First Trip to Chessington World of Adventures | 2024 Vlog

[@UKThemeParks]

Vampire used to have that heavier swing before the cars changed in 2002, in saying that it is the only original Arrow thats had the floorless conversion!

[@schpleeb]

I don’t know if you’ve heard of John Wardley but he’s an absolute hero for essentially bringing the theme park to the UK, and it all took off here at Chessington before he went on to do Nemesis etc. Gruffalo has had that same ride system since about 1991 but was originally known as Professor Burp’s Bubbleworks 😂 it was brilliantly silly. Vampire was built at the same time (it was all Transylvania back then). Sorry I’m waffling now

[@RideorDine]

Not at all, thank you for sharing the info! We love hearing the story of the parks. And we only know so much from initial visits. Gruffalo was really neat. And all of the queues and theming was great throughout the park! Really enjoyed it!

[@SAM-h3k8n]

The best time to go to theme parks is when kids are at school. The most you'd wait for a ride is 30mins.

[@jackthelad93]

it’s meant to be a big water effect in the cave, it’s not worked for a few years 😢

[@AdrenalineRush236]

In the cave in Zufari, there's meant to be a ton of water that falls down those rocks. It's a bit like a tiny version of the train scene on the movie tour at universal California. The last time I saw that effect working was may last year and it hasn't worked since.

[@RideorDine]

Ahh okay thanks for that. That makes more sense! Hope they get it back working again!

[@SAM-h3k8n]

I knew she'd hate Rattlesnake before she went on it 😂

[@Marnie_Plays]

Omg you only went 6 days before me lol😂

[@Kyle-Russell]

Vampire used to be a lot better before they changed the trains

[@RideorDine]

🤯 I didn’t realize that they changed the trains! They certainly looked newer but I thought it was the outlier and always floorless. Kind of makes me wonder what could have been with Big Bad Wolf

[@gamingandcraftswithlogan8714]

@@RideorDineyeah, the trains were changed in ‘02 if I remember correctly. The ride was originally made by arrow but when they declared bankruptcy, vekoma was called in to change the train model, as the manufacturers for the original trains were obviously bankrupt, so it would be virtually impossible to operate the ride with those trains. If the trains were kept, vampire probably would’ve closed before bubbleworks did, as it was a bit rough in ‘02 before the trains changed.

[@burtiefusion]

Rattlesnake is horrible and definitely avoid now .

[@RideorDine]

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