This ride always has a special place in my heart. Was my first proper 'scary' ride when i was a child.The themeing and the overall experience is amazing. Since then ive got to experience Nemesis at Thorpe Park and insane coasters at Six Flags magic mountain
its rattly and jolty as hell in some parts like when it passes the gruffalo ride in the middle rows it feels like it just stopped motion and started going again and most of the layout is boring af
This is my new favorite ride and I’ve never been on it. It’s awesome how it really makes it look like you’re flying through the trees and then climb again to dive down through a Transylvania themed town. All with a haunting gothic station to get on and off. What a cool ride.
This was my first proper coaster as a kid!! I followed it up with stealth which was obviously a step up but vampire is what really started my interest in theme parks and rollercoasters.
I have loved this ride for many years and I have never been so thrilled in my life! I love the theeming and I started to learn the theme music on my electric piano. (That's how good it is!)
Yeah. They have 3 good rollercoaster: Dragon's Fury, Mandrill Mayhem, and Vampire. Mandrill Mayhem is the only one which goes upside-down. It has some decent hangtime. Dragon's Fury is the only major one which spins or has lapbars. It has decent airtime. (Rattlesnake is a small ride.) Vampire has the strongest positive GS, though it doesn't have any airtime or laterals. It's also the only major rollercoaster which doesn't go backwards. Dragon's Fury is my favourite. And Rattlesnake would probably be my least favourite if I rode it. Rattlesnake probably has the strongest laterals.
@@me-myself-i787yeah wild mouses are designed for the heavy lateral forces so if you don’t like that then avoid rattlesnake, since that’s half the ride 😂
I went on this ride as someone who is terrified of roller coasters. Went on once, screamed the whole way, came off and didn’t feel the same the rest off the day
I experienced it in the first seat.Started to scream my head off and experienced it in the second-to-front- seat.Let me tell you,I love this ride and even got a drink cup and keychain due to how amazing it was 😂
LOVE THIS RIDE IM GOING THERE TOMMOROW AND I HOPE I WILLGO ON IT AND I DONT EVEN SCREAM ON IT LOL REALY I DONT SCREAM ON ANY OF THE RIDES LOL IM BRAVE AS F-
Me and my sister went on this twice when we went to Chessington a few days ago and both times it broke down when we were in the queue, worth the wait though.
Rode this twice: once with a sweet little girl who was very scared but in the end had a great time and again with some random boy my age. I pretended to have a blank face the whole time and he must’ve joined in because the photos we both look bored out of our minds. Great time all around
Been to chessington about twice. The first time I went on this ride with my friends I was a bit shook because of the ride being stupid fast😅 Worst part was is that I’d never been on an inverted rollercoaster at the time. In the end the ride was incredible!🔥 I’m glad we got to go on it before the line got packed😮
I’m going to try and get my little cousin on this! She just turned 9 and is really afraid of rollercoasters, I think this would be a good starter ride for her.
They were both manufactured by Arrow Dynamics; BBW in 1984 & Vampire in 1990. BBW was a a wonderful smooth family ride with a 90+ ft drop over the Rhine River & near hitting buildings through a German village. It lasted for 25 yrs & then BGW was having trouble getting parts they needed & felt like it had finished it's life span as a high quality ride. Vampire has lasted 33 yrs.They have had to replace the original trains with Vekomas & all of those years of wear & tear, could explain why some people think it has become rather jerky.
@@AttractionSourcethanks for the reply it didn’t come into my notifications box but I’m hoping to go to chessington next year and this ride is one of the main reasons, it’s also great because it’s only a 25 minute drive from Thorpe Park so I can get all the Chessington creds and return to Thorpe Park for Hyperia and everything else that has changed since I last visited
It was hired out for filming. You're not allowed to film with other guests in the area due to the chance of phones/equipment falling on to others below.
I wonder: is this ride as smooth as I remember? Because I'm unsure whether or not my mother should ride. She definitely should ride Mandrill Mayhem and Dragons Fury, but she generally only comes on the first rollercoaster I ride with me and refuses to ride anything else for the rest of the day.
Its a weird sort of smoothness. The track itself is smooth but the train makes it feel slightly jolty.. definitely not rough, but there are some sections where the train begins to swing but locks itself and causes a jolt.
I rode this yesterday for the first time and i have to say i was disappointed at how timid it is. Mandrill Mayhem is a couple of levels above it, as is Dragons Fury
Those chain lifts baffle me. Why have a lift go halfway down the second drop?? Like surelythe momentum from the top is enough to carry the train through
It’s interesting that this is a “suspended” coaster, rather than an “invert”, as the riders’ feet are hanging, and not sitting in an enclosed gondola or car. Was this ride always like this? Or is it classed as such due to the swinging nature of the seats?
