Busch Gardens Williamsburg (BGW BGE) Discussion Thread

[zeke11793]

Sounds like a nice addition to the park. It's cool that they're getting a new area, with the new rides, like the coaster and the log flume. I like how he says "The new Sesame Street attraction provides our youngest guests with kid-size versions of our grown-up rides". Can't wait to see more on this.

[cfc]

The park does need a good kiddie coaster along the lines of Sea World's Shamu, so this sounds like a good move. I actually saw the 4D flick at Universal Osaka last year (in Japanese), and it's actually pretty good. (Pirates 4D is getting pretty old.)

[alpengeist04]

I think this is a great addition to the park. Now for the most important question, will this be an adult friendly coaster or will we need a child to ride with.

 

You knew this question would be asked, so I figured why not get it out of the way.

[bdstrom]

This is a great direction for BGE! The only thing that bothers me is why New York City theme added to Europe themed park? But ok, whatever works.

[alpengeist04]

^Maybe it'll be Sesame Street England style.

[cfc]

This is a great direction for BGE! The only thing that bothers me is why New York City theme added to Europe themed park? But ok, whatever works.

 

"This new European-themed Sesame Street village," says the press release. You can find concept art via the link in the first post of this thread.

[kraken613]

Sounds good they need something like this!

[Teacups Make Me Sick]

By the concept art....this is going to be an awesome part of the park.

 

Thank god they decided against The Wiggles/Teletubbies/Barney.

 

BG is bringing back old school childrens programming...maybe this can start a trend and another park can create a School House Rock section of the park.

[astroworldfan1]

Is this InBev adding this or is it Busch adding this? Maybe InBev wants to keep the parks.

 

-Tatum

[Wes]

They should have built an Intamin themed kids area instead

[alpengeist04]

^^This was planned way before InBev. It's the 2010 projects that have been put on hold.

[BeemerBoy]

Where's the animated coaster POV?

[astroworldfan1]

Could the kiddie coaster be a clone of Vapor trail?

 

-Tatum

[WillMontu]

The English equivalent of Sesame Street would be Rainbow, but they haven't made any episodes since 1992, and the show does lack some political correctness

[Team Thriller]

This is a great direction for BGE! The only thing that bothers me is why New York City theme added to Europe themed park?

 

Maybe it's a New York Street of London themed. Even if they don't have that in London. Or they might just use the Sesame Street rip-off caracters from Heide Park and say it's European.

 

--James

[esvadj]

I am excited for this new land, especially for my son who has "outgrown" the kiddie rides at Land of the Dragons. I hope these rides are aimed at the elementary school crowd and not the toddlers.

 

Now I need to get my son to start watching Sesame Street over the winter so he might look foward to meeting Elmo or Big Bird.

[Team Thriller]

The new coaster is going to be called Grover's Alpine Tours according to RCDB.COM

 

--James

[TheRapidsNerd]

This feels odd to me. Not bad, just odd. There's a certain feel/charm/style that BGE has, and though it's Euro themed, Sesame Street just doesn't seem to fit well.

 

Eh, I'll just buy my Elmo souvenir beer stein and enjoy riding Grover.

[carolinacaniac]

^I would agree with you if they did it where you walking into this new area, and it was a replica of the Sesame Street set with rides included, but since they are giving it a European Theme, I think it could work out pretty well.

 

-Gary "I want a picture with Oscar the Grouch" T.

[fergusonat]

Just as a general update, the area where Sesame Street will be built has been completely cleared. You can see the update here:

 

http://www.bgescape.com/Gallery/index.php?cat=10713

[bgeguy]

It's been rumored for a while that BGW would be announcing a Christmas fest or event. Well, it may be coming.

http://www.vagazette.com/news/local/va-news5_120308dec03,0,5080569.story

 

They've also anounced it on the park's Facebook page.

http://www.new.facebook.com/home.php?ref=logo#/event.php?eid=36638656483&ref=mf

[cfc]

Screamscape mentioned that BGE might be planning some sort of "hard ticket" Christmas event for 2009--we shall see. I've always thought that the park should take a crack at this. Colonial Williamsburg's big Christmas event, the "Grand Illumination," is this Sunday.

[cfc]

Well, it's on the BGE Web site, so I guess we can call it "official." BGE will be holding "Christmas Town" in 2009.

 

The press release is a little light on the details, but tickets for this event, which will run on weekends in November and December, will be $19.95.

[Ziggy Stardust]

I think it would be neat if Busch displayed the different holiday traditions of each of the countries in the park.

[Clint Novak]

We were at the event today and grabbed some pictures and video.

 

 

 

 

We have more pictures at the Coaster Crew website.

 

We also have the announcement video in editing right now and should be up in the next few hours. It will be on the In the Loop's Guide to the Midway podcast