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Chessington World of Adventures Resort

It’s a big gamble in my view building two areas at once. It’s clearly needed - and will allow them to see a return on the investments quicker, but at what cost. This season will be a nightmare no doubt about it, so will that damage live with people who will skip they new areas when they open?
 
Themepark-newbie said:
Possibly. This season will be known as a building site and ridiculous queues. No idea whether perception will change.

I'm more concerned that they now that their line up for this year is poor. Vampire and Dragons Fury are increasingly unreliable. Lose one of them for a day and it will have a huge impact
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Not a chance I’m risking going this year, it’s a long drive for us and I wouldn’t want to make the trek in case things ended up closed, would be a disaster of a day.

We will be trying Drayton Manor and it wouldn’t surprise me if they nibble away at a lot of the long distance custom from northerners like me.
 
Very surprise news about Wild Asia.

Unpopular opinion- I’m so glad to see the back of it. I never liked Wild Asia. It always felt dull, lifeless and lacking any magic at all. I know Beanoland wasn’t perfect, but the contrast between Beano’s bright colours and loud atmosphere, Wild Asia always felt horrible. Plus the “rock work” always looked so obviously plastic.
 
Enter Valhalla said:
Very surprise news about Wild Asia.

Unpopular opinion- I’m so glad to see the back of it. I never liked Wild Asia. It always felt dull, lifeless and lacking any magic at all. I know Beanoland wasn’t perfect, but the contrast between Beano’s bright colours and loud atmosphere, Wild Asia always felt horrible. Plus the “rock work” always looked so obviously plastic.
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Whereas I felt the faded colours and similar of Wild Asia was pretty well-done. Probably the closest to Disney's Animal Kingdom level of theming in CWoA.
 
Enter Valhalla said:
Very surprise news about Wild Asia.

Unpopular opinion- I’m so glad to see the back of it. I never liked Wild Asia. It always felt dull, lifeless and lacking any magic at all. I know Beanoland wasn’t perfect, but the contrast between Beano’s bright colours and loud atmosphere, Wild Asia always felt horrible. Plus the “rock work” always looked so obviously plastic.
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Phew, thought it was just me that wasn't keen on Wild Asia. Always thought it just looked tired and run down - if that was the look they were going for then they got it spot on.
 
I'm disappointed about Wild Asia closing so early because it was probably my favourite themed land in the park.
I wonder if the path into Land of the Tiger from Land of the Dragons (it's only side by side when you realise how unoriginal these names are) will become noticeably more congested as I assume that the path from Wild Asia to Land of the Tiger will be closed as a result.
 
Enter Valhalla said:
Unpopular opinion- I’m so glad to see the back of it. I never liked Wild Asia. It always felt dull, lifeless and lacking any magic at all. I know Beanoland wasn’t perfect, but the contrast between Beano’s bright colours and loud atmosphere, Wild Asia always felt horrible. Plus the “rock work” always looked so obviously plastic.
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On my visit to chessington as a child, I LOVED beanoland. And I never read the comics till a year after! I was very dissapointed when I found out it had been removed. No idea if it was actually any good though, probably just nostalgia! Wild asia left no impression on me but to be fair I was an adult the next time I visited.
 
Just saw this on LinkedIn about Chessington.

Two key things, one of which we already knew.
  • It's been confirmed Wild Asia won't be opening for the 2025 season by the park.
  • It seems that Project Refresh and Renew may have just got the go ahead as it says they've got planning permission for a new land (it could easily be Project Play). I've checked the planning portal and it's not updated yet so it either is Project Play or it's news that's literally just gone in. I'm sure news will come out in the coming days about this if it's Project Refresh and Renew.
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