Busch Gardens Williamsburg (BGW BGE) Discussion Thread

Also, the soft opening of Europe in the Air hasn't gotten any love. No one going to check it out on Friday?

That building has been a waste of space since they removed Questor....Bring that back and I will give it some love.

I am not that excited about a drop tower though.

I would rather have an S&S space shot, the mid-atlantic really needs one, but since they said single tower that would probably mean a gyro drop.

JEFF

So what will it be called? Das Drop? Der Fallinfast?

Der Fallinfast is a great name for a drop tower, theme it after the 1980's movie The Keep

Also, the soft opening of Europe in the Air hasn't gotten any love. No one going to check it out on Friday?

 

That building has been a waste of space since they removed Questor....Bring that back and I will give it some love.

 

I am not that excited about a drop tower though.

I would rather have an S&S space shot, the mid-atlantic really needs one, but since they said single tower that would probably mean a gyro drop.

 

JEFF

Who said it wasn't gonna be an S&S Space Shot? Power Tower is 240 feet so a slightly taller Space Shot shouldn't be ruled out at this point.

The plans just say that Busch is filing a permit for a large single tower. It can mean just about anything at this point since whatever's stated in the permit is very vague. It could even be a large observation tower for all we know.

^ Absolutely.

Lets not rule the observation tower out!

Especially in that historic Area, it would be a grand place to put one.

But Im hoping its a drop tower!

Wow this is pretty exciting news. A drop tower would go nicely at BGE. I can't wait to learn more details about this project and see what happens.

If it's an Intamin I could see them build something like this since they also don't have an observation Tower or a big ferris wheel.

http://www.ridetrade.com/rti/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=38

To make it fit in the German section they could top it off with a huge beer mug!

^that'd be pretty cool

I don't really see why BGW would build a 260 ft drop tower when there is a 315 ft drop tower an hour down the road. I know about competition but why 260 feet? For some reason I don't see a Busch park adding something like this. To me it doesn't really fit their resume.

Like Robb said earlier, I'd be surprised, too, if this were some standard, off-the-shelf ride like Drop Tower Scream Zone. I'm curious to see what the actual plans are.

Knowing BGE, I'm sure the ride is going to drop 260ft. under ground or something.

^^ I Agree. If this ride is just a standard, up and drop tower from Intamin I will certainly be surprise. I really think this will be more along the lines of Mystery Castle as so to appease the Kingsmil resident that hate the tall, noisy coasters in their backyards. If it was a Mystery Castle style drop, it would have many thing that Busch Gardens is looking for: Theming, Theming Theming! And some noise reduction. The Mystery Castle video on YouTube has really got me on the Mystery Caslte idea... Though a new contraption would be welcomed... A 260 ft, "Tower of Terror" would be an interesting ride. But isn't the "Tower of Terror's" ride under Disney patent possibly? IDK, just my idea...

Here's that You Tube Video...

That building has been a waste of space since they removed Questor....Bring that back and I will give it some love.

JEFF

I'm glad that someone else remembers the goodness of Questor. When it was here in Tampa it was one of the best motion-sims I had ever been on... then they replaced it with the abysmal Egyptian themed Martin Short one.... At least that is gone now too at least.

I really could see them doing their own scaled down version of TOT, much like they did with DarKastle. ...What a one-two punch for BGW that would be.

A coaster for BGT, and Drop Ride for BGW, a ??? for Sea World....

Possible, seeing that Sea World California is rumored to get a new coaster sometime.

Hurakan condor anybody... Let's hope..

Europe in the Air is open today

^And the verdict is . . .

How dose it mesure up to Soaring..?

^And the verdict is . . .

Ok now that I finished my ice cream I can answer.

First off it is the same ride vehicles as Corkscrew Hill. The premise is that you are on a jet plane that can show you the wonders/beauty of Ireland, England, Paris, The Alps and Italy in ten minutes.

They have installed indutrial fans on the walls and scent machines (although I've never been on a jet where I could feel wind. However, I can overlook that as the ride was well done. No jerky movements and great photography so I'm sure the general public including the older crowd at BGW will love it.

I even enjoyed the "odd" scene where our plane was "driving" in Paris, fighting traffic around the Arc de Triumphe and the Eiffel Tower.

Somehow, I can see the possibility of an Intamin package deal more than anything here. Elissa's point makes sense on a few levels.

Would be neat to see one of those combo observation/drop towers at BGW. Bet there would be some pretty views.

Ok now that I finished my ice cream I can answer.

Larry is a man that has his priorities in order.

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I'll actually miss Corkscrew Hill. But I'm glad to hear the new ride is at least half way decent, if not an improvement over the old ride. Now just give us that kick arse Intamin Drop Tower next year, and I'll be a very happy BGW fanboy.

But they already have an observation tower... it's called Griffon! Of course, it only holds you at the top for six seconds... but it's a great view!

In all seriousness, I would expect the ride's footprint to replace the bumper cars and the queue to be housed in the old Big Bad Wolf station. This would remove several problems for that park and allow further expansion around the side of the tower. Supposedly the new coaster, when it comes, will anchor a new land, probably Spain.

Squid

Just one thing first...as soon as I read that it could possibly (but hopefully not) be an observation tower, I immediately thought of combining the two. I was then very surprised when it was on the next page.

What specifics do you think they would theme it too...I mean they can't really theme it to a castle. They already have a castle themed ride across the way...Darkastle. It would kinda be weird.

Or they could make it an extension of Darkastle...Revenge of Darktower.

"You are led up into one of Darkastle's towers only to have a reanimated King Ludwig push you out a window to fall 260 feet."

As for Europe in the Air, how was the ride score? I'll be there tomorrow to check it out myself.

^ extended stories aren't in Busches style.