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Chessington World of Adventures Resort

Poisson said:
Chessington have spent money poorly though when they have had it. Mandrill was an odd choice, the two supporting flats are absolute rubbish and Croc Drop is almost offensively bad.
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Croc Drop is fine as a ride imo, it’s a good family drop tower with nice theming but the maintenance is atrocious and ops can be pretty bad.
 
Poisson said:
Chessington have spent money poorly though when they have had it. Mandrill was an odd choice, the two supporting flats are absolute rubbish and Croc Drop is almost offensively bad.
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In terms of throughput, I agree, but I enjoy Mandrill Mayhem and Croc Drop for what they are.
 
Bowser said:
Croc Drop is fine as a ride imo, it’s a good family drop tower with nice theming but the maintenance is atrocious and ops can be pretty bad.
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The only thing with Croc Drop it did replace Rameses Revenge another thrill ride like it would be nice
 
Poisson said:
So Croc Drop is good despite it having poor capacity and keeps breaking?
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If this is aimed at me, I was responding to the comment it was a poor purchase.

The ride itself is good, presumably it keeps breaking because of maintenance as I don’t recall Paultons version having such issues nor Adventure Islands?

The capacity isn’t great though I think it’s about the same as the ride it replaced but it’s exacerbated by the various Merlinisms.

A good ride becomes poor when not looked after or operated well.
 
Poisson said:
So Croc Drop is good despite it having poor capacity and keeps breaking?

Mandrill is odd due to the capacity issue and the whole idea of it being a wing.
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I have never seen Mandrill Mayhem have an issue with throughputs often has quite quick ops
 
Mandrill Mayhem throughput is mediocre. It's not that it's poorly operated, it just has low capacity by design.

It's also my least favourite coaster in the park due to poor pacing, uncomfortable bouncing of the wing seats and the extra nausea factor from going backwards.
 
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