Tomb Blaster
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| Chessington World of Adventures | |
| Area | Forbidden Kingdom |
| Opening date | 2002 |
| Replaced | 5th Dimension Terror Tomb |
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| Attraction type | Dark ride |
| Manufacturer | Mack Rides |
| Theme | Ancient Egypt |
| Capacity | 1,200 riders per hour |
| Vehicles | 5 |
| Rows | 24 |
| Riders per row | 3 |
| Duration | 7 minutes |
 Fastrack available |
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Tomb Blaster is a dark ride that opened in 2002 at Chessington World of Adventures Resort in London. Riders travel in trains through a series of crypts, shooting laser guns at targets for high scores.
History
Tomb Blaster is a dark ride in the Forbidden Kingdom area of Chessington World of Adventures Resort. It originally opened as The 5th Dimension, a dark ride based on a story of a TV repair robot[1] that operated from 1987 to 1993.[citation needed] It was manufactured by Mack Rides.[1]
The area was rethemed as the Forbidden Kingdom in 1994, and the ride became Terror Tomb, a horror ride in the dark.[2] Terror Tomb (aka "Forbidden Tomb") told the story of a tomb robber named Abdab and the dangers he encountered trying to steal a gem from the tomb. It opened in 1994 and closed in 2001.[citation needed]
In 2002 Tomb Blaster launched in the same location as the old terror tomb ride.[2] In the dark ride riders shoot laser guns at targets.[3]
Description
Anyone under 1.1 meters must be accompanied by an adult.[3]
Riders sit in "utility vehicles" and travel through a tomb, shooting mummies and monsters with laser guns, and competing for top scores.[1] Among the scenes are a crypt, a revolving tunnel, and snake pits.[1] Many of the original set pieces from Terror Tomb remain in the Tomb Blaster ride with the exclusion of the Abdab animatronics.
Incidents
- On 7 June 2012, a young girl fell through a one-metre wide gap in the elevated queue line, sustaining multiple injuries. A slat had been weakened by rainwater pouring onto it from a roof above, and the slat became rotten, breaking apart and falling away from the walkway shortly before the child began to cross.
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