But hey, at least Scorpion looks like El Diablo.
March 6, 201510 yr comment_204240 Not sure whether I like or don't like the new map design. Definitely not the worst design though. Treetop hoppers is an interesting name though.
March 6, 201510 yr comment_204241 Pops a lot better than the previous design which was getting cluttered and dull with years of revisions. This one's simple, continues the character of the previous and has better colours.
March 6, 201510 yr comment_204242 What a joke! They have known for months when rides are supposed to be open, with the throughputs there I hate to think how busy the other rides are going to be with the two main coasters and a very popular dark ride closed. Really, really poor show from Chessington here.
March 6, 201510 yr comment_204243 Chessie has decided to do an 06 towers, and go habbo hotel style. Woo!
March 7, 201510 yr comment_204247 I assume penguins bay is a late opener like the celeb thing at Thorpe, since it was still a building site last week.
March 7, 201510 yr comment_204250 It seems merlin may be doing a spree contract with this particular map designed, as they have designed the legoland ones too. I like the style though! It may be a little confusing due to the open inners but it's very colourful and spaced out.
March 8, 201510 yr comment_204399 It's definitely nice to have a new map design. Visually it's pleasing but there are a few smaller attractions that this map will just not help new visitors to find.
March 8, 201510 yr comment_204443 Entrance to Land of the Dragons from Explorer Gate is still confusing though!
March 8, 201510 yr comment_204527 It's an alright new design in my opinion, although I have preferred previous map designs at Chessington. The actual way the map has been executed I dislike however, in no way at all is it going to help first-time guests navigate their way round the park to certain attractions, a lot of pathways/directions are inaccurate to what they would be like in real life when walking around the park.
March 14, 201510 yr comment_205087 List of closures for the preview weekend, from UK Theme Parks FB I think Rameses is the only we didn't know about that previously? My view is the same it was for Thorpe's closures on preview weekend - it's a preview weekend, the park being open should be considered a bonus. It's a lot harder to defend the park when three of the rides closed are the major rides on park, but hopefully numbers have been limited to reflect this. As a side note, Fury is testing at the moment - so hopefully will be open for when the main season comes around. Hooray!
March 14, 201510 yr comment_205090 I'm here. Lots shut and Swarm has a 70 minute queue with 1 train. Love Thorpe.
March 14, 201510 yr comment_205091 I'm here. Lots shut and Swarm has a 70 minute queue with 1 train. Love Thorpe. Wrong topic I think Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
March 14, 201510 yr comment_205093 I'm here now a lot of stuff closed in addition to the listed stuff above. Safari Skyway is closed Rattlesnake is closed Toadies is closed They are, however, testing Dragons Fury at the moment, so fingers crossed!
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