The suspended coaster name was created by the original manufacturer, Arrow Dynamics. It used to nicely themed suspended cars where riders feet did not dangle and the vehicle was more enclosed - worth a Google search to see pics.
i first went to Chessington World of Adventures back in the 90s back then the cars for this ride known as vampire which i did'nt know what this ride was called untill now. the cars were very different and to honest i am not really a fan of roller coaster's the only ride i remember going on was Prof. Burp's Bubble Works.
NO BUT A COUPLE YEARS AGO I CAME HERE BRO MY LEG GOT HIT BY A TREE >:( that reminds me of the finding nemo episode where he goes “BAD SQUISHY! BAD SQUISHY” after getting stung by a jellyfish he named 😄😄🤣
Great ride but could do with a big refurbishment. Nice video. (Refurbishment being repaint... new control system... new trains... work with S&S? Bring the old theming back 😅)
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Been riding this since 91, still a classic and many happy memories!!
wait so you’re over 100… huh.
@ThePBSFanboy I think he means since 1991
@@BIGGER_R- ah ok
An absolute classic coaster
The uk's first iconic coaster. Hope vampire is here for many years to come!
This ride always has a special place in my heart. Was my first proper 'scary' ride when i was a child.The themeing and the overall experience is amazing. Since then ive got to experience Nemesis at Thorpe Park and insane coasters at Six Flags magic mountain
Unpopular opinion: this is the best ride at Chessington!
Whoop!
It isn’t the best imo but surprisingly still holds up as a great coaster
its rattly and jolty as hell in some parts like when it passes the gruffalo ride in the middle rows it feels like it just stopped motion and started going again and most of the layout is boring af
Me and my little brother were there fora weekend and it's now our favourite ride
For me it’s dragons fury
This is my new favorite ride and I’ve never been on it. It’s awesome how it really makes it look like you’re flying through the trees and then climb again to dive down through a Transylvania themed town. All with a haunting gothic station to get on and off. What a cool ride.
I think this just showcases its not just about crazy drops and fast speed. Just making use of scenery can upscale a ride so much.
Agree, it's very immersive!
Yh
Bring back the OG soundtrack Chesisngton!! Love Vampire!
We thought we'd add both!
Went on this ride for the first time today. I enjoyed it so much I wanted to get on it again and again and again
Finally had my 1st ride on Vampire this year.... what a fun little coaster this is! Surprisingly smooth as well, really enjoyed this one 🙂
That vampire has been playing that organ for 33 years!
FR THO
34 now 😂
This was my first proper coaster as a kid!! I followed it up with stealth which was obviously a step up but vampire is what really started my interest in theme parks and rollercoasters.
I was screaming the whole time on my first ride of the vampire and all of the times after that, I was loving it loads.
I have loved this ride for many years and I have never been so thrilled in my life! I love the theeming and I started to learn the theme music on my electric piano. (That's how good it is!)
This is really interesting. Never knew they had another pretty popular coaster at Chessington. Makes me want to go even more! 😂🔥
It's a great day out!
Yeah. They have 3 good rollercoaster: Dragon's Fury, Mandrill Mayhem, and Vampire.
Mandrill Mayhem is the only one which goes upside-down. It has some decent hangtime.
Dragon's Fury is the only major one which spins or has lapbars. It has decent airtime. (Rattlesnake is a small ride.)
Vampire has the strongest positive GS, though it doesn't have any airtime or laterals. It's also the only major rollercoaster which doesn't go backwards.
Dragon's Fury is my favourite. And Rattlesnake would probably be my least favourite if I rode it.
Rattlesnake probably has the strongest laterals.
@@me-myself-i787yeah wild mouses are designed for the heavy lateral forces so if you don’t like that then avoid rattlesnake, since that’s half the ride 😂
@@me-myself-i787hopefully I’ll go chessington soon so I can try mandrill mayhem because I want to know what a launch feels like on a wing coaster
I went on this ride as someone who is terrified of roller coasters. Went on once, screamed the whole way, came off and didn’t feel the same the rest off the day
Theres literally nothing to be afraid of they're safe
I experienced it in the first seat.Started to scream my head off and experienced it in the second-to-front- seat.Let me tell you,I love this ride and even got a drink cup and keychain due to how amazing it was 😂
The best ride here ❤
Yh mon
3:13 best part of the ride hands down (also the sound of the lift hill is so satisfying)
That bit would’ve made me feel a bit sick!
