Chessington World of Adventures Resort

18th Mar 2021

Nominations announced for 2021 ScareCON SCAR Awards

By |18th March 2021|Chessington World of Adventures Resort, Industry News, Thorpe Park Resort|

ScareTOUR, a site dedicated to providing independent reviews of scare attractions all over the world, last night announced nominations for the 2021 ScareCON SCAR awards, the annual awards which recognise and champion all aspects of the scare industry – from Halloween events to year-round scare attractions. The nominations [...]

16th Feb 2021

Chessington World of Adventures Resort announces Croc Drop

By |16th February 2021|Chessington World of Adventures Resort|

Chessington World of Adventures Resort have today officially announced their new for 2021 attraction, Croc Drop. Set to ‘drop’ in Spring 2021, with an exact opening date to be confirmed, brave explorers will plunge 25m into the giant jaws of Sobek, the ancient Egyptian Crocodile God and protector of the [...]

23rd Jun 2020

Southern UK theme parks confirm July 4th re-opening date

By |23rd June 2020|Chessington World of Adventures Resort, LEGOLAND Windsor Resort, Thorpe Park Resort|

Thorpe Park Resort, Chessington World of Adventures Resort, and LEGOLAND Windsor Resort have announced that they will be re-opening their gates to guests from Saturday 4th July. The announcement follows the successful opening of the Zoo at Chessington on 18th June and is in line with the UK Government’s latest [...]

1st Apr 2020

Thorpe Park Resort and Chessington World of Adventures Resort nominated for SCAR Awards

By |1st April 2020|Chessington World of Adventures Resort, Thorpe Park Resort|

Thorpe Park Resort and Chessington World of Adventures Resort have each received two nominations for the ScareCON SCAR awards, the annual awards which recognise and champion all aspects of the scare industry – from Halloween events to year-round scare attractions. In the nominations for the 13th annual awards, [...]

21st Mar 2020

COVID-19 forces closure of southern theme parks

By |21st March 2020|Chessington World of Adventures Resort, LEGOLAND Windsor Resort, Thorpe Park Resort|

Chessington World of Adventures Resort, Legoland Windsor Resort, and Thorpe Park Resort have all announced that they will be closing and postponing the start of the 2020 theme park season due to the ongoing situation with COVID-19. In a series of announcements on the evening of Thursday 19th [...]

16th Mar 2020

Chessington World of Adventures Resort Passholder Preview Round-Up

By |16th March 2020|Chessington World of Adventures Resort|

Chessington World of Adventures Resort opened for the 2020 Passholder Preview Day on Sunday 15th March, and Attraction Source was in attendance to take a look at the changes and improvements at the Resort for the upcoming season. Ahead of its intended official opening day on Thursday, the [...]

8th Oct 2019

Chessington World of Adventures Resort plans new mini log flume and re-theme of Toadie’s Crazy Cars

By |8th October 2019|Chessington World of Adventures Resort|

Chessington World of Adventures Resort has submitted plans for a new mini log flume and a reconfiguration and re-theme of Toadie’s Crazy Cars. In the proposals submitted to Kingston Council, the Resort outline plans to install a new mini log flume ride in the area adjacent to Toadie’s [...]

5th Sep 2019

New drop tower to replace Rameses Revenge at Chessington World of Adventures Resort

By |5th September 2019|Chessington World of Adventures Resort|

Chessington World of Adventures Resort have submitted plans to install a new Egyptian themed drop tower ride to replace Rameses Revenge, along with the relocation of Flying Jumbos. Proposed to be located in the Forbidden Kingdom area of the theme park, the new drop tower will be a [...]

11th Mar 2019

Room on the Broom – A Magical Journey Flies into Chessington World of Adventures Resort

By |11th March 2019|Chessington World of Adventures Resort|

Chessington World of Adventures Resort officially launched their latest attraction this weekend with the opening of Room on the Broom a Magical Journey. Attraction Source was invited for a special preview of the attraction before the theme park opened to guests for the 2019 season. Based on Julia [...]

10th Nov 2018

New Lodges Proposals Submitted by Chessington World of Adventures Resort

By |10th November 2018|Chessington World of Adventures Resort|

Chessington World of Adventures Resort have submitted amended plans for their proposed safari lodges accommodation. Proposed to be located to the north of the current Wanyama Reserve and Zufari ride area, and to the north west of the current Resort Hotels, the latest plans for the safari lodges [...]

16th Oct 2018

Howl’o’ween Brings Spooky Fun to Chessington World of Adventures Resort

By |16th October 2018|Chessington World of Adventures Resort|

Howl’o’ween has got underway at Chessington World of Adventures, providing a range of spooky family fun. Attraction Source takes a look at all the 2018 event has to offer. Leading the 2018 Howl’o’ween line-up is Creepy Caves Unearthed which, after an award winning 2017, returns for its second [...]

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