Chessington World of Adventures Resort

[Matt N]

I wasn't really trying to say it wasn't tied to its size, as I said it's size a factor.

with rides that only cost £15-£17 million (that is cheap, consider inflation on the older rides) a sizable part of that budget is the design, programming, of the ride, these whilst not fixed (programming of complex rides, etc) are more constant than size, etc.

there are other factors for instance complexity, hagrids isn't the longest, tallest, etc ride but it is extremely complex (7 launches, designed for 12 simultainious moving trains (although it can only run with like 10 reliably) and that cost over $100 million, also I wouldn't have said nemesis was that big of a coaster, but it probably cost so much due to the terrain, having to work arround it to install footers, or reinstall track likely added a lot to the cost.

Hagrid’s is a pretty long coaster at 5,053ft, though; if I’m not mistaken, that’s longer than any operating UK coaster aside from The Big One! It also has absolutely incredible theming, and as you mentioned, an incredibly complex ride system.

There will be a considerable chasm between even a ride like Hyperia and a ride like Paw Patrol (I can’t remember what the coaster specifically is called) in terms of cost. While height and speed do not necessarily solely dictate cost, Paw Patrol, as well as being small, will be about as simple in terms of programming and complexity as coasters get, with 1 train, a very short layout and no particularly complicated mechanics.