Vampire is a roller coaster type ride in the Transylvania area of the Chessington World of Adventures theme park in Surrey, England. It originally opened as a suspended roller coaster, with riders sitting in bat-themed cars hanging from the track, swinging freely as the roller coaster train completed the course. With two lift hills, the ride was quite long, and featured a sudden drop into a sharply banked curve within an artificial cave towards t...
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Vampire is a roller coaster type ride in the Transylvania area of the Chessington World of Adventures theme park in Surrey, England. It originally opened as a suspended roller coaster, with riders sitting in bat-themed cars hanging from the track, swinging freely as the roller coaster train completed the course. With two lift hills, the ride was quite long, and featured a sudden drop into a sharply banked curve within an artificial cave towards the end of the ride.
However, as this ride started to age, it suffered from numerous breakdowns and maintenance problems. Eventually, as the ride ended up closed for the latter half of the 2000 season, the decision was taken to modify the ride so that it could take a new type of hanging roller coaster train. For this, the track was to remain in the same layout, as modifying this would require planning permission, which was unlikely to be granted. However, as the track layout was designed for suspended roller coaster trains, with tight corners,...
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