Peeking Heights Explained

Peeking Heights
Location:Chessington World of Adventures
Section:Mystic East
Status:removed
Opened:2005
Closed:10 September 2017
Previousattraction:Samurai
Location2:Thorpe Park
Altname2:Eclipse
Section2:Lost City
Status2:Relocated to Chessington World of Adventures
Opened2:2003
Closed2:2004
Replacement2:Rush
Type:Ferris wheel
Manufacturer:Fabbri Group
Height M:25
Vehicles:18 pods

Peeking Heights was a Ferris wheel that opened in 2005 at the long-lived Mystic East area of Chessington World of Adventures Resort, where it provided views of the entire park and on a clear day a view of London, including Wembley Stadium.[1]

It was relocated from Thorpe Park Resort where it was known as 'Eclipse' until it moved to Chessington. It was tall, had 18 pods, and was manufactured by Fabbri Group.[2] The attraction closed in September 2017 to make way for some new Amur Tiger enclosures in a new themed area called 'Land of the Tiger' which opened in 2018 and is a retheme of the parks 'Mystic East' area, the parks log flume attraction in this area called 'Dragon Falls' was also re-themed and re-named 'Tiger Rock'.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Peeking Heights – Chessington and Thorpe Park UK. themeuk.net. en-GB. 2017-10-20.
  2. Web site: Peeking Heights at Chessington. UK Theme Parks. 23 April 2012. YouTube.
  3. Web site: Four new tigers coming to Chessington World of Adventures. 2017-08-31. Surrey Comet. en. 2017-10-20.