Terror Tomb
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Whilst [[Abdab|Abdab]] had many incarnations, he did not have enough time to regenerate before be died. All of his previous incarnations came together for one last time to have a big fight over who should get their wart frozen off first, which ended badly. His bodies were dumped in a cupboard somewhere in the tomb and left to rot for several years. | Whilst [[Abdab|Abdab]] had many incarnations, he did not have enough time to regenerate before be died. All of his previous incarnations came together for one last time to have a big fight over who should get their wart frozen off first, which ended badly. His bodies were dumped in a cupboard somewhere in the tomb and left to rot for several years. | ||
| − | In 2010, a Chessington member of staff named Bob was startled to discover [[Abdab|Abdab]] as he collapsed on to him after Bob had opened the cupboard door. After pleeding for a bit of change, the Abdabs were given new jobs in the queueline for Vampire to keep watch over all the chavs (see [[Minions|Evil Satan Minions]]). Disguised as bits of tatty theming, [[Abdab|Abdab]] remains in the queueline to this day, though his moustache does not. | + | In 2010, a Chessington member of staff named Bob was startled to discover [[Abdab|Abdab]] as he collapsed on to him after Bob had opened the cupboard door. After pleeding for a bit of change, the Abdabs were given new jobs in the queueline for [[Vampire|Vampire]] to keep watch over all the chavs (see [[Minions|Evil Satan Minions]]). Disguised as bits of tatty theming, [[Abdab|Abdab]] remains in the queueline to this day, though his moustache does not. |
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Revision as of 17:13, 25 October 2010
Terror Tomb (later known as Forbidden Tomb and ultimately Tomb Blaster) was a dark ride at Chessington World of Adventures which was built after it was decided that The Fifth Dimension was sooo last year and should be rethemed. It opened in 1995 and featured a totally new theme and storyline to that of the Fifth Dimension, based in an Ancient Egyptian warehouse. And it was very scary indeed (if you were five years old).
Storyline
The demise of the Fifth Dimension was partly due to the fact that the General Public was once again too thick to understand the storyline. Why? I don't know. Maybe the couldn't get the grasp of why there were giant, evil pineapples in one scene, or they were just chavs. The new ride's storyline was heavily dumbed down to make it hammy and predictable, so that they would understand.
The ride started off with a big, black room where the entrance to the maintenance bay was located. So far, so good, nice and simple. Then on the right, the ride's central character, Abdab, was seen murmering away. Disaster! All the riders are suddenly confused and start punching themselves in thickness. Nevermind. Unfortunately, John Wardley had forgotten to take into account that people got thicker with each generation when he input his calculations into the thick-o-meter, so Terror Tomb's storyline was infact technically even more confusing than The Fifth Dimension's.
Only a few weeks after opening, the ride started to suffer from several "Huh? Wot duz dat mean?"s and "Y duz dat man hav a funi wort on hiz noze?"s. In a desperate attempt to save the ride from the same fate as its predecessor, the name was changed from 'Terror Tomb' to 'Fobidden Tomb' because alliteration was a tricky concept. This did not stop the ride from being heavily altered in 2002, when it fell to the Great Dark Ride Interactivity Reformation of the Modern Age, and was converted into some sort of laser quest called 'Tomb Blaster'. Well, chavs understand guns so there was that problem gone.
Ride experience
As stated above, the train travels past Abdab, a badly named Egyptian gorilla with a strange accent, who muttered some words. "This tomb is closed, shut, get it? No more tourists in this tomb! Get out! The jewel is mine! This tomb is closed, shut, get it? No more tourists in this tomb! Get out! The jewel is mine!" he said, in that order (roughly). And, just in case you missed it the first time he said it all over again. The train is then pulled up a ramp themed as some sort of tunnel, as a rolling boulder rumbles overhead. Why the Ancient Egyptians relied on Sparks Creative Services to create their booby traps nobody will ever know, they barely ever work.
More devilish antics are up next when riders pass a warewolf in a cage, and a skeleton lowering a body into a well of lava. The train goes into the Axe Corridor, so called because it features some cardboard cut-outs throwing axes, as well as an ugly animatronic thingy. The climax of the ride comes when the trains enter the Fire Pit, where a giant statue of Anubis sits elegantly in front of you. Abdab, being the fool he is, is clinging on to a wobbling obelisk trying to reach for the jewel in Anubis's hand. Why? Let it go Abdab. It is probably only made of fibreglass anyway. After that is a revolving tunnel effect, probably because there just happened to be one left over from Dinglby's Fairground that happened to visit during the ride's construction.
Then, the finale scene, the so-called "Jukebox Duel". No, of course it's not about a mummy playing an electric guitar whilst Abdab gets brutally murdered, don't be stupid! Oh, wait...
And, after some props that do stuff and flying heads on poles (probably stolen from the Haunted House at Alton Towers), that was the end. Voila!
Death of Abdab
Whilst Abdab had many incarnations, he did not have enough time to regenerate before be died. All of his previous incarnations came together for one last time to have a big fight over who should get their wart frozen off first, which ended badly. His bodies were dumped in a cupboard somewhere in the tomb and left to rot for several years.
In 2010, a Chessington member of staff named Bob was startled to discover Abdab as he collapsed on to him after Bob had opened the cupboard door. After pleeding for a bit of change, the Abdabs were given new jobs in the queueline for Vampire to keep watch over all the chavs (see Evil Satan Minions). Disguised as bits of tatty theming, Abdab remains in the queueline to this day, though his moustache does not.
