Benin Posted October 17, 2010 Report Share Posted October 17, 2010 In addition to HHP, there's a Xbox tie in to contend with it seems...(Taken from events page on main site) November 2010 sees the much awaited launch of Kinect for Xbox 360, a brand new way to play games where you are the controller.Xbox are bringing the Kinect experience to Chessington, giving visitors the chance to jump into an amazing world of controller free gaming and home entertainment.Come and try some of the exciting new game experiences including Kinect Adventures, Kinect Sports and Dance Central and every visitor will get the chance to create a video of their own experience on the day.They seem to be getting lots of external visitors now do Chessie... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jord Posted October 17, 2010 Report Share Posted October 17, 2010 In addition to HHP, there's a Xbox tie in to contend with it seems...(Taken from events page on main site)They seem to be getting lots of external visitors now do Chessie...Alton Towers had Kinect in August time, it's just Microsoft trying to show Kinect off to as many people as possible, so they've obviously moved it around the UK between Major Attractions, and obviously it was popular at Alton Towers, so they went back to Merlin and probably asked them to put it in another attraction, and Merlin chose Chessington. Which is good, because Chessington really does have little going on nowadays, so to have something like this will keep some people entertained when they've been on everything at least once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James6 Posted October 17, 2010 Report Share Posted October 17, 2010 Little going on?Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenVig Posted October 18, 2010 Report Share Posted October 18, 2010 Anyone played the mini HHP Game? It's actually quite addictive :Dhttp://www.chessington.com/plan-your-trip/events.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jord Posted October 18, 2010 Report Share Posted October 18, 2010 Anyone played the mini HHP Game? It's actually quite addictive :Dhttp://www.chessington.com/plan-your-trip/events.aspxWas gonna play it, but I decided not to :L I'll give it a go now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted October 24, 2010 Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 Just a quick question..... Is there a bus that goes from the park to Chessington South station? It's just that I'm visiting soon with some family and they are not too keen on walking back down leather head road at 8pm, so I wondered if there is a bus that you can catch to avoid the walk? And if so how much is it approximately? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James6 Posted October 24, 2010 Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 I don't know if there is a bus, but really, the walk is really, really short I'm sure you'd be fine, especially in a big group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted October 24, 2010 Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 Haha, seeing that has reminded me of the time I walked back to the station in 2007 on Halloween and there was a car on the bridge that was on fire... Yes there is a bus... The 71... But there's really no need to get it... The only people around will be park guests and staff at that time of night...I can do the walk in about 10 minutes give or take... Depends on how long I have till the next train... I'd say 15 minutes tops... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesB Posted October 24, 2010 Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 The Flying Island has been rumoured for quite a few years, haven't heard of the other plans however. I think a stage would work well at Chessington, Ive always thought it missed a good show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted October 24, 2010 Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 All those plans were (and still are) TERRIBLE...And this was NOT the year before Merlin brought them, since that happened in 2007...Chessie needed (and still needs) RIDES... I'm glad they didn't build an arena then and when plans popped back up a few years back... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted October 24, 2010 Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 The Flying Island idea has pretty much died out with Peeking Heights.But yeah, agreed with Benin - rides and more rides are needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted October 24, 2010 Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 Haha, seeing that has reminded me of the time I walked back to the station in 2007 on Halloween and there was a car on the bridge that was on fire... Yes there is a bus... The 71... But there's really no need to get it... The only people around will be park guests and staff at that time of night...I can do the walk in about 10 minutes give or take... Depends on how long I have till the next train... I'd say 15 minutes tops...Thanks James and Benin, I have done the walk before and I know it's really short, it would be bit silly paying for a bus to cover a 10-15 minute walk I agree, to be honest I think it will end up depending how many people are going, at the moment its only 3 but it could be as many as 10, in which case I will definitely do the walk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted October 24, 2010 Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 71 isn't running anymore between Chessington South and WoA - will be running again in November.Buses run directly via 465 route instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted October 24, 2010 Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 71 isn't running anymore