I went with the fam one year on Thanksgiving and it was emptyApologies if this is in the wrong place but I wasn’t sure where to ask, does anybody know if the park is normally busy on Thanksgiving day?
I went with the fam one year on Thanksgiving and it was emptyApologies if this is in the wrong place but I wasn’t sure where to ask, does anybody know if the park is normally busy on Thanksgiving day?
I'd be surprised if we got a massive giga in 2024. Here's what I'm thinking:This is what I’d like/realistically expect the park to add from 2022-2024.
2022:
Iron Gwazi (March)
S&S Screaming Swing & Skyride Overhaul (Nov/Dec-This ties in with the permiting for the original project which would have had it opening in Nov/Dec 2020.)
2023:
Zamperla Giga Discovery in Pantopia to replace Phoenix
2024:
Intamin Giga (launched?) coaster in Jungala/Congo/behind Tigris. Massive project and biggest coaster ever at the park. This ties in with rumors reported by midway mayhem and others in early 2020 (pre-covid) about a MASSIVE project around this area coming in the next few years.
That was pre-pandemic. This is post. And I'm pretty sure that 2023 coaster is only still active because it was already planned.I just think with the rate the chain have been adding coasters to their parks (for example SeaWorld San Diego has received a coaster in 2018, 2019, should have been a 2020, and then are already filing plans for another launch coaster for 2023) we are sure to see another coaster of some description at BGT in the next couple of years.
That seems to be what they wantI think they're going all in on building a hotel and we'll see the former Rhino Rally site become part of a connecting pathway across the veldt.
This is very true, and there’s no doubt the pandemic has caused the company to onload some more debt but financial performance in 2021 has been better than almost ever which lets me be hopeful.That was pre-pandemic. This is post. And I'm pretty sure that 2023 coaster is only still active because it was already planned.
No doubt there are more coasters coming (they know they drive attendance), but I expect some other attractions to appear as well. Several parks all have the same simulator buildings sitting vacant which would be ripe for a chain wide update with new hardware and give all those parks some much needed indoor attractions. Whether it's some kind of flight simulator ride or dark ride, it's all become more feasible for a regional park to build those things and they're the kind of things the parks are lacking right now more than coaster hardware.
I'd be surprised if we got a massive giga in 2024. Here's what I'm thinking:
2022: Iron Gwazi
2023: S&S Screaming Swing, removal of Sand Serpent, Pantopia kiddy rides, and Phoenix
2024: Pantopia expansion, including new flat rides (my picks are a Zamperla Zetta Swing and a Zamperla Endeavor)
2025: New Intamin motocoaster near the S&S Screaming Swing, themed to ATV's
Flat rides are overrated IMOSeaWorld & Busch should go crazy with flat rides post-Gwazi & Ice Breaker.
Yea but they help balance out parks that mostly rely on coasters for attendance. Of course having shows as well as a few dark rides here or there would be nice but they take time and money.Flat rides are overrated IMO
Flat rides are overrated IMO
Yea but they help balance out parks that mostly rely on coasters for attendance. Of course having shows as well as a few dark rides here or there would be nice but they take time and money.
A lot of companies are not willing to take the risk and make the investment like Disney or Universal. I hope Sea World decides to give that type of attraction a chance again but their recent track record says otherwise.