Chessington World of Adventures Resort

[Skyscraper]

Ah bum. Oh well; it’s booked now and it’s not the only time we’re going this year we’ll just have to suck it up.

Just get there for opening if you can as most school groups don't tend to arrive till later, and they tend to leave early too.

 

[Hairobics]

That doesn't make sense. Unless the rides have an issue, surely you would operate them until close on a busy day?

Lack of staff innit (y)

 

[Towers4ever]

Spending plenty on flooring it seems


From: https://twitter.com/ChessingtonBuzz/status/1653704685742706689?t=nua8ORdeqf63nUcTBIocOw&s=19

 

[BenTechy66]

I have it on reliable authority that the winners for the First To Ride competition were just contacted.... check your emails!

 

[mynameduck361]

Chessington just released info about mandrill mayhems virutual queue:

From: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTX9gysMkyA

 

[Alix]

Thanks for sharing that.
Those with experience of virtual queues - do you have to physically be on site be able to book? Or could we book from home on the morning we travel up so long as our booking is loaded in the app?

Chessington just released info about mandrill mayhems virutual queue:

From: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTX9gysMkyA

 

[imanautie]

Thanks for sharing that.
Those with experience of virtual queues - do you have to physically be on site be able to book? Or could we book from home on the morning we travel up so long as our booking is loaded in the app?

Whilst it's possible for loqueue to be configured to require that, no is the answer from what I can see.
It also appears they aren't limting it to one per guest, each email gets it....

 

[Alix]

Whilst it's possible for loqueue to be configured to require that, no is the answer from what I can see.
It also appears they aren't limting it to one per guest, each email gets it....

sorry I asked a double question - do you mean no we couldn’t book from home?
And I didn’t see anything in the video about emails? (sorry if these are daft questions - never used a virtual queue before so no idea!!)

 

[AT86]

More info here, scroll down:

Mandrill Mayhem Family Theme Park Ride | Chessington

The world's only Jumanji rollercoaster and Chessington Theme Park's first inversion roller coaster. Ride the icon sites of Jumanji for a fantastic family day out.

www.chessington.com

It doesn’t answer the question about whether you need to be in the park to book a slot. Although I would imagine if they don’t restrict this it will be open to abuse/plonkers sat at home booking slots with no intention of turning up.

 

[mynameduck361]

Huh? So you cant just book whenever you like it seems. They will release slots throughout the day.

 

[dave___]

I think.. definitely going to stay away for a few weeks to let this bed in. I can see it being an absolute disaster in the school holidays.

I can also see some people kicking off about “I don’t have a smartphone or apps”

 

[mynameduck361]

You can also only ride once per day.
Edit: Ostrich Stampede and Mamba Strike can only be used with reserve and ride or RAP once a day

 

[AT86]

Huh? So you cant just book whenever you like it seems. They will release slots throughout the day.

Sounds like they will release the bulk of them at 9.45am, but it makes sense to hold some back to account for downtime to give themselves some leeway, then if things are running ok they can release more throughout the day.

 

[imanautie]

sorry I asked a double question - do you mean no we couldn’t book from home?
And I didn’t see anything in the video about emails? (sorry if these are daft questions - never used a virtual queue before so no idea!!)

Ah sorry I'll say it explicitly, as far as I can see on it there is no location restriction, they can't even restrict it to you having scanned into the park as you can just sign up with any random email and it'll issue you a shot.

 

[Skyscraper]

More info is available on the website, including FAQs;

Mandrill Mayhem Family Theme Park Ride | Chessington

The world's only Jumanji rollercoaster and Chessington Theme Park's first inversion roller coaster. Ride the icon sites of Jumanji for a fantastic family day out.

www.chessington.com

A few points of note:

All guests can only book Mandril Mayhem ONCE per day.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, there is a max height restriction of 1.95 metres.

There is a separate RAP entrance, and guests can book via their RAP account. Slots are available at 10 past, half past, and 10 to the hour on a first-come, first-served basis.

 

[dave___]

More info is available on the website, including FAQs;

Mandrill Mayhem Family Theme Park Ride | Chessington

The world's only Jumanji rollercoaster and Chessington Theme Park's first inversion roller coaster. Ride the icon sites of Jumanji for a fantastic family day out.

www.chessington.com

Also, perhaps unsurprisingly, there is a max height restriction of 1.95 metres.

I see the lower end height restriction has changed slightly too so under 1.3m have to be accompanied by a taller adult.

We probably won’t be going on it now as the taller one of mine is just slightly under 1.3m..

 

[pluk]

So if you are in a group of 6 you can ride 6 times a day, with each of you making the booking for 6 people? Unless they link it up to each individual park entry ticket it's ripe for abuse.

They've realised the throughput is woefully inadequate and are putting things in place to try to manage this.

They also missed the bit at the end where you queue for 45 minutes even after having waited for ages virtually because without a standby line this set up never works. It is just about impossible for it to work in a live themepark environment. It is ideology over practicality.

Whole thing will need avoiding like the plague for months I should think.

 

[Alix]

I did wonder that - we will be a group of 2 so theoretically 2 log ins = 2 rides? Worth a punt anyway! I’m severely limited by only being able to attend during school hols and occasional Saturdays so we’ll give it a go in summer 1/2 term and then see how it goes. Not been to CWOA since the chimp was 3 and she’s now 12 so there’s plenty of other stuff for us to look at/do.

 

[AT86]

Whole thing will need avoiding like the plague

Good advice for Chessington in general really.

 

[Shaggy_Dog_]

Jeez, just when you think Chessington couldn’t get worse with its queues and throughput problems, they actually open a new coaster that’s probably going to make things even worse.