Tuesday 11th August 2020
Croc Drop at Chessington has rapidly progressed since our last visit to the park. The structure for the building and theming around the drop tower has surprisingly been erected in the space of a week. Our last visit to the theme park saw the foundations completed ready for the structure to be installed. It would appear that all of the building is now installed, ready to be cladded and themed.
The building is quite large compared to what used to be located in this bit of space. While there's no sign of the drop tower ride yet, the building has a large hole in the middle of it ready for the ride to be installed into. When operational, we expect the ride will blast in and out of the building, similar to Magma at Paultons Park.
In the old pharaoh bazaar shop, everything has been ripped out and removed ready to be rethemed into a themed queue line area.
The building is quite large compared to what used to be located in this bit of space. While there's no sign of the drop tower ride yet, the building has a large hole in the middle of it ready for the ride to be installed into. When operational, we expect the ride will blast in and out of the building, similar to Magma at Paultons Park.
In the old pharaoh bazaar shop, everything has been ripped out and removed ready to be rethemed into a themed queue line area.
Tuesday 4th August 2020
Foundations for the Chessington next big investment called Crock Drop at appearing to be completed and the surrounding area around the ride has been filled in with dirt to level out the ground. Anchor points can also be seen in the foundations ready for the ride to be craned in and installed, once this is done, work on theming the ride and the surrounding area can begin.
With the recent update on social media, banners have been added around the construction site about the ride. The posters don’t give us much more information than we already know, a crocodiles eye and an Edgytion Phenix can be seen around the site.
Interestingly, since our last visit to Chessington a time-lapse camera has been installed towards the back of the site.
With the recent update on social media, banners have been added around the construction site about the ride. The posters don’t give us much more information than we already know, a crocodiles eye and an Edgytion Phenix can be seen around the site.
Interestingly, since our last visit to Chessington a time-lapse camera has been installed towards the back of the site.
Wednesday 15th July 2020
In a recent trademark made by Chessington, the name for the new drop tower ride might have been leaked.
Croc Drop has been trademarked by Merlin and with the theming for the ride, we have already seen in plans we think this name will be the attractions final name. A promo image was also posted by the past yesterday which saw the words "Do not enter! Archaeological Dig Site" posted over some Egyptian Hieroglyphics.
Work on installing metal rebar for the main base of the ride has continued over the past few weeks. More of the rides main base has been built up, ready for concrete to be poured over the next few weeks. Water drainage poles can be seen in the middle of the base, where power and other cables will be run into the rides drop tower.
A footer and possibly a jump for a water feature already appears to have been installed in some close up shots shown below. Again, ride signage is still yet to be removed and we guess this is going to stay behind closed doors until building the queue line and entrance for the ride is started.
Croc Drop has been trademarked by Merlin and with the theming for the ride, we have already seen in plans we think this name will be the attractions final name. A promo image was also posted by the past yesterday which saw the words "Do not enter! Archaeological Dig Site" posted over some Egyptian Hieroglyphics.
Work on installing metal rebar for the main base of the ride has continued over the past few weeks. More of the rides main base has been built up, ready for concrete to be poured over the next few weeks. Water drainage poles can be seen in the middle of the base, where power and other cables will be run into the rides drop tower.
A footer and possibly a jump for a water feature already appears to have been installed in some close up shots shown below. Again, ride signage is still yet to be removed and we guess this is going to stay behind closed doors until building the queue line and entrance for the ride is started.
Sunday 5th July 2020
Metal rebar has started to be added into the bottom of the pit of the old Rameses Revenge site. Although still in the early stages, the site has progressed greatly since we last saw the park.
Thursday 18th June 2020
Work on removing Rameses Revenege and preparing the site for the new kid's drop tower ride has progressed and the site is almost unrecognisable. The old Rameses Revenege rockwork behind the ride has now been removed and preparation for the new ride has begun. Due to construction workers only being back to work recently, not much has happened, apart from the site office for the works installed and the pit starting to be dugout. Interestingly, all of the signage for the ride remains sat behind construction fences.
