Busch Gardens Name Changes

[stew560]

The 2006 Press Kit for Busch Gardens Williamsburg now refers to the park as "Busch Gardens Europe". In addition, at the rear of the kit, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay is referred to as "Busch Gardens Africa".

 

So what does this mean to us? Probably not much more than a name change...

[Worm]

I think it will stop all the confusion!

[pkdcoaster]

I do not see why they do not go back to the Original names.

 

BGW- The Old Country

BGT- The Dark Continent

 

IMO I think the new name change is more confusing to the public...cause now they think the Busch Gardens they are looking up is IN Europe or Africa!

 

(note the photoshoped pic of Apollo! looks like a dive machine!)

 

JEFF

[Casper]

IMO I think the new name change is more confusing to the public...cause now they think the Busch Gardens they are looking up is IN Europe or Africa!

 

Yes, when I saw the thread title I at first thought they were going to open a park here in Europe.

[cfc]

^^Political correctness precludes using those old names anymore, folks (probably a good thing, actually).

[Homer]

I am so used to saying BGT now, I grew up with that name basically. Now Busch Gardens Africa? Ugh.

[GAcoaster]

I thought this was strange, but then I remembered the rumor going around that with the new ride next year, the New France area was going to get a makeover as Switzerland. That kind of makes more sense if they are really stressing the Europe angle. And Switzerland is a natural transition between France and Germany.

[ebl]

I see nothing wrong with the current names. BGT is in Tampa; BGW is in Williamsburg.

 

These new names will just cause confusion, in my opinion.

 

Eric

[Wes]

I propose Busch Gardens Europesburg and Busch Gardens Tamprica.

[TwistedTrack]

hmmm... Busch Gardens Antarctica... sounds pretty sweet! haha

[cfc]

Busch Gardens Tamprica.

 

They could sell collectible tapioca pudding cups as a tie in.

[TheStig]

I wonder what the ghetto across the street from BGT(A) will think of this? Personally I dont like Africa tagged on to it, but maybe it'll grow on me, it just doesnt have the same ring as "Tampa" did. Oh well!

 

Colin C

[JT3000]

I wonder what the ghetto across the street from BGT(A) will think of this?

 

Busch Grand Theft Africa?

[TheStig]

^OMG thats what Im calling it from now on! That didnt even come to mind!

 

Colin"Where wheel locks are required"C

[SonOfBeastSucks]

Considering that I still refer to GL as "SFWOA" most of the time, I highly doubt this will affect me at all.

[gunslinger]

I don't know about everyone else, but when I read "The Dark Country", I laughed so hard I almost gave myself the trots. It's beautifully inappropriate.

 

As for changing it to Africa.. That's.. Well that's just really lame.

[Nrthwnd]

Hmmm.

 

Does that make my Dark Continent fridge magnet a weeeeeee bit more.... valuable?

 

(Yeah shure, yu betcha.)

Hmmm. Now how much, ya think, hmmm?

[pkdcoaster]

I don't know about everyone else, but when I read "The Dark Country", I laughed so hard I almost gave myself the trots. It's beautifully inappropriate.

 

Where did you read "The Dark Country"?

 

it was the Dark Continent...you have to wonder what their reasons in naming the park that in the first place was...is it in reference to Africans?

 

JEFF

[gunslinger]

I don't know about everyone else, but when I read "The Dark Country", I laughed so hard I almost gave myself the trots. It's beautifully inappropriate.

 

Where did you read "The Dark Country"?

 

it was the Dark Continent...you have to wonder what their reasons in naming the park that in the first place was...is it in reference to Africans?

 

JEFF

 

Oh! I read Old Country and Dark Continent and.. You know. Hah. Shut up. My brain wanted to read "dark country" because it sounded funnier. ahaha . My bad.

 

 

Perhaps it was referring to the "deep, dark, Africa" thing. Of course, I MUCH prefer to think it was in reference to the people who reside there, because, hell, that's hilarious.

 

 

 

 

hahah dark country. It's still funny.

[ChrisFL]

My guess is that Africa may have been referred to as the "dark continent" even before BG took the name....but I don't know for sure

[paulosthejackal]

It is always wierd when well known thing change their name. In the UK Opal Fruits sweets changed to Starburst years ago and i still sometimes get confused.

 

But its just progress so Onwards we go

 

There is always space for a bit of nostalgia though

[GAcoaster]

Africa is/was known as the Dark Continent by Westerners.

[larrygator]

It is unclear if the origin of the term Dark Continent (which has been used for centuries) is in reference to the mystery of unknown nature of Africa to outsiders and/or a reference by westerners to skin color of native Africans.

 

In all likelihood both factors contributed to the term Dark Continent long before Augustus Busch ever started brewing beer.

 

Personally, I think the new name should be:

Busch Gardens: Edge of Africa

and they should go back the The Old Country (or Back to Old Europe)

[Erik Johnson]

Well here is a couple of pictures of thew brand new pamphlet you can find all over central Florida.

Even for that other park north of us.

Yeah, it looks like the name change is official.

[Alexander Nagel]

I do not see why they do not go back to the Original names.

 

BGW- The Old Country

BGT- The Dark Continent

 

IMO I think the new name change is more confusing to the public...cause now they think the Busch Gardens they are looking up is IN Europe or Africa!

 

(note the photoshoped pic of Apollo! looks like a dive machine!)

 

JEFF

 

 

The old names would confuse people even more...Hell the reason Six Flags changed "Over Mid-America" to "St. Louis" was because they did a survey and found out people outside the advertising radius had no idea the park was located right outside of St. Louis.