Busch Gardens Williamsburg (BGW BGE) Discussion Thread

[pandorazboxxI Love Donkeys!]

Supposedly the greenhouse maze is going to have an entrance in rhinefeld but be in the parking lot behind festhaus.

[cfcI've gone pantless!]

Want to spend a day at BGW for less than $40? Are you into NASCAR? Do you like Coca-Cola? Then this might be of interest--if you're going to the park on August 23.

RYAN NEWMAN, COCA-COLA RACING FAMILY MEMBER AND NASCAR DRIVER, VISITING BUSCH GARDENS AUGUST 23
Trade any Coca-Cola Product for a $39 Single-Day Ticket Offer

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (August 16, 2012) – Coca-Cola Racing Family member and NASCAR driver Ryan Newman, is visiting Busch Gardens Williamsburg on Aug. 23 to greet fans and to challenge Verbolten, the park’s automobile-themed roller coaster that opened in May.

Newman, the driver of the No. 39 U.S. Army/Quicken Loans Chevrolet for Stewart-Haas Racing, will visit Busch Gardens for two hours beginning at 5:30 p.m. Fans may see him in the park as he rides Verbolten and enjoys other theme-park attractions. He will sign autographs near Das Festhaus in the park’s Oktoberfest village at 6:30 p.m.

The first 200 fans to pick up a free wristband at Newman’s No. 39 U.S. Army Chevrolet show car in Oktoberfest will have an opportunity to meet Newman. Richmond International Raceway track president, Dennis Bickmeier, will accompany Newman at the meet and greet. In addition to Newman’s No. 39 U.S. Army Chevrolet show car, fans can also browse the RIR display and pace car.

Guests who bring any Coca-Cola product to a Busch Gardens’ ticket window will receive the special $39 single-day ticket offer. This special one-day ticket is valid on Aug. 23 only and is not valid with any other offer.

[cfcI've gone pantless!]

Happened to be on the BGW side of town this afternoon around 1:30. The park is already using the overflow lots. Sheesh!

[SharkTumsSite Admin]

This is the last weekend of the summer for probably 1/4 of the country! We just got stuck in I-Drive traffic at lunch.

[cfcI've gone pantless!]

It's the last weekend for fireworks at the park, too--then they start stripping all the Illuminights stuff to set up for Howl-o-Scream (yay!).

[bull24471This B&M donkey is so smooth!]

Sure glad I didn't go down today then. I be cussing like a seasoned Sailor... LOL

[PALDonkeys are my way of life!]

^^The park was virtually empty through the early afternoon, so manageable I skipped the Quick Queue Unlimited I'd planned. We didn't hit real lines until after the 4 pm Celtic Fyre show (a great time). A regular QQ saw us through the day. We caught the fireworks while in the Verbolten queue. Right up there with Disney.

In short, loved the park. Verbolten is an ideal fit, a vast upgrade to late-year BBW.

[cal1br3ttoWhy do I still have a donkey title???]

^The BGW fireworks show is very well-executed. I really enjoyed it, and it was a nice break from the more generic shows at smaller parks.

[cfcI've gone pantless!]

Well, I went over to the park today to see it there was any significant Howl-o-Scream work going on, but didn't see much before the thunderstorms and the hordes for the Victoria Justice (whoever the hell she is) concert hit. But here are four pictures, for what it's worth (this concert was rescheduled for Monday, thanks to all the storms we've been having). Maybe I'll have more next week.

[Homeboy23Beware of the freeze-dried donkey!]

^ Got to love the facebook comments about the canceled show

Even more curious, when we were told at 330-4pm that all seats were "gone" and left the park there were cars as far as the eye could see coming in with their preferred rear view mirror tags...Hmm, as if by magic preferred parking was available all of a sudden...sounds like a little fraud/price fixing ....seriously angry enough to call our attorney!!