AHW Posted March 28, 2007 Report Share Posted March 28, 2007 I am going this Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted March 28, 2007 Report Share Posted March 28, 2007 Me and Sheeps where, but cos of the ride availability [I.E Engineers having to angle grind their way into RR.], we're going to TP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel W Posted March 28, 2007 Report Share Posted March 28, 2007 Theres always tomb blaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loz Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 Oh and btw the park maps are now 50p! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 Oh and btw the park maps are now 50p! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Bit old news, but thanks for posting it anyway. Nice to clear things up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHW Posted March 29, 2007 Report Share Posted March 29, 2007 Yeah because they meant to be reducing the amount of paper wastage, and litter.15p sounds reasonable ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagwell07 Posted April 5, 2007 Report Share Posted April 5, 2007 no 1 uses maps anyway. We should all no our way around by now!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted April 5, 2007 Report Share Posted April 5, 2007 I've only been once and that was like a trillion years ago, so no not everyone does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted April 5, 2007 Report Share Posted April 5, 2007 no 1 uses maps anyway. We should all no our way around by now!! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I have been 3 times and I still dont know my way round properly. Not everyone is a fanboy/fanholly... What about tourists? People that havn't been to the park before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted April 5, 2007 Report Share Posted April 5, 2007 I have been 3 times and I still dont know my way round properly. Not everyone is a fanboy/fanholly... What about tourists? People that havn't been to the park before? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Lols I feel special.I can't even remember the park tbh so how am I mean't to know my way round? Just because I'm kind of a fangirl doesn't mean I automatically know my way round Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted April 6, 2007 Report Share Posted April 6, 2007 I find the park alright to get around now.. Seemed to be me making sure we took the right pathways and stuff last week =S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Chessington is facing closure if they do not improve the state of animal welfare: At London Zoo, visitors these days marvel at the new ?5.3m Gorilla Kingdom which replicates a forest clearing and incorporates heated rocks and a waterfall. But only a few miles away, gorillas are not living in the same luxury at London's second biggest zoo, Chessington. Far from it. Two unpublished official reports obtained by The Independent under freedom of information legislation have expressed grave concern at conditions for the zoo's western lowland gorillas. The local authority has issued the theme park with an ultimatum - to build a new home for the primates, or risk losing its licence.At present the gorillas, suited to tropical rainforest in Africa, are housed in a cage with a concrete backdrop, ropes for swinging and a hay floor. Although basic by modern standards, the compound's real problem is that the zoo's breeding programme has left it housing 10 gorillas.The overcrowding has been worsened by the group's ejection of its dominant male, Kumba, who is being kept indoors when the others are outside and vice-versa. This "time share" further reduces space.The zoo's owner, the Tussauds Group, is planning a new gorilla centre at a 22-acre safari park beside a new 150-bed Holiday Inn hotel. In the short term the zoo, which attracts about a million visitors a year, intends to extend the enclosure. But the Tussauds Group, which also owns Madame Tussauds waxworks and Alton Towers, has been criticised for delaying the construction of new animals facilities in the past.Two years ago, in November 2005, inspectors for the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames said they were "most concerned" at the situation at Chessington. The zoo had still not fulfilled an essential undertaking to house the sea lions in salt water, while there was great concern at the dilapidated condition of the lion and tiger pounds, which had serious structural problems, buckled fencing, broken mesh and a defective gate.In the gorilla enclosure, keeping the silverback apart risked "destabilising" the main group, which in any case had outgrown the current internal accommodation "even allowing for the exclusion of the male".The inspectors warned: "The company must take immediate action to resolve and find a solution to this issue, and specific proposals for the future of the gorillas' enclosure should be submitted as a matter of priority to the licensing authority."The inspectors noted their great disappointment that, although Tussauds had frequently stated the importance of the animals to the zoo, proposals for a safari park that "appeared imminent" during their last inspection were still in doubt.They wrote: "This leads us to question the viability of the animal collection at Chessington."Following the report, the Tussauds Group appointed a new manager from Chester Zoo and improvements were made in the big cat and sea lion enclosures. In December 2006, an inspection was impressed by the "high standard" of animal health and welfare, but the gorillas remained