cfc Posted June 13, 2016 Author Posted June 13, 2016 ^Most rides will run in the rain, unless there's lightning in the area. High winds will close the Skyride. It all depends on how strong the storm is.
deguy123 Posted June 14, 2016 Posted June 14, 2016 Anyway the park was amazing as I hadn't been there since 2011 when I rode BBW! BBW closed in September 2009. YIKES! I was wrong....man time flies!
Looty Posted June 15, 2016 Posted June 15, 2016 Does anyone know where to get the best discount on tickets for the park? My group of 3 will be visiting in July.
deguy123 Posted June 15, 2016 Posted June 15, 2016 Does anyone know where to get the best discount on tickets for the park? My group of 3 will be visiting in July. I got my tickets here http://www.reservewilliamsburg.com/, not sure if there is anyplace that has cheaper.
FSUFanChris Posted June 15, 2016 Posted June 15, 2016 I am heading to the park for my first ever visit on Tuesday and Wednesday. Any pointers? I'm certainly going to hit all of the coasters but are there any 'can't miss' flats?
coasterbill Posted June 15, 2016 Posted June 15, 2016 I am heading to the park for my first ever visit on Tuesday and Wednesday. Any pointers? I'm certainly going to hit all of the coasters but are there any 'can't miss' flats? Don't miss Escape from Pompeii (you barely get wet on it and the effects are amazing) or Curse of Dark Kastle. Of course I love Le Scoot and the Sky Ride too but that's a personal preference. It's a very unique Sky Ride though as it's a triangle with 3 stations. Also, ride the back row of Apollo. Not one from the back, the back. You get awesome airtime on the first drop in that seat thanks to the B&M pre-drop. Europe in the Air sucks. You've been warned. Also, I highly recommend the Predator show over by the wolves. The birds are pretty cool and hearing the wolves howl is awesome. Plus they're pretty damn cute even though they'd happily rip your face off.
Physical Posted June 17, 2016 Posted June 17, 2016 After our visit yesterday, all I have to say is "WOW." This park completely blew me away, some of the best staff outside of Knoebels, not a single bad coaster in the lineup, operations were amazing, the food was incredible, if I had to pick something to complain about it'd either have to be the layout of the park (It's absolutely awful! Never been lost in a park until yesterday, even with a map we still got lost at least three times) or the amount of food they give you in Festhaus. Felt like such a waste to buy a 25 dollar platter and only eat about 1/4th of it. Tempesto was probably the biggest surprise of the day, decently forceful, lots of very surprising airtime, and an overall fun ride. Griffon (my first dive coaster) wasn't nearly as intense as I was expecting, it was still a ton of fun, I just figured it would be more forceful and/or terrifying to ride. Loch Ness Monster is by miles the best arrow I've ever been on, that first drop in the back row really is surprising. Apollos Chariot has dethroned Nitro as my favorite B&M Hyper. Alpengeist was pretty good, but it was somewhat rattly, and the transitions into the entry of the cobra and into the mid course brake run threw me around in some pretty bad ways, kinda detracted from the ride a bit. Verbolten was shockingly forceful and a very fun ride. Other than the layout of the park I really can't complain about anything. It seems like BGW really is doing everything right, I can't wait to go back.
DILinator Posted June 17, 2016 Posted June 17, 2016 After our visit yesterday, all I have to say is "WOW." This park completely blew me away, some of the best staff outside of Knoebels, not a single bad coaster in the lineup, operations were amazing, the food was incredible, if I had to pick something to complain about it'd either have to be the layout of the park (It's absolutely awful! Never been lost in a park until yesterday, even with a map we still got lost at least three times) or the amount of food they give you in Festhaus. Felt like such a waste to buy a 25 dollar platter and only eat about 1/4th of it. Tempesto was probably the biggest surprise of the day, decently forceful, lots of very surprising airtime, and an overall fun ride. Griffon (my first dive coaster) wasn't nearly as intense as I was expecting, it was still a ton of fun, I just figured it would be more forceful and/or terrifying to ride. Loch Ness Monster is by miles the best arrow I've ever been on, that first drop in the back row really is surprising. Apollos Chariot has dethroned Nitro as my favorite B&M Hyper. Alpengeist was pretty good, but it was somewhat rattly, and the transitions into the entry of the cobra and into the mid course brake run threw me around in some pretty bad ways, kinda detracted from the ride a bit. Verbolten was shockingly forceful and a very fun ride. Other than the layout of the park I really can't complain about anything. It seems like BGW really is doing everything right, I can't wait to go back.
Jcoaster Posted June 17, 2016 Posted June 17, 2016 Glad to see you enjoyed it so much. Did you ride Apollo's Chariot back row? It really gives an amazing ride back there.
