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New Ride for Chessington in 2016?

owentaylor121 said:
Jared said:
spicy said:
^ First I have heard about that, only heard about Loggers, where has it been suggested Dragon Falls will do the same?
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With Flume and Loggers both out for 2016 and Chessington having scrapped its new ride for next year, things seem to be a bit all up in the air.
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The Flume isn't shut next year? Just Loggers Leap.
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The flume is as well it's getting the same treatment as loggers.
 
elephant58 said:
To be fair on Merlin though, they're still pushing on with the Air plans for 2016 and there's been nothing to suggest that SW8 won't happen in 2017 either.
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There has been something to suggest that SW8 won't happen in 2017.

In Merlin's September Trading Update Presentation (accessible here: http://www.merlinentertainments.biz/res ... sentations ), there was this slide which shows when major investments are planned:

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So it certainly suggests there won't be a major addition in 2017 for Alton. And it makes sense really; Merlin work on a 4 year investment cycle at the parks (high, low, low, low apparently lol). With 4 parks in the UK, it surely makes more sense to have each park have its major additions in different years. So, I'd be expecting a major addition at Alton in 2018, since that's the 'free year' at the moment.
 
I found a photo on a fan page somewhere that showed groundwork was being done for the new chessington ride (or at least that was what it looked like and they said it was) but I can't find it now. Sounds like lots of things are up in the air still so it might have been for something else.

EDIT: Found it. Scroll down on this page:
http://forum.towerstimes.co.uk/viewtopi ... &start=120
 
elephant58 said:
I can't exactly see Merlin not adding another coaster at their flagship park for 5 years though.....
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Why not?

They were originally planning to not add a major coaster for 4 years, is 1 potential extra year really going to make that much a difference.

Plus, in those intervening years, they'll have added CBeebies Land, done some work to Air (and if rumours are true, that'll basically be a new coaster), plus some other small scale additions. Not exactly bad work.

And we're potentially looking at at least 8 years between major coasters at Thorpe, so it's not exactly surprising under Merlin.
 
Because, originally there was only supposed to be a 3 year gap and Alton is by quite some margin, the country's most popular park (yeah, I know the Smiler has had an effect, but), so surely Merlin would want to continue with high investments within a 3-4 year gap? What I'm saying is that having 5 years between major investments, wouldn't that be a bit too long?

I don't know, but whilst it's not a coaster, WC16 is still a major ride, opening 4 years after their last one.
 
Here's how its probably going to go...

Chessington Facebook page: "We have a mindblowing awesome top secret first-for-the-UK ride coming soon NEW for 2016! You're not going to believe your eyes! #watchdisspace" GP John Smith comments "Hi, is this going to be a brand new rollercoaster?" to which they reply "You never know John, we have something really exciting planned ;)"

A few months down the line: *Teases on Facebook page with a picture of a random tree or something* "We wonder what this could be?? Shhhhhhhh ;) #new #2016 #watchdisspace"

A week before opening: "Here's our amazing first in the UK ride!" *Reveals Zamperla Watermania with a dash of jungle explorer esque theming*

"Want to get more out of your adventure filled day and spend less time queueing? Fasttrack tickets for this ride will only £4.99 per adult and 10% off for under 5s!"
 
Chessington have confirmed that the Safari Skyway monorail is being removed*.

Sad news IMO. Yes it was dated, but it was a nice way to chill for a bit.

* I bet the track/supports will stay for many years.
 
Yeah that is a shame. It's nice to travel around above the animals in the Zoo. I think the worst part about this though is knowing that it'll just be there rotting for seasons to come! :(
 
Just seen on Facebook that apparently Tomb Blaster is currently undergoing a £800,000 refurbishment. Including upgraded sound, lighting, theming and ride cars.

If this is true, then it's good to finally some actual TLC at Chessington.
 
It majorly needs it, last time I rode it, half of the stuff wasn't working. There's a big difference between something having 'charm' because of it's dilapidated appearance (see River Caves in Blackpool) and it just being damn right ****.
 
£800,000 spent on upgrading Tomb Blaster means that you'll be getting nothing actually new for at least the next couple of years.

It's probably a good thing to sort out the actual STATE of that dump before adding anything, but it's hardly anything to get excited about.

F**king awful place.
 
Just found out that Tomb Blaster isn't reopening until 2017 due to the refurb work....!

Also the crappy Zamperla's water ride has been cancelled.
 
Great, go Chessington.

A make over of a ride where the budget is only £800,000 shouldn't take a season to do, so that's just an excuse.

Also, no new ride again, great idea.

I bet the entrance fee still goes up to an even more ridiculous price.

That park though.
 
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