a problem. The report stipulated it was "essential" they be moved and the zoo was told it would have to rehouse them by 2009 to retain its licence.As children gazed at the primates during the Easter break yesterday, Maria Hamilton, the PR manager, said Chessington had acted on the failings identified by the inspections."If you compare the two reports a lot of the things that came out in 2005 have been addressed and improved," she said."The situation with the gorillas is something we are aware of and we have put in place plans to deal with it."The fact that the gorillas were breeding was evidence that they were happy, she added.However, the Captive Animals' Protection Society said Chessington should have been shut."It's not often you hear such strong words from zoo inspectors in official reports," its campaigns manager, Craig Redmond, said. "If you were running a business and you had those kind of health and safety issues then you would be forced to close until you sorted them out."He expressed concern at the separation of the gorillas. "We have seen this situation in zoos before where animals have been isolated and their access to the outdoor area is limited."When you start locking them in indoor enclosures - which are meant as a short-term enclosure - that creates huge welfare problems and is just not acceptable." Lets hope they sort it out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Which they are in the new animal enclosures next to the hotel... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel W Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Last Thursday (for a few hours after school) and this Tuesday I went Chessington, both great fun days:Tuesday Ride Count:Vampire x1Rattlesnake x1Tomb Blaster x1Black Buckaner x1Dragons Fury x1Carousel x1Bubbleworks x1Thursday Ride count:Ramses Revenge x2Dragons Fury x1Dragons Falls x1Tomb Blaster x2RattleSnake x1Black Buckner x1Bubbleworks x1Carousel x1Dennis Madhouse x1 (Yes me, Dann, Clara and the other 4 all got in )Flying Jumbos x1Dodgems x1Both VERY busy days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted April 14, 2007 Report Share Posted April 14, 2007 Dennis Madhouse x1 (Yes me, Dann, Clara and the other 4 all got in ) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> They let people under 1.4m in anyway don't they?!Tehe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel W Posted April 14, 2007 Report Share Posted April 14, 2007 I think they let us in because they must of thought we was looking after Clara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan9 Posted April 15, 2007 Report Share Posted April 15, 2007 They let people under 1.4m in anyway don't they?!Tehe! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Meh I have got into that. Actually I got into it on Tuesday. The powers of midgetness! ;)Lol to the Clara thing. Yeah I guess she is small for her age, but getting into Dennis' playhouse? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel W Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Went today, good day out, not the hottest but the sun did come out alot. Park was really empty, longest que was for dodgems which was about 5-10 minutes. Ramses broke down for about 30 minutes but then back up and running. Ride count:Dragons Fury x3 (first riders of the day)dodgems x8 (best ride )billys wizzer x2rameses revenge x13 (I dont know why but dann and karim wanted to keep staying on)tomb blaster x2dragons falls x1vampire x2runaway mine train x1rattlesnake x1berry bouncers x1 :Dbubbleworks x2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted April 28, 2007 Report Share Posted April 28, 2007 This is bugging me. This picture I found on the Mondial website. It's of a top Scan called 'Samurai', and exactly the same colours; but look at the background. Doesn't look like Chessington does it? Could anyone help me on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted April 28, 2007 Report Share Posted April 28, 2007 It's not Chessington's. 'Samurai' is one of Mondial's stock themes, thats just another version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 Does this mean thorpe made more effort with samurai than chessington did? :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted May 2, 2007 Report Share Posted May 2, 2007 Depends.... Thorpe painted it blue.... Chessington put the name of the ride on each of its pods.. so its debateable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richy2001 Posted July 31, 2007 Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 personall, I preffered what it looked like at chessington! it looked bolder and more intimidating, but at thorpe it seems to be in the wrong place? should have been in canada creek, not lost city Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phyciodes Posted August 15, 2007 Report Share Posted August 15, 2007 OH DEAR!!! whos heard about chessington zoo foot and mouth scare? Actually it was given the all clear because there was no foot and mouth. It was still on the news though!!http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_6...400/6947424.stmhttp://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article...care/article.do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickD Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 Got a job in the Rides department at Chessington! :DJust got my Rota sent to me in the post. It confirms that my first day or work is on the 6th October and I am in Area 1 late night Vampire workage ftw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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