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Chessington World of Adventures Resort

It puts into perspective how big this is for Chessington, this must have been a hard sought after IP, and with a global fan base, and Chessington being in London, this really could have a global reach, certainly the right IP to get people wanting to combine it with a Universal trip when that opens.
 
JAperson said:
It puts into perspective how big this is for Chessington, this must have been a hard sought after IP, and with a global fan base, and Chessington being in London, this really could have a global reach, certainly the right IP to get people wanting to combine it with a Universal trip when that opens.
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As long as they do it justice. The didn’t do Jumanji justice in my eyes.

Does strike me as mildly entertaining that two IPs that have had Jack Black as a leading star are coming.
 
I think this could be a big success for Chessington.

Certainly, the concept art looks quite good if they manage to pull it off! And I can't imagine a top-dollar IP like Minecraft will let Merlin scrimp...
 
Glen_Belt_77 said:
Towers dropped the ball.... Or the block
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Not too sure I agree,

I think for 2 reasons:

1. This land really needs flat open land for all of the show building, themeing, etc (assuming it is done properly) something which is at a premium at towers, and I doubt much of the available places would do it as much justice.

2. Placing a globally recognised IP in the middle of nowhere, with no public transit links when a massive brand is moving next to 3 of their parks would probably not be the best move (especially consider chessinton has better transit links)

Also I wouldn't really want the IP at AT
 
I agree if it looks rubbish they really will be harshly judged. They have to get this right if they want Chessington to be that accompanying park.
 
flyingguitar said:
Not too sure I agree,

I think for 2 reasons:

1. This land really needs flat open land for all of the show building, themeing, etc (assuming it is done properly) something which is at a premium at towers, and I doubt much of the available places would do it as much justice.

2. Placing a globally recognised IP in the middle of nowhere, with no public transit links when a massive brand is moving next to 3 of their parks would probably not be the best move (especially consider chessinton has better transit links)

Also I wouldn't really want the IP at AT
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Sorry for the double post, but I have to agree with this. Towers needs to keep its own identity, with it thriving off its own themes and brands, Chessington being the better linked park makes sense to use for this kind of thing. It's sensible business.
 
It looks great, I fear mystic east will be the expansion plot. I think alot of eyes will befall Chessington when it opens which hopefully means alot of refurbishment is done between now and then.
 
This'll have a budget of £50m which is absolutely enormous... World of Jumanji was the park's previous biggest single investment at £17m!

Gives me hope that this could be something really special!

All the concept art:


From: https://x.com/AttractionSc/status/2035420956831727799


And Chessington Buzz hints that the next project will be even bigger... and they don't mean the waterpark apparently 🤔


From: https://x.com/ChessingtonBuzz/status/2035426376384213393

New Merlin logo spotted too...


From: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VyyT056enDGy85dlxxebVgePW8dG2g3d/view?usp=sharing
 
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SuperMuscleMan said:
It looks great, I fear mystic east will be the expansion plot. I think alot of eyes will befall Chessington when it opens which hopefully means alot of refurbishment is done between now and then.
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Absolutely, it surprises me that they haven't used some of the enclosure space near wild asia/minecraft world for theming or something
 
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