Physical Posted June 17, 2016 Posted June 17, 2016 Glad to see you enjoyed it so much. Did you ride Apollo's Chariot back row? It really gives an amazing ride back there. Sure did! It was pretty apparent that it was B&M's first hyper, a few of the airtime hills have some.... odd shaping. It was exceedingly enjoyable though, I especially liked how the return hills follow the topography of the park, and are all different heights.
Jcoaster Posted June 17, 2016 Posted June 17, 2016 ^ Yes I love how the second hill out of the MCBR drops you 87 feet into the ravine. Some rediculous air in that spot.
HersheyBearsDan Posted June 17, 2016 Posted June 17, 2016 Does anyone know if they still do dine with elmo in Killarney?
Jcoaster Posted June 17, 2016 Posted June 17, 2016 Does anyone know if they still do dine with elmo in Killarney? No they stopped it once Elmo ate one of the children.
HersheyBearsDan Posted June 17, 2016 Posted June 17, 2016 Does anyone know if they still do dine with elmo in Killarney? No they stopped it once Elmo ate one of the children. My 2 year old won't care, more time for him. Lol
molemaster43 Posted June 21, 2016 Posted June 21, 2016 Quick question, does the park still do the staggered opening of the countries of each country at a 30 minute interval or so, or does the entire park open at once now?
coasterbill Posted June 21, 2016 Posted June 21, 2016 They still stagger it. Loch Ness Monster usually opens before the park. It seems like Germany is the last area to open. As far as I know everything else opens at 10:00.
FSUFanChris Posted June 22, 2016 Posted June 22, 2016 I realize I am preaching to the choir here but I think the pleasant surprise of my first ever trip to Busch yesterday was Curse of DarKastle. I knew zero about the ride before walking into the building. Every Park needs a dark ride like that, in my opinion. And I'm not even a dark ride fan. Oh, and whoever said Europe in the Air is terrible was spot on. Ugh.
DoinItForTheFame Posted June 22, 2016 Posted June 22, 2016 I realize I am preaching to the choir here but I think the pleasant surprise of my first ever trip to Busch yesterday was Curse of DarKastle. I knew zero about the ride before walking into the building. Every Park needs a dark ride like that, in my opinion. And I'm not even a dark ride fan. Oh, and whoever said Europe in the Air is terrible was spot on. Ugh. Yas!! Curse of DarKastle is amazing!! My first ride on it I was the only person on it which I think made it slightly more terrifying. Europe in the Air is awful. Like the ghetto, dollar tree version of Soarin.
defrocker Posted June 22, 2016 Posted June 22, 2016 One thing that makes me sad about DarKastle is the part after you go through the "fireplace" into the dark room. The vehicle used to spin, rather quickly, about 3 times in the pitch black. Now it just meanders though the darkness... Oh well.
prozach626 Posted June 22, 2016 Posted June 22, 2016 Am I the only one who wasn't impressed by Apollo in ANY seat, including the back row? I actually found it to be probably my least favorite hyper, and my list includes Raging Bull...
A.J. Posted June 23, 2016 Posted June 23, 2016 Am I the only one who wasn't impressed by Apollo in ANY seat, including the back row? I actually found it to be probably my least favorite hyper, and my list includes Raging Bull... I wasn't "impressed" the last time I rode it but it sure was fun.
njcoasterguy34 Posted June 23, 2016 Posted June 23, 2016 Am I the only one who wasn't impressed by Apollo in ANY seat, including the back row? I actually found it to be probably my least favorite hyper, and my list includes Raging Bull... I wasn't "impressed" the last time I rode it but it sure was fun. I rode it last summer. I much prefer Nitro or Diamondback. Heck, I even like Steel Force better.
RollerManic Posted June 23, 2016 Posted June 23, 2016 Am I the only one who wasn't impressed by Apollo in ANY seat, including the back row? I actually found it to be probably my least favorite hyper, and my list includes Raging Bull... I wasn't "impressed" the last time I rode it but it sure was fun. Put me in these categories. It was fun and disappointing.
Superbatboy Posted June 23, 2016 Posted June 23, 2016 Glad to see you enjoyed it so much. Did you ride Apollo's Chariot back row? It really gives an amazing ride back there. Agreed! I'm definitely team Apollo, by far my fave B&M hyper
Jcoaster Posted June 23, 2016 Posted June 23, 2016 Am I the only one who wasn't impressed by Apollo in ANY seat, including the back row? I actually found it to be probably my least favorite hyper, and my list includes Raging Bull... I wasn't "impressed" the last time I rode it but it sure was fun. I rode it last summer. I much prefer Nitro or Diamondback. Heck, I even like Steel Force better. You're going to sit here and tell us you like Steel Force(The World's longest and tallest mine train) better than Apollo's Chariot. I know its your opinion, but now I've heard everything.
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