UK Tourist & Leisure Attractions

Whoossshhh!  Splash!  It looks like you get really drenched on the Dragon Falls, but most of the water goes over the sides (unless you're sitting up front).  We went on this ride twice, remembering to smile for the camera the second time around!

Here in the Forbidden Kingdom at Chessington WOA, you can (just) see our brave riders Gaynor and Neil in the centre back row waving on Rameses Revenge.  This intense ride turns you round and round and upside down, then giving you a good drenching.
 

Rameses Revenge turns upside down and lowers you into jets of water, which at the end of September weren't operating so they didn't emerge as drowned rats.  It doesn't look like they're waving now!

This shot of Gaynor and Grant was taken while queuing for the Runaway Train, quite a long wait as it turned out as by now it was half way through the afternoon and the theme park was rather busy.
 

Full of confidence for the Runaway Train, Neil smiles in the late summer sunshine at Chessington.  The train went round the track twice, seemingly faster the second time and we all went on this ride, hands waving high in the air.

The Runaway Train was one of the more popular rides at Chessington WOA and was the one that involved the longest wait.  As with many of the theme park rides, it's all over before you know it and it leaves you wanting to go on it again.
 

Chessington still has some of the original zoo part, called Animal Land, and amongst others it has exotic breeds and birds of prey which we enjoyed looking around.  Further details from the Chessington WOA website, linked from our links page.

Here we see Nessie and Neil looking at a variety of monkey species.  In the days before Chessington World of Adventures theme park it used to be Chessington Zoo with many more animals, but now they mainly focus on the theme park side.
 

Ooohh!  Mum, can I have one?  Now we wonder who finds who the most fascinating, the difference is the monkey can watch the people for free but the people are free to leave at the end of the day.  Oh, and they have to pay!

The Trail of the Kings at Animal Land, where we visited the Gorillas and Big Cats.  Later, we saw the lions being feed huge chunks of Mike, er that should be meat, swallowing it down in one go (sounds like someone we know, eh Mike!).
 

For the fearless among us, the Creepy Caves house reptiles and insects and here's a large, scary spider - good job he (or she, can't tell through all those hairs!) was behind the glass.  There were also snakes and lizards in this reptile house.

To recover from those spiders and snakes we visited the Sea Lions feeding and boy, was it noisy, and we all thought Mike was a noisy eater!  Notice the Skyway cruising past above here at Chessington World of Adventures.
 

Time to leave and just what you don't need bobbing about in the rear view mirror on the drive home!
 

After a wonderful fun filled day at Chessington World of Adventures in Surrey, sadly it was time to leave.  We all had a terrific time on a exceptionally fine and warm day for late September.

Don't forget to look at the excellent Chessington WOA website, and also many other UK theme park and tourist websites, linked to from our UK tourist links page.

We've also visited Thorpe Park, Legoland and Alton Towers theme parks.  Check them out!