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I need to talk about this ride from my nine-year-old son’s perspective. He LOVES it. He is currently 132cm tall, which excludes him from most inverting coasters in Europe. His first inverted coaster was Python at Efteling (four inversions, 120cm height limit). He has since been on Revolution and Icon at Blackpool Pleasure Beach, and – after riding Mandrill Mayhem on two visits to Chessington this year – he has now experienced Anubis and The Ride to Happiness at Plopsaland de Panne. When we return to Efteling next Easter, he will finally be able to ride Baron 1892. There is an expectation from B&M that their coasters are going to be extreme. This is not an extreme coaster. They don’t market it as such, but this is a B&M “Family Wing Coaster”. And that’s its strength. This is the only inverting coaster in the UK that people between 120-126cm can ride. For many children, this will become the first ride they went upside down on. And it’s a wing coaster. And the theming is magnificent. It has given Chessington a landmark ride that works really well with its origins as a zoo. What’s more, it’s actually a really fun ride … depending on where you sit. We visited on a quiet day just before Christmas and rode it five times, varying between forwards and backwards-facing seats, on either side of the track. The best bit of the ride is right at the beginning … the curved drop into (and out of) the spike gives a tremendous pop of airtime, depending on where you’re sat. It’s not a world-class coaster but, whisper it, it’s a world-class FAMILY coaster (something the UK is starting to deliver on, with Storm Chaser at Paulton’s Park being another mention).