March 27, 20169 yr comment_230605 The garish fences also disappointment me as it's another thing not in keeping with the original ride. They need to dim down the lighting as it's just too bright there, even for an up,offing dark ride. One step forwards, two back.
March 27, 20169 yr comment_230624 The garish fences also disappointment me as it's another thing not in keeping with the original ride. They need to dim down the lighting as it's just too bright there, even for an up,offing dark ride. One step forwards, two back. It is quite bright, however it should be remembered the flash on my phone brightened it even more. I forgot what the fences replaced! I like the repaint however to not repaint the whole station AND replace something that fit the theme perfect is exactly as you put it: One step forward, two steps back.Sent from my SM-G361F using Tapatalk
March 31, 20169 yr comment_230924 Today was PACKED Lots closed too. Longest queue all day was Fury at 100 mins after lunch. Sent from my SM-G361F using Tapatalk
March 31, 20169 yr comment_230932 The lion also arrived today. Chessie posted about it on their Instagram.
March 31, 20169 yr comment_230935 It's been like that virtually every peak day this season so far. The place is certainly getting the visitors these days despite having more regular issues.
March 31, 20169 yr comment_230942 Best time to go is after school on a weekday in term time (for AP holder), we went yesterday and it was packed then too, I wouldn't ever plan to go during holiday time (only went to get passes reprinted), the ride access pass queue stretched all the way round to hocos pocus entrance at one point....
March 31, 20169 yr comment_230948 Oh sod that! 45 mins for sea storm?! Though I have to admit I once queued 45 mins for Flying Jumbos only because my niece who was quite small at the time wanted to go on it badly. My sister went last year to pick up their family passes and in the space of about 5 hours my niece got on 2 rides. Anyone know what's up with the unavailable rides? Had a look on their app the other day and they were unavailable then aswell - I mean c'mon Griffins Galleon is the BEST ride at Chessie!
April 1, 20169 yr comment_230962 Chessington have been masters of April fools Some people still believe this one
April 1, 20169 yr comment_230981 Just received an email from Go Ape saying that a course is going to be built at Chessington! I rarely look at the site so sorry if this is old news Sounds like a good idea though!!!
April 1, 20169 yr comment_230992 I hope Go Ape are playing April Fools because they know what an awful state Chessington is in
April 1, 20169 yr comment_230997 Apparently not!! http://www.elabs10.com/functions/message_view.html?mid=4211760&mlid=194636&siteid=2010003057&uid=3600bcc4ee&hq_e=el&hq_m=4211760&hq_l=1&hq_v=3600bcc4ee
April 1, 20169 yr comment_231001 Don't Chessington have that Amazu treetop adventure thing already? (Not that I'm saying it's anything near to Go Ape quality)
April 1, 20169 yr comment_231025 Go Ape Chessington is the treetops course which the park submitted plans for in the middle of last year. So we've known this is happening; they've simply teamed up with Go Ape for it. I believe adult tickets are £33.
April 1, 20169 yr comment_231029 When I last visited Chessington, the park was in a worser state than me drinking on a Saturday night. 2016 could be different though.
April 2, 20169 yr comment_231074 When I last visited Chessington, the park was in a worser state than me drinking on a Saturday night. 2016 could be different though. The park isn't in THAT bad a state anymore, just don't go near Pirates Cove or Land of the Dragons [emoji6] Sent from my SM-G361F using Tapatalk
April 2, 20169 yr comment_231098 Generally speaking, Chessington is in much better condition appearance wise than the other Merlin parks; its the dreadful management, clueless decisions and "oh that'll do" attitude that lets it down. Not great for a theme park, but it IS excellent for a laugh. The brilliant reason this year's new ride was cancelled and the hilarity that is Tomb Blaster come to mind... Its still a nice place to visit though if you can appreciate it for what it is.
April 3, 20169 yr comment_231276 Bit of a shambles today at the park, Fury and Falls closed earlier in the day but then reopened but just before 5pm (park closed at 6pm today) this happened: Falls closed and needed to be evacuated Tomb also appeared to be evacuated as I saw people being led out upstairs fire exit Fury had also closed again and people stopped at various brake block points Truckers stopped, queue line emptied Toadies closed Griffins Gallion closed Then Black Bucanner and Ramesis also closed, the latter has scaffolding up Lots of unhappy people about.... They've only been open a couple of weeks, they'd better sort this out for high season!
April 3, 20169 yr comment_231289 Bit of a shambles today at the park, Fury and Falls closed earlier in the day but then reopened but just before 5pm (park closed at 6pm today) this happened: Falls closed and needed to be evacuated Tomb also appeared to be evacuated as I saw people being led out upstairs fire exit Fury had also closed again and people stopped at various brake block points Truckers stopped, queue line emptied Toadies closed Griffins Gallion closed Then Black Bucanner and Ramesis also closed, the latter has scaffolding up Lots of unhappy people about.... They've only been open a couple of weeks, they'd better sort this out for high season! That sounds like a power cut to me.
April 3, 20169 yr comment_231293 Not sure re power cut. I could see the laser targets on through door of Tomb. Some water pumps still running on Falls. Unless there are seperate power supplies for the actual rides operation vs. Lights etc?
April 3, 20169 yr comment_231304 If it was a power cut and some stuff was still running then it means the park works on a three phase system. Back in the good old days before 'da internet' I worked in a big industrial estate and the power went off, in all but my office.... typical.
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