It did not. Thorpe bought two new rides from Fabbri in 2003, Quantum and Eclipse (later Peeking Heights at Chessington).Did Chessington's Magic Carpet become Thorpe's Quantum?
Yeah it was pretty scary as a kid; nothing on wicked witches haunt over at Thorpe though! Of course a lot of Terror Tomb still remains in Tomb Blaster, but it's nowhere near the standard it once was.That looks so much better than Tomb Blaster, although perhaps a bit too dark for the young family demographic!
Slowly? Our ride on Samurai was whacking us about like crazy! It was awesome! I suppose I haven't done many flat rides, though. And I suppose your definition of slow is subjective.The current incarnation of Samurai just slowly turns you about in the air. At Chessington you were pinned to the right hand side of your OTSR. It used to get queues all the way back to Terror Tomb.
Mind you, in the glory days, the queue for Rameses would fill the whole elevated queue, then have an extention stretching up past Terror Tomb, all the way along the edge of Dragon Falls, and up to the Magic Carpet!
... That's when it ran a program worth queuing for, mind.
Slowly? Our ride on Samurai was whacking us about like crazy! It was awesome! I suppose I haven't done many flat rides, though. And I suppose your definition of slow is subjective.
Tbf you can still get a good ride on Samurai if you're on the right row and an outside seat. But it's still not as good as it should beSlowly? Our ride on Samurai was whacking us about like crazy! It was awesome! I suppose I haven't done many flat rides, though. And I suppose your definition of slow is subjective.
I must have been on a good seat, then! Thanks @RicketyCricket!Tbf you can still get a good ride on Samurai if you're on the right row and an outside seat. But it's still not as good as it should be
The British public are throwing up on Icon...
The British public can and do throw up on a freakin' carousel. Rides are wasted on them.
Only thing that's ever got me was Marauder's Mayhem at AT, many years ago. Very keen operator at the end of the day, 3 consecutive cycles, some furious spinning going on. The ground was still spinning when I reached the top of Towers StreetThe British public can and do throw up on a freakin' carousel. Rides are wasted on them.