Chessington World of Adventures forced to shut due to water outage

The theme park announced on its website that it would be closed as the outage continues to affect its operations. “All tickets booked for today will be automatically revalidated under our Return Promise and can be used on a future date. We apologise for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding,” the closure notice read. Thames Water confirmed that a burst water main was impacting water services in the KT9 area. The utility company said a specialist team had located the burst and was working to carry out repairs. Users on social media complained about waiting in queues to be let in after the 10am opening time, before eventually being informed that the park would remain shut. Another user claimed that refunds were not available and instead customers would be given a guarantee of return on an alternative date. In a reply to one user, the unofficial fan account for the theme park, Chessington Buzz, said the park was shut for health and safety reasons. The same post added the park had also suffered a power cut on Saturday and poor availability on Sunday. “There’s a water outage every year - it’s unlucky,” the fan account said. The theme park closure comes in the middle of the school summer holidays and during a typically busy time for the attraction. According to Queue Times, the park was expected to reach “packed” at 77% capacity on Monday. It comes ahead of what is set to be another warm week for the south east of England. Temperatures are set to hit 35C in London while parts of Kent will also see highs above 30C. The Met Office is considering issuing a rare red health alert as temperatures will continue to climb into this week. This article is being updated.