The change in Vampire's cars is just because suspended roller coasters started becoming passe in the minds of the public once inverteds came on the scene. To clarify terms... "Suspended" coasters have swinging cars suspended under the track and, traditionally, those cars are normal roller coaster cars that you sit down inside. "Inverted" coasters have non-swinging cars that travel under the track and instead of normal cars, there are open seats that let your feet dangle. Inverted coasters go upside down, because they can; suspended coasters can't, because of the swinging cars. Anyway, Chessington retrofitted inverted-style seats on their suspended, probably to improve its popularity by making it look similar to inverted coasters, which are perceived as more modern and exciting by the general public.
I was delighted to have a chance to ride a suspended with floorless cars. I am in the tiny minority of people who prefer suspended coasters to inverted, and had always wondered what a suspended with inverted-style cars would be like. My conclusion is that it does not really add much to the ride. Still, if it bought Vampire a longer life at Chessington, I'm all for it. There aren't that many suspended coasters around and they aren't building any more of them, so the number just ticks down over time.
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Date: 2015-08-01 06:21 am (UTC)I was delighted to have a chance to ride a suspended with floorless cars. I am in the tiny minority of people who prefer suspended coasters to inverted, and had always wondered what a suspended with inverted-style cars would be like. My conclusion is that it does not really add much to the ride. Still, if it bought Vampire a longer life at Chessington, I'm all for it. There aren't that many suspended coasters around and they aren't building any more of them, so the number just ticks down over time.