between Chessington South and WoA - will be running again in November.Buses run directly via 465 route instead.Thought they'd finished those roadworks... Oh well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James6 Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 I didn't realise until yesterday just "quite" how weak Chessington's infrastructure is at the moment. There's the issue of rain that Mark pointed out, the issue with either of the big 2 being down but...I didn't realise just how poor the South Car Parks were, people were sliding all over the place and I don't understand how the park, in a country of this climate, has got away with it for so long, you would get to your car absolutely caked in mud. Secondly there's the problem with toilets... Yesterday, on a not particularly busy day I had to visit 4 different toilets before finding one without a queue. Telling a desperate 4 year old to "Hold on" is a very difficult thing to do when running around the park. This NEEDS to be sorted. Still had an absolutely phenomenal day though, just these few things are quite shocking really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 I feel like picking up on your point James, such is the mood I'm in... I didn't realise just how poor the South Car Parks were, people were sliding all over the place and I don't understand how the park, in a country of this climate, has got away with it for so long, you would get to your car absolutely caked in mud. Can't say much on this since I think I've been in that car park once but it does need something... It's not too bad having it as an overflow (I.e. Towers), but to have a major parking space as grass is very dodgy... Similar can be said of Thorpe's overflows... I'm sure they can find a way to make it all tarmac eventually... Secondly there's the problem with toilets... Yesterday, on a not particularly busy day I had to visit 4 different toilets before finding one without a queue. Telling a desperate 4 year old to "Hold on" is a very difficult thing to do when running around the park. This NEEDS to be sorted.And again, so so true... There's one decent set of toilets in the park, and that's the Tomb ones... The rest are very small and very pathetic (my personal 'faves' being Mystic East and Market Square)... Though why you decided to walk around the park instead of queue confuses me, even with a 4 year old... Surely it may well have been quicker to queue at one... But yeah, toilets are in definite need of a rebuild... And maybe one or two more needed around the park, maybe one in Wanyama (since the nearest are at the entrance), one close to Buccy, and Mexicana... Parks should have a minimum of one set of decent toilets in each area... Chessie doesn't have this and if they get more popular NEED to improve it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James6 Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 Agreed there Benin, it does seem as if the "tarmac-ing" is happening this closed season, which would be fantastic if that is the case. And again, agree on the toilets front. The reason I didn't just stand and queue was Transylvania toilets, there were so many people I physically couldn't get through. Market Square toilets, 1 cubicle in use and a queue of about 6 people. Didn't even bother looking at the ones under Fury apart from a glance and then finally the Tomb toilets were use-able. Definitely going to be asking for more notice from the 4 year old in future... ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 I've been posting in "what I'd do to Chessington" topics about the state of the parks toilets for a few years now. I don't understand how Thorpe seemed to have changed their toilets every year now whilst Chessington's haven't been updated since the early 90's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorpeparkjack Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 Thats Chessington's season over. Thanks for a good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James6 Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 It has been a very good year The first year I've visited Chessington the most of any park Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 For the park itself it's been a mixed year taking into consideration crowds and stuff...Kobra certainly got the park back on track again, hopefully though we won't have to wait another 6 years for a big ride (or indeed, any ride) to turn up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyT Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 Spent the majority of the day at the park today. I'll post a trip report in a while once I've come down from the high I'm on. Great day and awesome end to a cracking season for Chessington. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted November 2, 2010 Report Share Posted November 2, 2010 Aww damn I've missed it. Closed season coming around too quickly yet again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke_A Posted November 2, 2010 Report Share Posted November 2, 2010 They have pictures of a person dressed up as a chicken on the Merlin Annual Pass facebook page too?Wonder what this is trying to get at? And with the Sea-Life thing, they might be extending it or something; I don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenVig Posted November 2, 2010 Report Share Posted November 2, 2010 They have pictures of a person dressed up as a chicken on the Merlin Annual Pass facebook page too?I Can assure you that the photo your talking about, has no relevance to Chessington at all. I can confirm that because that was taken at my work, and I know the person in the costume! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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