Friday 27th March 2020
Chessington World of Adventures officially opened on 19th March 2020. The park launched all of its new changes that it has been working on over the closed season and opened up the brand new Rainforest area.
The Rainforest opened, ready for guests, on the Thursday, displaying three unique rides.
To start with, Jungle Rangers (re-routed and re-themed Toadies Crazy Cars) has an exciting new route. Taking you through the rainforest, spotting animals on your way through. The new onboard audio brings the journey to life, allowing the passengers to feel like their on their own expedition through a rainforest. Spotting real capybaras and tortoises on your way round!
The new miniature log-flume, River Rafts, is a perfect addition to the area. Enabling small explorers to have a splash in the rainforest, spotting scenery along the way. Sitting in your own crocodile boat, fitting one adult and one child, go for a ride through the rivers of the rainforest.
Another addition to the area is Tree Top Hoppers, giving great views of the rainforest. The junior drop tower allows passengers to jump up and down through the rainforest, seating a maximum 2 adults and 3 children.
The Rainforest opened, ready for guests, on the Thursday, displaying three unique rides.
To start with, Jungle Rangers (re-routed and re-themed Toadies Crazy Cars) has an exciting new route. Taking you through the rainforest, spotting animals on your way through. The new onboard audio brings the journey to life, allowing the passengers to feel like their on their own expedition through a rainforest. Spotting real capybaras and tortoises on your way round!
The new miniature log-flume, River Rafts, is a perfect addition to the area. Enabling small explorers to have a splash in the rainforest, spotting scenery along the way. Sitting in your own crocodile boat, fitting one adult and one child, go for a ride through the rivers of the rainforest.
Another addition to the area is Tree Top Hoppers, giving great views of the rainforest. The junior drop tower allows passengers to jump up and down through the rainforest, seating a maximum 2 adults and 3 children.
Saturday 14th March 2020
Today is the Services Preview Day at Chessington and with the park fully open minus the new area we can take a closer look and see The Rainforest.
Everything inside the area looks ready and good to go however a few things remain to be finished like the entrance portals into the new area the metalwork has been installed but it just needed to be cladded and entrance sign added and ride signage still needed to be installed. The old Toadies sign can be seen sitting on the floor and During the day all of the rides could be seen testing including the new Toadies ride and the new log flume.
Everything inside the area looks ready and good to go however a few things remain to be finished like the entrance portals into the new area the metalwork has been installed but it just needed to be cladded and entrance sign added and ride signage still needed to be installed. The old Toadies sign can be seen sitting on the floor and During the day all of the rides could be seen testing including the new Toadies ride and the new log flume.
Saturday 29th February 2020
Work on The Rainforest at Chessington appears to be progressing nicely with work now turning to the animal enclosures and the fences around the area. Since our last visit to the park, the queue line and fences for the Jungle Rangers ride have started to be built. With the Feb half term event now ever, we can no longer walk up to the area and see closer!
Sunday 16th February 2020
Work on the new Rainforest area looks to be almost complete, with the River Rafts attraction station, lift hill and drop installed from what we can see. Boats for the ride are themed around crocodiles and can be seen outside the Dragons Fury exit. Since our last visit to the park back in January, the Treetop Hoppers attraction has been rotated to face inwards into the new Rainforest area, offering great views of the log flume and Jungle Rangers ride.
Toadies Crazy Cars is no more and the attraction has been ripped out and a new system installed. Jungle Rangers looks to be using a new ride system and new cars. Interestingly, the ride seems to travel around an animal enclosure. Animals such as Capybaras and Tortoise’s are yet to be moved from there current enclosure into there new home. This could mean meet and greets with the animal will no longer be available, due to them being moved into a ride area.
Toadies Crazy Cars is no more and the attraction has been ripped out and a new system installed. Jungle Rangers looks to be using a new ride system and new cars. Interestingly, the ride seems to travel around an animal enclosure. Animals such as Capybaras and Tortoise’s are yet to be moved from there current enclosure into there new home. This could mean meet and greets with the animal will no longer be available, due to them being moved into a ride area.
Sunday 26th January 2020
With views to The Rainforest area now restricted again we cant see much work going on in the new area. However it looks like a new entrance portal into the area looks to be being built at the back of the old Toadies site, with one of the old Toadies Crazy Cars spotted running away down the hill near Dragons Fury. We suspect that the old Toadies is being removed and replaced with something new.
