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Blue Barnacle is a Metallbau Emmeln swinging pirate ship which opened in April 2021 at Chessington World of Adventures in southwest London, England as a replacement for the now defunct Black Buccaneer. The ride forms part of the Shipwreck Coast section of the park.
Black Buccaneer was a swinging pirate ship that operated at Chessington World of Adventures Resort in southwest London, England from 1988 to 2018 in the Pirates' Cove section of the park. [2] After operating for 30 years, the ride has been replaced by Blue Barnacle in 2021.
The ride operated for the final time at the end of 2018 during the Winters Tail event. Chessington later announced on their social media that a new replacement ship was to be installed called Blue Barnacle. This new ship is thought to be entirely new ride hardware rather than the old ship simply rethemed.
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Chessington ran a teaser campaign throughout 2020 for the new attraction, with mysterious clues posted on their social media channels for people to solve. Those between 1.2m and 1.3m must be accompanied by an adult over the age of 16, while those a minimum height of 1.3m can ‘drop’ alone.
Introduced from June 1995, [1] Rameses Revenge was the main focus of advertising for Chessington World of Adventures Resort in that year, and was also widely featured in the British media, even being featured in its own segment by the ITV Evening News. [citation needed] It is situated in the Egyptian themed Forbidden Kingdom area of the park. [2]
The original Prof. Burp's Bubble Works station. The ride was created as part of the second phase to regenerate Chessington Zoo into a popular theme park. [1] The Transylvania area in Chessington World of Adventures was created in 1990, [2] opening with the Vampire and Prof. Burp's Bubble Works as its main attractions.
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