Parks don't necessarily add major attractions for anniversaries. I know as enthusiasts we want or think they always do...however that's just not always the case. Seeing as the park has changed hands so many times since AB, the park would be lucky to have some signage put up and some festival surrounding it vs. some major attraction addition. Sadly a lot of the tradition has been lost within theses parks in particular over the years.Then whats the plan for 2019? Take down Gwazi at least? They have to add something that year considering its the parks 60th anniversary!
Don't be silly. That's soooo '90s.Jesus, how lazy is this? What's next? Adding a bungee jump to the top of Gwazi?
I think a voodoo theme would be fun and allow them to use crazy blacklight effects..I'm personally okay with this too. I was expecting the next major addition to be 2018 or 2019. With this happening, I am hoping that means 2019. I never go on Sand Serpent, so an indoor coaster is something different. If they do something like Laff Trakk's theme but to Africa, I think that would be better than what it is now.
Don't ask for a Merlin dark ride! The ones we have in the UK constantly have broken effects and audio fails! Hex is the one exception.
In my opinion, BGW is what all Busch parks should aim to be...great Shows, great Coasters, great food, and some dark ride elements/dark rides thrown in thereWe visited Busch recently, it tanked it down all afternoon and there was legitimately nothing to do and our transport back to Orlando wasn't until 7pm. Fortunately we had managed to get on the coasters once each early on.
I think this park has more problems than any in Orlando and we were left annoyed we hadn't followed our instinct and spent another day at Disney or Universal instead.
Coasters are great and all but once you reach a certain age there's only so much you can be thrown around in a day! I'd like to see them diversify their offerings. I feel Seaworld does this so much better with:
- Better shows and more of them
- Ok it's awful, but at least they attempted something with Antarctica
- More hands on animal exhibits
- Things like Turtle Trek
Sure they can't compete financially with Disney and Universal but I feel even smaller scale dark rides that Merlin affords in their UK and Legoland parks don't have to cost a fortune and at least offer something different.
Agreed.In my opinion, BGW is what all Busch parks should aim to be...great Shows, great Coasters, great food, and some dark ride elements/dark rides thrown in there
In my opinion, BGW is what all Busch parks should aim to be...great Shows, great Coasters, great food, and some dark ride elements/dark rides thrown in there
Is it just because I don’t pay enough attention or is it that BGW has barely been affected by Blackfish?Agreed.
Busch Williamsburg is such a well rounded park. Beautiful, good food, good coasters, water rides, dark rides/screen attractions, nice kids areas, and shows.
In my opinion, BGW is what all Busch parks should aim to be...great Shows, great Coasters, great food, and some dark ride elements/dark rides thrown in there
Doesn't really seem like it was affected at all...Shoot, then all BGT has going for it is great coasters.
Maybe not Blackfish, but Blackstone's cost cutting sure affected them. Most of that great entertainment has been gutted since In Bev (AB before that) sold the parks. BGW's attendance has subsequently suffered from the cuts. It used to be a must stop for me every few years. I don't go anymore. It's only a shadow of it's former greatness.Is it just because I don’t pay enough attention or is it that BGW has barely been affected by Blackfish?
I think BGW might have had it the worst when it came to budget cuts, didn't they once cut all entertainment a few years back?Maybe not Blackfish, but Blackstone's cost cutting sure affected them. Most of that great entertainment has been gutted since In Bev (AB before that) sold the parks. BGW's attendance has subsequently suffered from the cuts. It used to be a must stop for me every few years. I don't go anymore. It's only a shadow of it's former greatness.