Chessington should make a museum of the relics of its previous closed rides like the Fifth Dimension, Terror Tomb and Bubbleworks (if they've got them stored somewhere) At least it would show a history to these now forever gone rides, how many remember them and showing newcomers what the old Chessington was in the 1980's and 90's.
@SuperTed190216 жыл бұрын
They did create tombstones in the Transylvania/Wild Woods area paying tribute to old rides. It's on a long path going up to the Pirate Cove area. The tombstone for this ride says "Zappo Matic: 1987-1995. Sadly left this world for another dimension".
@kazokee40245 жыл бұрын
They also couldn’t do it because most of the props from the rides were either scrapped or sold. It would be a good idea though!
@Tactical_Russia Жыл бұрын
Omg I literally just thought of that like a theme park museum with all the items from closed rides in it.
@edwarddavenport98819 ай бұрын
KZbin really is the e closest we’ll ever get to a Time Machine. Fantastic. I LOVED this as a kid.
@LittlestarRed7 жыл бұрын
I am feeling quite emotional after watching this! I have such great memories of The 5th Dimension! I can't wait to share this with my sister!!! :) Thank you so much for all of your hard work! Being able to see this again means a great deal!
@GreatWestern1757 жыл бұрын
And I always thought I was the only one that treasured nostalgic memories emotionally
@LittlestarRed7 жыл бұрын
I can assure you that you are not the only one.
@GreatWestern1757 жыл бұрын
Its so treasuring emotionally looking back at some dark rides that we went on, enjoyed and had very vague memories of, particularly in the late 80's to the late 90's when they were in their prime. It brings a childhood nostalgia back to us now as grown adults
@LittlestarRed7 жыл бұрын
I couldn't agree more!
@mattjcole9083 жыл бұрын
This video got me right in the feels. Nostalgic and emotional. I remember when i was about 5 id always go on the 5th dimension countless times whenever we visited chessington. Was gutted when it was replaced by terror tomb.
@attackonmovies88147 жыл бұрын
I love this. Really good work putting this together. The 5th Dimension lives!
@justinslater89647 жыл бұрын
This is a fantastic video! Brings back so many memories of one of my first and favourite dark rides. Great work as always :)
@mikekaraoke3 жыл бұрын
You said one of your first, try to think what was the first Dark Ride you went on wether in UK or abroad??
@russ68144 жыл бұрын
Am I the only person who is scared of zappomatics design?
@callumswan2061 Жыл бұрын
Did he not have fisher price roller skates on his feet? 😂
@jaga3680 Жыл бұрын
It was my favourite ride in Chessington. I had a soundtrack tape of this and listened to it again and again. Thanks for sharing. I'm 42 now..
@LeeMaitland4 жыл бұрын
This actually gave me goosebumps. Took me back to when I was single digits.
@idunnobutyay25202 жыл бұрын
There used to be a documentary on this ride but unfortunately it’s been made private. It had some interesting information about the ride and it’s backstory.
@azestical65666 жыл бұрын
It was the first ride I ever rode! I miss it.. ;(
@dgambo19853 жыл бұрын
I am so happy to see this! I was there in 88 and 89. I remember being devastated when it was replaced!
@reecehaines3953 жыл бұрын
how was it
@mikekaraoke10 ай бұрын
I was there when it opened in the Summer of 1987! 😃
@loopylyn65482 жыл бұрын
Wow! Just going to share this with my daughters xx
@mikekaraoke6 жыл бұрын
Ahhhh the 1980's what a great decade :-)
@igotdarkaether48133 жыл бұрын
This is just imo not great
@mikekaraoke3 жыл бұрын
@@igotdarkaether4813 WTF really?? Well I totally disagree with you, among many many others! Have a good day/evening. 😁👋🏻
@igotdarkaether48133 жыл бұрын
@@mikekaraoke I honestly can’t tell if your being sarcastic lol and the how old are you?
@mikekaraoke3 жыл бұрын
@@igotdarkaether4813 Well i'm not being sarcastic! There is nothing wrong with them animatronics, special effects, set pieces, and the smell pods if you could smell them! By your comment you never went on it! There are Dark Rides out there now me and many others find not just great but utter shite-like Scooby-Doo Ghostblasters! + BTW i'm 39, how old are you? And what don't you find great about it??
@igotdarkaether48133 жыл бұрын
@@mikekaraoke I’m 13 LOL
@opal817 Жыл бұрын
This was my absolute favourite thing when I was a kid. I seem to remember having a 5th Dimension brochure or guide or something (or maybe it was just a Chessington brochure) with pictures of Zappomatic and all the other animatronics. I really should dig that out of storage. It could be a useful piece of history.
@monalisasmile66297 жыл бұрын
This used to be my favourite ride at Chessington when I was little. I was gutted that they removed it.
@happycat18873 жыл бұрын
All my childhood memories !! So happy to see this!!! Well done
@michelleharris22 жыл бұрын
Wasn't there a huge wolly mammouth with red glowing eyes in the ice station? I remember it scaring the crap out of me when I was a kid.
@EuroThemeParkArchive2 жыл бұрын
You’re right!
@michelleharris22 жыл бұрын
It was wonderful to see this again, thank you for sharing it 😊
@nicoleadams8436 Жыл бұрын
So 80s!!!!! Love this it was so weird, I was only around 6 or 7 when I went on it... I just remember the huge plug at the beginning and the weird smell of the ride haha
@vimes10037 жыл бұрын
Love it! Thanks for this! Will you be doing one for Toyland Tours?
