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In September BubbleWorks is being closed to be replaced with a new ride!

Bloody love that ride.

I don't recall it being sponsored by a bloody soap when I went on it though!

I went on it in, I think, 1995. Came out of it DRENCHED.

Damn that brings memories back!

KK wrote:I don't recall it being sponsored by a bloody soap when I went on it though!

I went on it in, I think, 1995. Came out of it DRENCHED.

Yeah it has had a couple of sponsorships, imperial leather and ribena I believe.

Do they still have the log flume? I thought the first drop was bad enough...

...and then you're greeted with the second one.

KK wrote:Do they still have the log flume? I thought the first drop was bad enough...

...and then you're greeted with the second one.

Yeah they do, it is a great drop it is such a shame theming of the ride goes to hell after going up the hill.

I was on Bubbleworks a couple of months ago.

Just a couple of weeks ago I watched an interesting documentary about the creation of the ride. I'll link to it later when I get home.

Last time I went to Chessington was in 2002 for a school trip (For some reason more people voted to go to Chessington instead of Thorpe Park ) and they wouldn't let us on the Bubbleworks as we had no small children with us.

Maybe it's because I'm not a local but uhhh... What is the point of this ride?

I'm 28 and have never been to a theme park.

Jam-Master Jay wrote:I'm 28 and have never been to a theme park.

What's is wrong with you!

Chessington is gooseberry fool. In fact all our theme parks are either ok or gooseberry fool. I want a proper theme park. strawberry floating Spain has better theme parks than us.

Stealth, Swarm or Smiler not do anything for you then?

IAmTheSaladMan wrote:Stealth, Swarm or Smiler not do anything for you then?

Don't forget the flying fish!

Errkal wrote:

IAmTheSaladMan wrote:Stealth, Swarm or Smiler not do anything for you then?

Don't forget the flying fish!

How could I? It's up there with Octonauts Adventure Coaster. 10/10 would ride again

Return_of_the_STAR wrote:Chessington is gooseberry fool. In fact all our theme parks are either ok or gooseberry fool.

Jesus.

We've got (arguably) the best rollercoaster in the world here.

Yeah, nothing's really "themed" as well as Disneyland or anything, but you can't say the quality of the rides is really anything less than other parks.

Frank wrote:

Return_of_the_STAR wrote:Chessington is gooseberry fool. In fact all our theme parks are either ok or gooseberry fool.

Jesus.

We've got (arguably) the best rollercoaster in the world here.

Yeah, nothing's really "themed" as well as Disneyland or anything, but you can't say the quality of the rides is really anything less than other parks.

Chessington, Scorpion Express?

I've never actually been to Chessington

I was more on about Nemesis at Alton Towers, tbf. It's always up there when anyone's talking about "best" coasters.

The Swarm is phenomenal, too. Now they've added the new near-misses to it it feels a lot more intense.

Here's that documentary I mentioned earlier:

https://vimeo.com/144684964

There are other parts too, each focusing on a different dark ride.