Tomb Blaster

Tomb Blaster
Chessington World of Adventures
Area	Forbidden Kingdom
Status	Operating
Opening date	2002
Replaced	5th Dimension Terror Tomb
General statistics
Attraction type	Dark ride
Manufacturer	Mack Rides
Theme	Ancient Egypt
Capacity	600 riders per hour
Vehicles	5
Rows	12
Riders per row	2 in Front, 3 in Back
Duration	8 minutes
Fastrack available

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.

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 that operated from 1987 to 1993. It was manufactured by Mack Rides.

The area was rethemed as the Forbidden Kingdom in 1994, and the ride became Terror Tomb, a horror ride in the dark.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.

In 2002 Tomb Blaster launched in the same location as the old terror tomb ride. In the dark ride riders shoot laser guns at targets.

In August 2015, Tomb Blaster closed for a nine-month refurbishment carried out by Merlin Magic Making, the design & creative division of Merlin Entertainments. Amidst health & safety concerns about a lack of maintenance over the years, all the sets were retreated for fire retardancy and a new fire exit installed in the station. Several sets were also retouched with fluorescent paint in an attempt to give an ultraviolet makeover. The 2002 laser gun system was removed and replaced with new equipment, after the original laser company had liquidated. All lighting and audio equipment in the ride was removed, to be replaced by LED ultraviolet units and different sound stores.

The ride re-opened during the annual pass preview weekend of 2016 to highly negative reviews. General response from guests as well as fans of the ride criticized the "unprofessional" nature of the new ultra violet lighting and audio alterations, citing missing sound effects, many animations still broken, missing pieces of the sets and excessive light spillage that revealed the areas intended to be covered by darkness.