I'm surprised this hasn't been posted yet. I spotted this over at TPR on the forums.
http://maps.kingston.gov.uk/isis_main/P ... trHeader=Y
http://maps.kingston.gov.uk/isis_main/P ... trHeader=Y
Chessington apply for planning permission for redevelopment
- Thread starter Emmett
- Start date
ciallkennett
Strata Poster
HAZZAH!
Beanoland gets a lick of paint and a new ride
Just the rest of the park to go now...
Beanoland gets a lick of paint and a new ride
Just the rest of the park to go now...
spicy
Giga Poster
It was posted in this topic:
http://www.coasterforce.com/forums/view ... 009#610009
I stand by what I said in there. This is a pathetic new addition but there you go, seems they can't see how popular a new coaster would be.
http://www.coasterforce.com/forums/view ... 009#610009
I stand by what I said in there. This is a pathetic new addition but there you go, seems they can't see how popular a new coaster would be.
^A frisbee? Na, wouldn't fit into the park.
It does say it's a disc ride, but surely that means it's more likely to be a comeback for Rodeo or something round like a teacups ride. If it is a disk-o I will moan at Chessington management until they decide it's a bad idea.
As I said in the other topic I'm also very confused by the bird walk-through or whatever it is. Surely this would mean more space would open up in the money and bird section of the zoo?
Anyway it's still early days and we have no images to go on at the moment (but I hope it's soon).
It does say it's a disc ride, but surely that means it's more likely to be a comeback for Rodeo or something round like a teacups ride. If it is a disk-o I will moan at Chessington management until they decide it's a bad idea.
As I said in the other topic I'm also very confused by the bird walk-through or whatever it is. Surely this would mean more space would open up in the money and bird section of the zoo?
Anyway it's still early days and we have no images to go on at the moment (but I hope it's soon).
Nemesis Inferno
Strata Poster
Managed to grab Rob Bishop yesterday who told me that all the ride staff had been told what was happening Saturday when I was off... :lol:
BUT, he told me that it's definitely a Disko Coaster which will go on the right hand side of the area, meaning Dodgems will move to where the Water Balloons are, and Bus will move nearer the front of the area (probs where the massive gap is)...
Madhouse is staying, and the bird walkthrough will be like the aviaries at Busch Gardens, which are actually awesome as you can feed the birds, which is what we'll be doing...
Hopefully they'll announce it soon with the theme and what-not...
A colleague kinda put this into perspective yesterday in that, even though we all wanted acoaster (myself obviously included) this year it wasn't really gonna be on the cards because well, it's a coaster... Merlin it would seem want to test the waters, and with a cheap ride can also focus a lot of attention and budget on theming, which hopefully will be more Mutiny Bay than Saw...
Also, the Holiday Inn planning permission is planned to be a Savannah type area, so hopefully it'll become an Animal Kingdom esque lodge in the future...
Fingers crossed we get a coaster next year... And a Rodeo replacement... And a full Bubbleworks retheme... And a clean-up of Skyway... And a clean-up of Mine Train... And so on... :lol:
BUT, he told me that it's definitely a Disko Coaster which will go on the right hand side of the area, meaning Dodgems will move to where the Water Balloons are, and Bus will move nearer the front of the area (probs where the massive gap is)...
Madhouse is staying, and the bird walkthrough will be like the aviaries at Busch Gardens, which are actually awesome as you can feed the birds, which is what we'll be doing...
Hopefully they'll announce it soon with the theme and what-not...
A colleague kinda put this into perspective yesterday in that, even though we all wanted acoaster (myself obviously included) this year it wasn't really gonna be on the cards because well, it's a coaster... Merlin it would seem want to test the waters, and with a cheap ride can also focus a lot of attention and budget on theming, which hopefully will be more Mutiny Bay than Saw...
Also, the Holiday Inn planning permission is planned to be a Savannah type area, so hopefully it'll become an Animal Kingdom esque lodge in the future...
Fingers crossed we get a coaster next year... And a Rodeo replacement... And a full Bubbleworks retheme... And a clean-up of Skyway... And a clean-up of Mine Train... And so on... :lol:
Seeing what their target is the new stuff is fine for them.
But for people who like rides its not great really.
I have yet to be impressed with anything Merlin have done so I dont expect much from the work or theming. But yet again they are going for cheap rides that you can find in small parks.
But at least they are doing something to change the park after nothing for years.
To a degree though it looks as if Merlin are looking at other parks and taking ideas from them, the bird thing and the hotel. Problem is other parks spend a lot on these Merlin seem to do everything on the cheap so it will look bad.
The Animal Kingdom lodge looks fantastic with lots of space, infact the hotel grounds are probably the size of Chessington so again I dont think it will be good.
But for people who like rides its not great really.
I have yet to be impressed with anything Merlin have done so I dont expect much from the work or theming. But yet again they are going for cheap rides that you can find in small parks.
But at least they are doing something to change the park after nothing for years.
To a degree though it looks as if Merlin are looking at other parks and taking ideas from them, the bird thing and the hotel. Problem is other parks spend a lot on these Merlin seem to do everything on the cheap so it will look bad.
The Animal Kingdom lodge looks fantastic with lots of space, infact the hotel grounds are probably the size of Chessington so again I dont think it will be good.
Ollie
CF Legend
Some of the plans look pretty good.
http://images.kingston.gov.uk/ImageView ... trHeader=Y
Although the themeing isn't really pushing themselves to make it bigger and better as they're just rethemeing the rides and putting up some walls and pillars.
http://images.kingston.gov.uk/ImageView ... trHeader=Y
Although the themeing isn't really pushing themselves to make it bigger and better as they're just rethemeing the rides and putting up some walls and pillars.
Screaming Coasters
Strata Poster
YAAAY, And a new building for a proper bird show