MattyMoo Posted April 20, 2021 Report Share Posted April 20, 2021 On 4/19/2021 at 9:36 AM, Coaster said: without situations such as 1 hour RAP queues like in those photos Expand What was I saying earlier in this thread about RAP queues ending up being longer than the main queue? Almost as if the system is being completely abused and a RAP pass is a right of passage for children who are used to getting their own way and just don't like queuing very much instead of having an actual medicial condition or disability that is deserving of a RAP pass. I'd love to know how many people on the MAP facebook group DON'T use RAP.... It's a shambles. Think Benin nailed it there with entitled idiots to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted May 4, 2021 Report Share Posted May 4, 2021 How is Chessington coping off peak midweek these days? Thinking of visiting fir the first time in a couple of years but don't fancy a day of explaining to a 2 year old why we have to wait hours for everything! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted May 5, 2021 Report Share Posted May 5, 2021 I went last week and everything was running full capacity and walk on queues Open 10 - 5 and the only staggered openings was Zufari and Tiger Rock opening at 11 so didn't affect the day at all Highly recommend visiting on midweek days pluk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobF Posted May 5, 2021 Report Share Posted May 5, 2021 Went today, everything was pretty much walk on to 5mins. Overall operations were pretty good, only shutdowns noticed was Croc Drop, the modified tiny truckers was back down to 4 car train. Food was poor on park with some units/ restaurants being weekend/ peak days only pluk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han30 Posted May 8, 2021 Report Share Posted May 8, 2021 On 5/4/2021 at 10:41 PM, pluk said: How is Chessington coping off peak midweek these days? Thinking of visiting fir the first time in a couple of years but don't fancy a day of explaining to a 2 year old why we have to wait hours for everything! Expand Not really much help but I’ve been today and had one of the best days there in a long time - staff were lovely, social distancing far better than Thorpe in my opinion and it just looks like it’s had a lot of TLC. We don’t often venture into the zoo areas but really enjoyed seeing the animals. The only downside which isn’t the parks fault is that we had to eat outside but once restrictions are lifted that is sorted. Also flying jumbos is much prettier with the repaint and new music 🙌 pluk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeah Posted May 9, 2021 Report Share Posted May 9, 2021 I visited on a random Friday a couple of weeks ago, and it was probably the best day I've ever had at Chessington. Pretty much all the rides we were interested in were walk on, and the only rides that got any queues whatsoever were the lower capacity children's rides, like Jungle Rangers and River Rafts, as you'd expect really. I loved Croc Drop, as others have pointed out the ride is nothing special, I still found it fairly fun but I also hate drop towers, so what's my opinion worth haha. The theming, though, is. Pretty much every angle looks good, and it's fairly imposing, especially when approaching from the pathway under Dragon's Fury. The whole park has had some TLC, Mexicana looks brilliant with lots of colourful new theming everywhere, although that area might not be for everyone. Dragon's Fury's entrance has had an interesting bright yellow and red repaint, Zufari has had some changes in the cave, lots of signage has been replaced and there's been lots of small repaints everywhere. It's certainly a far cry from the Chessington of a few years ago where everything was either beige or falling apart. Blue Barnacle is... probably the second best pirate ship I've ever ridden in that pit, it looks good and it's decently themed, certainly more so than Black Buccaneer was although some of the pirate figures are a bit tacky. There's also been some new audio around the park, most notably around the entrance area where they've remixed the previous entrance music and added bits from Vampire, Tiger Rock and Croc Drop. Mexicana has a nice, but quiet new soundtrack, and Croc Drop's audio is all quite good. Adventure Point had some... interesting music playing, not quite a fan of that. Overall, not really many negatives, if any. This year is, in my opinion, the best Chessington have had while I've been interested in theme parks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted May 9, 2021 Report Share Posted May 9, 2021 I also visited for the first time in a good few years and had a great time. It's great to see a park that in my opinion was going downhill transform itself. - Park as a whole is looking fresh, much better than the last time I went - Although I loved Ramesis and sad to see it gone, Croc drop is a great addition and for families and I enjoyed it much more than I expected - Park audio on the whole was good and don't think it needs a complete overhaul like Thorpe, but couple of dead spots that need sorting - Vampire area and station looking the best it has in years. I hate the new audio in the station though and it doesn't create the same atmosphere as the old one. Don't fix what isn't broken - No water jets on monkey swinger, apparently this is due to covid somehow - Blue Barnacle isn't as good as Black Buccaneer but glad it has been replaced and the area looking fresh. Also worth noting opening hours are great this season. 4pm closures have been scrapped so its 5pm every weekday, and 7pm every weekend and peak day the whole season. Great to see Chessington and Alton having better opening this season and hope that works out for them. Chessington really is in need of a high throughput major coaster to help with the busy days, so I really hope it actually goes ahead this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted May 10, 2021 Report Share Posted May 10, 2021 Walk on Vampire fun times! JoshC. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