When I was younger the queue with that man terrified me 😂
Same XD
Went on this ride aged: 9 and 11 omg I almost got a concussion on one of em. The ride really shook up.
I love this ride more than anything and how do you get the pov to look so smooth. Best pov ever.
Love that they kept it pretty much the same except the cars since it opened
Best Vampire pov out there!
Thank you!
Only safe pov. :)
My first ever coaster! Way back when the train was still bats.
Looks really fun! Theming is always a plus!
Great video, very immersive ride experience. Sad Arrow Dynamics aren’t around anymore though…
I’m gonna get a retract for it
@@JFS-ACEUK wdym
Thank you!
Great ride! And great to watch while youre in the queue
This video is absolute perfection 👌Amazing off-ride shots, along with a perfect POV!
Aww thanks!
Wow, it really feels so much faster than it looks on video!
One of my favourite rides
LOVE THIS RIDE IM GOING THERE TOMMOROW AND I HOPE I WILLGO ON IT AND I DONT EVEN SCREAM ON IT LOL REALY I DONT SCREAM ON ANY OF THE RIDES LOL IM BRAVE AS F-
I am going this weekend and I am dead exited cause I only had 2 rides on this last time I went (2 years ago)
Hope you have a great time!
@@AttractionSource thanks
I rode this on Saturday the 3rd and it gave me a bit of an headache 😂 it was a bit rough it swung so aggresively in the tunnel 😂
I LOVE THIS RIDE
This ride is still going strong.
I don’t like rollercoaster but I actually went on it today :) and in the end I love it
That ending room with the red lights REALLY needs some sort of jump scare from the vampire. Or at least some sort of vampire scene
They still have the vampire ride, remember going on that on my 13th birthday, and that was years ago 😂
Me and my sister went on this twice when we went to Chessington a few days ago and both times it broke down when we were in the queue, worth the wait though.
I went on for the first time today I was literally quivering in fear but I had already promised I would go on it and wanted to go on again after😂
moral of the story: GO ON THE RIDE
Rode this twice: once with a sweet little girl who was very scared but in the end had a great time and again with some random boy my age. I pretended to have a blank face the whole time and he must’ve joined in because the photos we both look bored out of our minds. Great time all around
Been to chessington about twice. The first time I went on this ride with my friends I was a bit shook because of the ride being stupid fast😅
Worst part was is that I’d never been on an inverted rollercoaster at the time. In the end the ride was incredible!🔥
I’m glad we got to go on it before the line got packed😮
I like the theming and scenery
Don't you wish that the first drop was steeper?
1. How does it look so smooth. 2. Marcel must be tired of playing that organ for about 32 years!
Best ever ride. Also, how does it look so smooth on the camera?
I was scared to ride this at first but after I LOVED IT
I’m going here for my SATs trip in 4 weeks I’m so excited 🥳
Have fun!
Definitely go on vampire I used to be terrified of coasters and now I love them because of it
@@AttractionSource tysm!
@@Kentishaviation I’m so excited for vampire now tysm for the suggestion
@@Footylover07 rattlesnake is good as well it’s just really rough
Ive been on this once. It was a great layout but was really rough 😂
Not the smoothest at points!
I’m going to try and get my little cousin on this! She just turned 9 and is really afraid of rollercoasters, I think this would be a good starter ride for her.
Hi I'm going to Chessington Saturday to try and face my fears. Is mandrill mayhem and vampire too scary for someone with phobias like me? X
I sat on the 3rd row right hand side.
Me and my friend where at chessington and the coaster was shut but then we heard the “clink clink cluck” through the tree and we dashed right to it 😂
The wildest ghost train ever!!!
This is the best in the world out of the 478 ive ridden
In my top 2 favorite rollercoasters in the Uk
This was my first rollercoaster, I rode when I was like 8 or 9
May sound weird but I prefer this ride to nemesis reborn it feels faster on ride to me and I really like the free swinging aspect
The theme park is perfect for kids and this ride if oerfect for them! It isn’t stomach turning hut its so exiting
Why does it the vampire make the clicking sound on the lift hills? Also great video!
These are called anti rollbacks, so that if the train were to stop, it would not allow it to roll back causing a safety issue.
1:30 How paint markers sound when you shake them
Has some of the features of the late great Big Bad Wolf from BGW.
🐺
They were both manufactured by Arrow Dynamics; BBW in 1984 & Vampire in 1990. BBW was a a wonderful smooth family ride with a 90+ ft drop over the Rhine River & near hitting buildings through a German village. It lasted for 25 yrs & then BGW was having trouble getting parts they needed & felt like it had finished it's life span as a high quality ride. Vampire has lasted 33 yrs.They have had to replace the original trains with Vekomas & all of those years of wear & tear, could explain why some people think it has become rather jerky.
