Busch Gardens Williamsburg (BGW BGE) Discussion Thread

[KDcoasterMANFluffy, Fluffy, Donkeys Filled With Medicine and Goo!]

So i've heard a lot of Soarin' comparisons. Will this attraction be a close copy to Soarin', or is it just a reference to it being a motion simulator? I'm just wondering if it's one of those simulators you find in an arcade (Looks like a small spaceship), a 3-D movie theater simulator (Like Days of thunder, or that old dinosaur 3-D at SFDK), or like Soarin'. I haven't been to that park for about 20 years so I have no clue.

I would imagine the type of "Soarin'" attraction you are considering is a different concept that what will probably coming to BGW. Mostlike they will do minimal renovations to the original attractions and just play a new movie with updatedd affects. I wasn't surprised that this happened. Corkscrew was "unpopular."

[larrygatorObsessive Overlord of the TPR Park Index]

If this new ride is opening in 8 weeks, I would expect the ride vehicles to be very similar to the existing Corkscrew Hill vehicles.

[cfcI've gone pantless!]

^That's what I was thinking, too--along with some changes to the queue, perhaps.

[SharkTumsSite Admin]

^ Is that the simulator that is Pirates 4-D that used to be R.L Stein's Haunted Lighthouse that used to be the Dolphin Theater back in the day?

While Leslie Nielson might have rocked in 'Airplane', by the time I experienced Pirates 4-D I was just about sick of attractions with 3-D glasses and getting wet with mist and water spray.

Bring on Soarin' over Africa hosted by David Puddy!

No I'm talking about the one by the Clydesdales that was Akbar, and used to be Questor. Now the only thing I think it's been used for lately was Howl o Scream mazes!

[Philrad71Don't put that donkey on the floor!]

^ Ahhhh...I see. I must have walked right by the area and didn't even give the building a second thought.

Most likely, I was either tripping over my tongue while in a trance looking straight ahead at Montu, or said "Ooooh look - the Crown Colony has a pub in it!"

[printersdevil78Nuthin' better than a naked donkey!]

What, they're removing Corkscrew Hill? This is an outrage! Let's get some T-shirts printed up! Start an online petition! Save Corkscrew Hill! They're taking out a classic ride for some Soarin' Over Europe crap? That's not fair to the fans or to the children who will never get to experience this unique and wonderful attraction. Anheuser-Busch ran this park like a family for over 30 years, and now this big conglomorate thinks they can just come in and start changing things? The nerve. The nerve! Amusement parks should never, ever change. Period.

[KDcoasterMANFluffy, Fluffy, Donkeys Filled With Medicine and Goo!]

What, they're removing Corkscrew Hill? This is an outrage! Let's get some T-shirts printed up! Start an online petition! Save Corkscrew Hill! They're taking out a classic ride for some Soarin' Over Europe crap? That's not fair to the fans or to the children who will never get to experience this unique and wonderful attraction. Anheuser-Busch ran this park like a family for over 30 years, and now this big conglomorate thinks they can just come in and start changing things? The nerve. The nerve! Amusement parks should never, ever change. Period.

^ If I cut and paste this, I could make it talk about the BBW

What, they're removing Corkscrew Hill? This is an outrage! Let's get some T-shirts printed up! Start an online petition! Save Corkscrew Hill! They're taking out a classic ride for some Soarin' Over Europe crap? That's not fair to the fans or to the children who will never get to experience this unique and wonderful attraction. Anheuser-Busch ran this park like a family for over 30 years, and now this big conglomorate thinks they can just come in and start changing things? The nerve. The nerve! Amusement parks should never, ever change. Period.

They shouldn't... Than every park would be full of classic rides

[SteelinwoodDon't let this donkey melt you with its laser eyes!]

Wow, I see so many similarities between politics and the amusement industry right now.

Amusement parks should never, ever change. Period.

^but that summed it up^

[thrillrideseekerBaby I'm Ready To Gooooooooo]

We are calling it Ram-Jam

Ok, maybe its just my dirty mind coming out, but couldn't they have come up with a better name?!
~Matthew