Dave
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Chessington Buzz love nothing more than creeping up the parks arse and then taking the moral high ground with other fan sites.
I couldn’t be less surprised if I tried.
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Chessington Buzz love nothing more than creeping up the parks arse and then taking the moral high ground with other fan sites.
I couldn’t be less surprised if I tried.
Mattie boy
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All I've seen is review after review of how excellent the food is from each post.
13.50 for a bread roll, sausage and watered down ketchup on top..
Is there something i am missing here?
13.50 for a bread roll, sausage and watered down ketchup on top..
Is there something i am missing here?
Mattie boy
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- Shamballa
Rick
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- Crux
Vegetarian asking questions about meat here ... what is the 'authentic' wording in reference to on the sign ? I thought Krakauer was a copy of a Kraków sausage (which is protected) ?
Also, the vegan hotdog is 'authentic' ? Like, "No really, it's definitely vegan" ?
The area looks fabulous.
Also, the vegan hotdog is 'authentic' ? Like, "No really, it's definitely vegan" ?
The area looks fabulous.
Matt N
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- Shambhala (PortAventura Park)
I've just read a review of the coaster referring to it as "more intense and interesting than The Swarm", and declaring it a "sleeper hit"!
I think this could be a much better ride than many expected... I've heard quite a few good things about it!
I think this could be a much better ride than many expected... I've heard quite a few good things about it!
Zeock
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- Journey to the Center of the Earth
New ride honeymoon effect? I should really reserve judgment until I ride it though.
Hairobics
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- Professor Burp's Bubbleworks
No it really is the best I love Jumanji.
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I wouldn’t personally trust a single opinion coming out of a media/preview event.
Give it a week or two for all this press to die down and the YouTube vloggers to scamper off to their next ride and see what the “real” punters think.
Skyscraper
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- Nemesis
I can promise that you'll get an honest review from me after tomorrow.
Matt.GC
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I'm starting to think I'll never be able to ride this thing. I can't stand the slow queues at Chessington as it is and this looks boring even for kids, so I can't think of a situation in which I would find myself there riding it.
I find it incredibly incompetent that they've installed yet another low capacity coaster, with a dull layout and then decided to make it even worse by lowering the already crap capacity to save a few quid on full size air gates. You couldn't make this stuff up.
My little girl is the target market of this thing and has been on Wodan, FLY and Taron. She's either walked on to them or waited a max of 45 mins (for Wodan). If I suggested to her a drive down to Leatherhead to wait 3 hours in a slow moving queue to ride a much duller coaster than the afformention ones she's been on already because it's themed to a movie she watched when she was 3, she'd think I'd gone crazy.
I find it incredibly incompetent that they've installed yet another low capacity coaster, with a dull layout and then decided to make it even worse by lowering the already crap capacity to save a few quid on full size air gates. You couldn't make this stuff up.
My little girl is the target market of this thing and has been on Wodan, FLY and Taron. She's either walked on to them or waited a max of 45 mins (for Wodan). If I suggested to her a drive down to Leatherhead to wait 3 hours in a slow moving queue to ride a much duller coaster than the afformention ones she's been on already because it's themed to a movie she watched when she was 3, she'd think I'd gone crazy.
Shaggy_Dog_
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- Ride To Happiness
More intense than Swarm? Seeing as that makes me grey out on the helix I’m a little sceptical of this claim about Mandrill Mayhem. However I could definitely believe that it’s launch will be better than Icon’s.
Connor98
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- Hyperion
Like others have said, take all today’s reviews with a serious pinch of salt. I can’t say as I haven’t ridden it but it’s really unlikely to be anywhere near the intensity of the swarm, I struggle to see a single section on that ride that could deliver positive forces of that level. It may be a fun layout for families but when people are invited and given freebies such a food vouchers, I wouldn’t expect their reviews to be that impartial.
Dave
TS Founding Member
I think the ride will get praise, it looks like it does what it needs to do for it’s target audience. The throughput is going to be the let down.
The better than Swarm comments are probably hyperbolic but we won’t know until we all ride it.
RIPCorky
TS Member
I said the same about another ride that opened this season and got cast down in flames for doing so.
However I tend to agree with you, the fact that it's new there will be added "hype"
Dave
TS Founding Member
No you and others said people who liked the ride where being fanboyish rather than just liking the ride, and the people who said they liked the ride had no financial reason to blow smoke up that parks bum.
I will be cautious around todays reviews as media and vloggers have an incentive to be nice to get repeat invites, but i do think this ride will find its audience. It’s faults are likely to be with its throughput rather than its “fun factor”.
As I say the “better than Swarm” comments seem hyperbolic as swarm does everything this ride does bar a launch and then does more. But I think it looks fun enough for what Chessington need.
Tom
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I means that it really is £13.50, as in genuine and not a joke.