Got stuck on this ride! Oh jeez it was horrif😊ic
I can’t tell if these new trains are just slc trains or if they pivot it’s a bummer if they don’t pivot
They swing out just as the old Arrow trains did.
@@AttractionSourcethanks for the reply it didn’t come into my notifications box but I’m hoping to go to chessington next year and this ride is one of the main reasons, it’s also great because it’s only a 25 minute drive from Thorpe Park so I can get all the Chessington creds and return to Thorpe Park for Hyperia and everything else that has changed since I last visited
Keep going we want dragon fury
Why is the lift chain on this ride so loud when going up the hills?? I always remember this as a younger kid. No other ride was ever this loud😂😂😂
As the anti rollbacks do not have a rubber coating, so it's metal clicking on metal.
What day did you film this cos it looks rlly quiet, too quiet for chessington tbh. Also great pov
Thank you, was filmed after park close.
It was hired out for filming. You're not allowed to film with other guests in the area due to the chance of phones/equipment falling on to others below.
I went a few days ago but didn't ride it- I had two rides on Mandrill Mayhem instead!!
Not bad going!
Love it but it’s so short
lol I’m going on this today 😂
never realised those walls at the left of the lifthills.. are they new or am i blind?
A recent addition in the last few years I think!
I wonder: is this ride as smooth as I remember? Because I'm unsure whether or not my mother should ride.
She definitely should ride Mandrill Mayhem and Dragons Fury, but she generally only comes on the first rollercoaster I ride with me and refuses to ride anything else for the rest of the day.
Its a weird sort of smoothness. The track itself is smooth but the train makes it feel slightly jolty.. definitely not rough, but there are some sections where the train begins to swing but locks itself and causes a jolt.
I rode this yesterday for the first time and i have to say i was disappointed at how timid it is. Mandrill Mayhem is a couple of levels above it, as is Dragons Fury
Ha this was my first roller coaster and bou was it a good one
My first ever roller coaster when I was like 8 😂 I'm 26 now
Those chain lifts baffle me. Why have a lift go halfway down the second drop?? Like surelythe momentum from the top is enough to carry the train through
Is it fast bc I’m doing it
Fun fact:
This was my first rolercoaster I have ever went on and didnt know what the drop feeling was like btw i was 13
Hold the screen whilst watch and it will go super fast because it speeds the video up!
Nah, Jumanji, this is still good tho
I can smell the station from here
I used to hate this, but when I go next time, i’ll give it another chance.
I like it now.
How old is this ride???
Opened in 1990. Received new trains in 2002.
Cedar point needs to put these kind of trains on iron dragon
It’s interesting that this is a “suspended” coaster, rather than an “invert”, as the riders’ feet are hanging, and not sitting in an enclosed gondola or car. Was this ride always like this? Or is it classed as such due to the swinging nature of the seats?
The suspended coaster name was created by the original manufacturer, Arrow Dynamics. It used to nicely themed suspended cars where riders feet did not dangle and the vehicle was more enclosed - worth a Google search to see pics.
How is a family caoster so scary?
I went on it yesterday I banging my head I was crying its so scary
My favourite is the new one
mandrill or vampire
i first went to Chessington World of Adventures back in the 90s back then the cars for this ride known as vampire which i did'nt know what this ride was called untill now. the cars were very different and to honest i am not really a fan of roller coaster's the only ride i remember going on was Prof. Burp's Bubble Works.
Manding was epic as welll
I was going to go on it but the bit at 3:14 made me go hell nah cause I’d probably be sick
I haven’t been on this one I was too scared
I been at the front 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
NO BUT A COUPLE YEARS AGO I CAME HERE BRO MY LEG GOT HIT BY A TREE >:( that reminds me of the finding nemo episode where he goes “BAD SQUISHY! BAD SQUISHY” after getting stung by a jellyfish he named 😄😄🤣
Peak
@@K1ngZF how that a peak?
@@ShmellyKiwiOnFn your leg got hit by a tree
@@K1ngZF yes
Great ride but could do with a big refurbishment. Nice video.
(Refurbishment being repaint... new control system... new trains... work with S&S? Bring the old theming back 😅)
Yes, be interesting to see what the future holds!
Just saying if your debating on going on it cause your scared just do it you'll be so glad after
The little vampire 🧛♀️ Melissa golby 11,2992
Shame the ride doesnt look like a bat anymore.
No way, I like the modern day one better but it is your opinion.
mandrill mayhem always