Wild Asia Construction

[Darren]

I thougt it was about time to make a Wild Asia topic, as there doesn't seem to be one. Post any thoughts or updates here...

I'll start it off:

Here is a new picture of the Kobra:

* Taken from Chessington's Facebook page.

 

[Darren]

More constuction pictures now online:

* With thanks to themeparks-uk

I must say, it looks very promising & I like the re-themed waveswinger.

 

[Nemesis Inferno]

Ohhhhhhhhhhh...

That Waveswinger!

Giant snake head!

Want!

 

[LiveForTheLaunch]

That snake head is scary, but man it looks awesome!

 

[Ollie]

Looks nice.
Is the track and Snake head staying that colour?

 

[Darren]

^ I believe so, it's supposed to look like a stone monument/statue according to the plans.

 

[ciallkennett]

I do hope this area will be well themed, not just the rides. Personally, I think the colours are ugly at the moment, but this is mid-construction,a nd I know it'll look a lot better when it's done.

Good investment Chessie!

 

[tks]

The monkeyhead wave swinger thing looks ok. I wish they'd varied up the faces though, it looks like a repeating wallpaper.

 

[Ian]

It looks a lot nicer in the flesh!

We'll be putting our report up later tonight!

 

[Mackem Lad]

Nice job on the waveswinger!

Looks very promising!

 

[thorpecrazy]

I'm really looking forward to Wild Asia, as cial said it's mid-construction so it's hard to judge how good the final look of the new area will be, hopefully there will be plenty of trees and plants added.

 

[Mark]

Yeah, they said they are going to be using an extensive amount of planting and bamboo to make sure it is totally immersive and cut out as much of the "real world" as possible. They are making a massive effort in using plants etc to cover up anything that would be out of theme like maintenance buildings too.

 

[Nemesis Inferno]

New image from Chessie's facebook...

When finished, this is gonna look so awesome... Really excited for the 27th now :lol:

 

[jokerman]

PLants will be a very good idea, as long as they don't start dying all over the place. I shall definitely be there for the opening day.

 

[Nemesis Inferno]

Thought I'd bump this topic...

Firstly, new website design...

www.chessington.com

Secondly and more interestingly, Kobra has been announced to have on-ride photos...

Not much else to say but roll on next month


EDIT - Well it WAS on the on-ride photos page last night... But not anymore, maybe someone reminded them of how bad Rameses photos ended up :lol:

 

[Martyn B]

I like the new website, really shows the park in good light.

 

[peep]

EDIT - Well it WAS on the on-ride photos page last night... But not anymore, maybe someone reminded them of how bad Rameses photos ended up :lol:

Hehe, I didn't even mention anything to them

I do love the new website though and I've seen a few pics of the new entrance which I'm really liking, a much more adventurous theme, yay!

 

[Ollie]

^Where are the pics of the new entrance? I forgot they were redoing that.

 

[Darren]

^Where are the pics of the new entrance? I forgot they were redoing that.

Here:

With credit to Thorpe Park Mania for the images.

 

[marc]

It's going just like the plans were that we saw, credit to them for that.