Chessington World of Adventures Resort

[DiogoJ42]

Exactly! The beep every 50 people programming is working a treat!

Most have a hidden button or pedal of some kind, to make sure they go off when the staff want them to. Read in to that what you will.

 

[The_bup]

Most have a hidden button or pedal of some kind, to make sure they go off when the staff want them to. Read in to that what you will.

Because every staff member has no biases on the ground of gender, race and religion.

So it’s just the sus clause again?

I do remember overhearing a family go in and the security member started some conversation
“where are you from?”
“Oh we’ve come from Crawley”
“No, like where did you come from originally”

Oof.

Poor family.

 

[TPick]

On site today, crazy busy, lots of rides going down. Vampire reporting 5 minute queue in the app at the moment:



Don't think that is 5 minutes.

 

[Matt N]

On site today, crazy busy, lots of rides going down. Vampire reporting 5 minute queue in the app at the moment:



Don't think that is 5 minutes.

I don’t think Vampire has very accurate advertised queue times… I once again show off the “5 minute” queue from when I went in September 2023:

That’s the longest 5 minute queue I’ve ever seen! It did, in fact, take 60 minutes…

 

[TPick]

I don’t think Vampire has very accurate advertised queue times… I once again show off the “5 minute” queue from when I went in September 2023:

That’s the longest 5 minute queue I’ve ever seen! It did, in fact, take 60 minutes…

Trouble is it didn't open for a while at the start of the day, and since it has opened the app has said a 5 minute queue, so I think half the park seems to have rushed over to it. Still says 5 minutes now, sign at the queue entrance says it is closed.

 

[Call_um]

Chessington have always been terrible at updating queue boards, well pretty terrible at updating most things tbf

 

[Bowser]

It’s a bit unfair on RAP too as you get a time out of the advertised queue but I guess that can go both ways so it’s luck of the draw. We always seem to end up getting a massive one when the wait is visibly much shorter.

 

[TPick]

It’s a bit unfair on RAP too as you get a time out of the advertised queue but I guess that can go both ways so it’s luck of the draw. We always seem to end up getting a massive one when the wait is visibly much shorter.

Worked in our favour on this occasion as we only got a 5 minute timeout, reckon the main queue was over an hour easily.

 

[Bowser]

According to Mr Wardley, Vampire doesn't need retracking any time soon as the newer trains have much less strain on the track and Chessington will be ready to compete with Universal from 2027:


From: https://www.instagram.com/p/DIWZgr4I3Dy/?img_index=1

 

[DiogoJ42]

Chessington will be ready to compete with Universal from 2027:

It's sad to see him still towing the corporate line so many years after retirement.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: I'd love to be able to ask him off the record "do you look at Chessington today and weep?"

 

[Bert2theSpark]

It's sad to see him still towing the corporate line so many years after retirement.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: I'd love to be able to ask him off the record "do you look at Chessington today and weep?"

He doesn’t toe the corporate line with his books (which are sold within Merlin’s parks) although he isn’t scathing either. But he is upfront with some of Merlin’s shortcomings.

 

[Benzin]

Is the term "compete" akin to how Southampton "competed" in the Premiership this season?

 

[Danny]

Poor ride availability at the start of the day. An utter shamble from Aramark with the ordering system on the tablet in Smokehouse. Incorrect tablets on tables meant food and drink were being sent left right and centre, whilst taking forever to come. Required a lot of energy from the staff to intervene and solve the problem. I'll be voting with my wallet and not ordering table service with Aramark now until the situation is improved/returned to QR codes on a table / being able to order at a till.

Dragons Fury conveniently conking out on an advertised 75 minute queue 5 minutes after park close. Guests taken to Mandrill Mayhem as a good will gesture, but this meant the back of the queue became the front due to the evacuation procedure, with guests from the pathway able to join the crowd.



The park ready to compete with Universal? Might want to address the gaping holes in the queue lines first. Quite literally. (Reported to staff and was then having to be manned by a manager).

 

[PhalanaxOperativeA1127]

Is the term "compete" akin to how Southampton "competed" in the Premiership this season?

As a Southampton fan, I expect to come on here and not have to think about that complete train wreck car crash of a season, thank you very much

 

[Joeythorpe]

I went to chessington this week, have to say the park is looking okay and the operations on Monday were the best I had seen!!

Although the thing that still is not great is the attention to detail of things, like chipped paint, keeping on top of grafiti and especially the whole state of land of the tiger is abysmal, such a shame as it was once a beautiful area

Also it would be a shame to lose rattlesnake as the queue line and ride area is still so detailed and underrated , also would be sad to lose the log flume to a Minecraft expansion as that area could also be made great again

 

[djtruefitt]

Poor ride availability at the start of the day. An utter shamble from Aramark with the ordering system on the tablet in Smokehouse. Incorrect tablets on tables meant food and drink were being sent left right and centre, whilst taking forever to come. Required a lot of energy from the staff to intervene and solve the problem. I'll be voting with my wallet and not ordering table service with Aramark now until the situation is improved/returned to QR codes on a table / being able to order at a till.

Dragons Fury conveniently conking out on an advertised 75 minute queue 5 minutes after park close. Guests taken to Mandrill Mayhem as a good will gesture, but this meant the back of the queue became the front due to the evacuation procedure, with guests from the pathway able to join the crowd.



The park ready to compete with Universal? Might want to address the gaping holes in the queue lines first. Quite literally. (Reported to staff and was then having to be manned by a manager).

Last season same happened with me on Dragon's, it broke down after ride close and they just sent us over to Mandrill. It was having issues all day so they clearly couldn’t be bothered to try fix it.

 

[Smiley]

Probably already posted, but Wardley

 

[Jb85]

Probably already posted, but Wardley

Think it’s been mentioned already but some interesting comments. Thanks.

Sounds like high hopes for Minecraft. Or more commercial crap.

 

[Matt N]

I’ll be honest here; as much as I respect John Wardley immensely, I would take anything he says about future investments with a pinch of salt.

I’m still trying to work out what he meant when he said that B&M “solved the shuttle coaster capacity problem” with Mandrill Mayhem, and he also said things about The Curse at Alton Manor and Nemesis Reborn that were at very least strongly misinterpreted by enthusiasts at the time.

As I say, I respect the man as much as anybody on here, but seeing as he now works with Merlin in a somewhat official capacity again, he’s naturally going to “toe the line” somewhat when asked for his opinion on future investments.

 

[Smiley]

I just like that he thinks about the total theming (very apparent in Vampire) and that the end of the ride should be as fun as the start (also great in Vampire). He puts his signature on every project - not sure why he never made it across the pond?!