Chessington Prepares For 2020 Season

Work has started at Chessington World of Adventures and preparation for the 2020 theme park season is well underway.  A few weeks ago, the park released plans to build a mini log flume.  The new ride will be taking over some of the area currently resided by Toadies Crazy Cars, built by Mack Rides. Work on foundations for the mini log flume looks to be almost done, with the main drop foundations now complete.  With this mini log flume being installed, it means that Toadies Crazy Cars will need to be rerouted and tracked for the 3rd time in his history. Re-tracking of the old Mack ride is currently being done, with new concrete track being laid. This will hopefully drastically improve the reliability of the ride and improve the story of the ride; which unfortunately was dropped and cut over the years. 

With the closure of Rameses Revenge this year, it's replacement ride, a mini drop tower, will require the Flying Jumbos to be relocated again. This time, the ride looks to be installed in Adventure point where the old park carousel was a few years ago. Rameses Revenge currently appears to be untouched, however, we expect the ride will be removed in the new year.  Throughout the park, some banners have been placed advertising the new drop tower that will be installed, getting guests excited for the new ride.

During the 2019 theme park season, the Black Buccancer was removed due to unknown issues. However, it would appear that the park are stripping out the console of the old pirate ship, ready to install a brand new system ready for the 2020 season. 

Other small sections of work around the park include: Canopy Capers getting repaint and Berry Bouncers currently undergoing its closed season strip down and maintenance.  Also, the sandpit that was installed for the summer season has been removed.