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Chessington World of Adventures Resort

Bit of a random one… my fiancee says she has a memory that she thinks is from Chessington of there was a stationary bike that you cycled on in some room/booth, the room would go dark and then a skeleton would appear next to you also riding a bike.

I’ve got no idea what she is on about, so does anyone know if this was a thing and where it was? Would’ve been probably mid to late 00’s.
 
jom222 said:
Bit of a random one… my fiancee says she has a memory that she thinks is from Chessington of there was a stationary bike that you cycled on in some room/booth, the room would go dark and then a skeleton would appear next to you also riding a bike.

I’ve got no idea what she is on about, so does anyone know if this was a thing and where it was? Would’ve been probably mid to late 00’s.
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Lol absolutely not Chessington, that was in the Magic Theatre at Legoland


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Hiya!
Just a heads up to anyone that might be visiting the park over the next couple of days.

Vampire will be closed at 3:00PM today and will continued to be closed tomorrow and the next day for winter maintenance.
 
But it's autumn?

I've booked for next month. First time visiting in a very long time, I am not optimistic for my enjoyment so might try and just take the bambino round the zoo all day.

And maybe Tomb Blaster as apparently babies can ride that.
 
Benzin said:
But it's autumn?

I've booked for next month. First time visiting in a very long time, I am not optimistic for my enjoyment so might try and just take the bambino round the zoo all day.

And maybe Tomb Blaster as apparently babies can ride that.
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Vampire wasn't supposed to be operating during winter, but now the plan is to have it up.

This is complete speculation, but I'm guessing someone high up has pushed for vamp to be open winter against the engineers wishes. Why that means they're doing work on it now I don't know, unless it's some kind of preliminary service check to see if it's feasible? No idea lol
 
If you call it "annual maintenance", which it is, rather than "winter maintenance", it makes far more sense.

All rides need a certain amount of stripping and inspection each year - as parks move towards year-round operation, they have no choice but to push this annual maintenance out of winter, or else all rides will be out of action at the same time.

Disney etc. have done it for decades - they just call it 'Refurbishment'.
 
The Chessington website lists it as reopening at midday tomorrow. Tbh, ride availability isn't great currently anyway as Croc Drop, Zufari, Griffin's Galleon and Dragon's Playhouse are listed as closed all day.
 
This is purely anecdotal, but I find Chessington’s ride availability usually seems to be a lot worse on off-peak days. Pretty poor since off-peak guests are paying the same price as those visiting at weekends.
 
Islander said:
If you call it "annual maintenance", which it is, rather than "winter maintenance", it makes far more sense.

All rides need a certain amount of stripping and inspection each year - as parks move towards year-round operation, they have no choice but to push this annual maintenance out of winter, or else all rides will be out of action at the same time.

Disney etc. have done it for decades - they just call it 'Refurbishment'.
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I came here to amend this lol.
I only declared winter maintenance as a quote from the park, but after speaking with an engineer, things were made far more clear as to what was going on.

Scratch what I said about the winter, as apparently vamp IS going down for its actual winter maintenance.
 
It's only a matter of time before Vamp is down for good if rumours are true.



Can't see Dragons Fury going though.
 
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