@EuroThemeParkArchive7 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately we have no footage to share of Toyland Tours at the moment, but will be featuring it in other ways, keep an eye out!
@vimes10037 жыл бұрын
Cool! Can't Wait!
@ToonyKid3 жыл бұрын
@@EuroThemeParkArchive How will you feature Toyland Tours?
@reecehaines3953 жыл бұрын
@@EuroThemeParkArchive i am excited
@mikekaraoke3 жыл бұрын
@@ToonyKid Love how you asked him that, when that was 4 very long years ago lol
@lukegreen534115 күн бұрын
0:01 1:33 This Music Is So Funky. Thanks Mate. Xxxx 🇺🇸🇦🇺🇬🇧
@LouiseLFC5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing this!
@tonyroyce818310 ай бұрын
Hands down, it's the best ride that I have ever been on
@anonymoustipster2022 жыл бұрын
To be perfectly honest, this actually looks better than Tomb Blaster or even Terror Tomb (the worst out of the 3 rides in the building)
@reecehaines3952 жыл бұрын
yes
@babebgtv5429 Жыл бұрын
Chessington should remake this ride
@thecinematicmindАй бұрын
I would love to see a short film adaptation of this ride.
@JamesSmiles4 жыл бұрын
Oh no major sad right now i cant find your documentaries anywhere its all i want to watch they were incredible?
@EuroThemeParkArchive4 жыл бұрын
They were taken down to be remade and expanded, supposed to be ready last summer but the pandemic really delayed the plan unfortunately. Im hoping they'll be ready by next summer when I have the time again and there are a lot of new ones being made too!
@VampyrX13812 жыл бұрын
Best thing chessington ever did.. or have done imo.. yes im that old but being ableto button smash a borg! XD
@tattie.b85945 жыл бұрын
Woah child of the 21st century so I missed out, but I’m gutted they got rid of this trippy ride!!
@tinapfeiffer33135 жыл бұрын
It was the 80s, cocaine was popular...you’d need some to create something like this.
@Timr24 жыл бұрын
What happened to your documentaries? I loved them!
@EuroThemeParkArchive4 жыл бұрын
Attraction Swirl Coming back improved this summer
@Gunner14coasters5 ай бұрын
When was this PoV filmed?
@chris79213 жыл бұрын
Did Terror Tomb replace this ride?
@reecehaines3953 жыл бұрын
yes
@aldcclipss34515 жыл бұрын
Is that ride gone because I haven’t seen it
@BigJeebus5 жыл бұрын
It’s dance Moms yes it became terror tomb which is now tomb blaster
@supersonicmarissa5443 Жыл бұрын
I missed the chance of that ride. I born in 2000
@chloe85546 жыл бұрын
Isnt this ride now Tomb Blaster?
@coolcattigger6 жыл бұрын
It is - after fifth dimension, it became terrortomb, and then it’s now tomb blaster. Its amazing how they changed the rides and kept the original track the trains run on
@thomaswhite43444 жыл бұрын
Yes it is KZbinrs
@chloe85545 жыл бұрын
I was -17 when this was made.
@unusedsn4 жыл бұрын
So camp. So amazing. I rode this.
@TheSmallFunnyGuy12 жыл бұрын
i recognise the voice of this guy who voices zappomatic but cant think who
@reecehaines3952 жыл бұрын
and the pineapple and the punkamatics and the gorg
@bykers816 жыл бұрын
I’m watching this trying to remember the theme tune - doesn’t sound as I remember it though lol
@reecehaines3953 жыл бұрын
the theme tune was cyberspace
@reecehaines3953 жыл бұрын
i love zappomatic and the punkamatics
@avamcaleer45625 жыл бұрын
I was on this ride yesterday!
@reecehaines3952 жыл бұрын
i went on it in my dream
@spldan7 жыл бұрын
What is this now?
@minionprincess53966 жыл бұрын
Tomb blaster
@coolcattigger6 жыл бұрын
Before tomb blaster it was terror tomb
@peppermint_kisses2 жыл бұрын
I went on this only once when I was younger and I never went on it again the 5th dimension for me was terrifying I didn’t like it I didn’t like when it went dark I really wanted to get off the ride but I couldn’t at the time.
@spud_gaming232 Жыл бұрын
i wonder if someone still owns the robot?
@coolcattigger Жыл бұрын
There is supposed to be a grave of some sorts down by the vampire ride
@arcadealchemistАй бұрын
when you realize this is some Occult magic leading to transhumanism though the digital universe
@reecehaines3953 жыл бұрын
i did a play of it
@thecopelandfamily7 жыл бұрын
Shame it wasn't a proper full POV rather than a theatrically edited version.
@EuroThemeParkArchive7 жыл бұрын
Few good quality, uninterrupted tapes exist because most commercial cameras could only record at short intervals at the time. It took us 4 years to find enough footage from old studio tapes to edit this complete ride-through, with as much detail as possible and the original audio which was thought lost for many years. After all, no video can ever accurately simulate the experience of going on the ride.
@James1013 жыл бұрын
The story was truly awful. Of all the ideas they came up with this. Find the gorg while I make a gun... I'm still making a gun... Now shoot the gorg with this gun. I was always confused as a kid of why we were in a TV and why Zapomatic would make a gun that he could not fire.
@EuroThemeParkArchive3 жыл бұрын
It’s got an interesting story behind why it was like that, interestingly that wasn’t actually the story the ride started out with. Keep an eye out for a documentary we’re producing that goes into the ride’s making!