professorb Posted May 10, 2021 Report Share Posted May 10, 2021 On 5/9/2021 at 9:39 PM, ThorpeAddict said: I also visited for the first time in a good few years and had a great time. It's great to see a park that in my opinion was going downhill transform itself. - Park as a whole is looking fresh, much better than the last time I went - Although I loved Ramesis and sad to see it gone, Croc drop is a great addition and for families and I enjoyed it much more than I expected - Park audio on the whole was good and don't think it needs a complete overhaul like Thorpe, but couple of dead spots that need sorting - Vampire area and station looking the best it has in years. I hate the new audio in the station though and it doesn't create the same atmosphere as the old one. Don't fix what isn't broken - No water jets on monkey swinger, apparently this is due to covid somehow - Blue Barnacle isn't as good as Black Buccaneer but glad it has been replaced and the area looking fresh. Also worth noting opening hours are great this season. 4pm closures have been scrapped so its 5pm every weekday, and 7pm every weekend and peak day the whole season. Great to see Chessington and Alton having better opening this season and hope that works out for them. Chessington really is in need of a high throughput major coaster to help with the busy days, so I really hope it actually goes ahead this time. Expand I have been told by a friend that works there that actually the park audio is having a big overhaul at the moment and over last the closed season. Still a work in progress but I believe there has been a lot of dead spots sorted (with some more to go) and the backend systems have been replaced and changed to a new setup. Cal and Matt A 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattgwise Posted May 10, 2021 Report Share Posted May 10, 2021 On 5/9/2021 at 9:39 PM, ThorpeAddict said: No water jets on monkey swinger, apparently this is due to covid somehow Expand This is very bizarre considering it operated 2020 with the jets. It's definitely not been on at all this year. Shame its what makes it a stand out Waveswinger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted May 10, 2021 Report Share Posted May 10, 2021 On 5/10/2021 at 5:17 PM, professorb said: I have been told by a friend that works there that actually the park audio is having a big overhaul at the moment and over last the closed season. Still a work in progress but I believe there has been a lot of dead spots sorted (with some more to go) and the backend systems have been replaced and changed to a new setup. Expand Good to hear. As I said on the whole the park sounded great, there was only very few spots with no audio like Dragons Fury and broken speakers on Kobra. On 5/10/2021 at 6:20 PM, Mattgwise said: This is very bizarre considering it operated 2020 with the jets. It's definitely not been on at all this year. Shame its what makes it a stand out Waveswinger. Expand Oh that is odd. The operator said he's not aloud to use it at the moment due to covid but that doesn't make sense if they were using it last year. Who knows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobF Posted May 18, 2021 Report Share Posted May 18, 2021 New restaurant in mexicana opening soon... Tortilla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han30 Posted May 26, 2021 Report Share Posted May 26, 2021 On 5/18/2021 at 3:15 PM, RobF said: New restaurant in mexicana opening soon... Tortilla Expand My friends partner got food from there on Sunday and it looked absolutely vile - apparently it didn’t taste much better than either. Also - what is up with Tiny Truckers? I was on the jumbos with my friends little boy and was thinking wtf then walked past it and all the trucks are stuck together 🤣 - it looks bizarre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobF Posted May 27, 2021 Report Share Posted May 27, 2021 On 5/26/2021 at 3:00 PM, Han30 said: My friends partner got food from there on Sunday and it looked absolutely vile - apparently it didn’t taste much better than either. Also - what is up with Tiny Truckers? I was on the jumbos with my friends little boy and was thinking wtf then walked past it and all the trucks are stuck together 🤣 - it looks bizarre Expand They joined them together running 5 trucks again and joined together to speed up the queue Han30 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han30 Posted May 28, 2021 Report Share Posted May 28, 2021 On 5/27/2021 at 6:56 AM, RobF said: They joined them together running 5 trucks again and joined together to speed up the queue Expand I guess that makes sense - I’ve never seen them all joined us so it looked a bit bizarre! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted May 28, 2021 Report Share Posted May 28, 2021 I think the change to Tiny Truckers is an improvement, because it teaches the kids what the M25 is realistically like when to drive on. Han30 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeah Posted May 28, 2021 Report Share Posted May 28, 2021 On 5/28/2021 at 3:31 PM, Matt Creek said: I think the change to Tiny Truckers is an improvement, because it teaches the kids what the M25 is realistically like when to drive on. Expand Teaching kids that the M25 moves at all is giving them false hope, surely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt 236 Posted May 28, 2021 Report Share Posted May 28, 2021 On 5/28/2021 at 8:41 PM, ChessingtonSam said: Teaching kids that the M25 moves at all is giving them false hope, surely? Expand I mean it does,but on average at around 10 mph, maybe 20 on a good day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobF Posted May 29, 2021 Report Share Posted May 29, 2021 On 5/28/2021 at 9:29 PM, Matt Creek said: I mean it does,but on average at around 10 mph, maybe 20 on a good day. Expand Ultimately were teaching kids its fine to tailgate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuntman707 Posted June 9, 2021 Report Share Posted June 9, 2021 Crowds overwhelming Chessington this week. 🙄 https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/chessington-world-adventures-huge-queues-24265847?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mirror_main&fbclid=IwAR0OXAscdt_LiMoz5JpwV5vch9jGBiuZ5e80Gjm374UubrK3Dqp8gT5wF0U Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han30 Posted June 14, 2021 Report Share Posted June 14, 2021 On 6/9/2021 at 7:48 PM, Stuntman707 said: Crowds overwhelming Chessington this week. 🙄 https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/chessington-world-adventures-huge-queues-24265847?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mirror_main&fbclid=IwAR0OXAscdt_LiMoz5JpwV5vch9jGBiuZ5e80Gjm374UubrK3Dqp8gT5wF0U Expand out of the parks I’ve visited this season (Thorpe, Chessie and Lego) I’d say that Chessie have been the best but honestly those queues are insane!! I was there on Saturday and we decided to get an early lunch to avoid the carnage so went into Burger Kitchen at approx 11.45 - all tables cornered off and I asked the young girl what was going on - apparently they were short staffed! We were in there a good 20 mins waiting so I dread to think what it would have been like later. Also - the fish finger buns they sell are pretty dry and disgusting. Then at the end of the day we were hungry so went to the chicken place which was about to close - placed my order which was taken and paid for (fries and a coke) to then be told “oh we’re not doing any more fries” so I paid £2.50 ish and ended up with THREE mozzarella sticks which I really shouldn’t have eaten as it sparked off my IBS but that’s another story. Totally understand that it was the end of the day but maybe tell people while they order that you can’t provide what they’ve asked for rather than take their money then order a substitute. On another visit I got some dirty fries and they were that dry I was actually glad when it started raining 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuntman707 Posted June 16, 2021 Report Share Posted June 16, 2021 In general, their own brand food sucks most the time. The best own brand places I’ve found are the fish and chip ones. They have different fryers and the chips are way better in my opinion. Shame Thorpe got rid of theirs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitch Posted October 17, 2021 Report Share Posted October 17, 2021 Creepy caves POV, tbh not impressed this year. Bar the first room where has all the story gone of 2 years past, skipping last year as not sure if it was the same. A room for disinfection and then there’s no longer any lab/ plant, rather just purge style masks and barrels to bang on? To the tune of the Prodigy and Rammenstein, I just don’t get it. Will be interesting to see if it wins any awards the sparks do look cool though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted October 18, 2021 Report Share Posted October 18, 2021 I didn't do it last year and haven't watched the POV. However I imagine it's the same as last year, where it was tweaked and received a new storyline in light of Covid. Last year's version was still largely well received so if it's very similar I imagine it'll still be going down a treat. Glitch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han30 Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 I did Creepy Caves last year and thought it was brilliant - there wasn’t a solid storyline but the tight spaces in there and the actors really made it fantastic - I was shaking when I came out. Also at £6 (£5 for passholders) it is far better value than Thorpes offering in my opinion. It’s pretty short but it packs a punch and it genuinely made me scream/jump a few times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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