Honestly I think Entwined could be turned into something great. Right now it just feels like a wannabe broadway show in a German restaurant. It needs a little more budget freedom, a little more content, and a venue that suits it. I'd actually love to see what Scott could do with it in the Royal Palace Theater.
A little tired of Howl-O-Scream...
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Zachary said:
Zachary said:
I 1000Xs agree with you, this would be perfect, throw some more Cirque into it and some Laser Lights and Fireworks only on the weekends. Then just do a German Beer show in Festhaus.
A german beer show in Festhaus? What are you, some kind of dinosaur stuck in the past?
We need sofisticated broadway glitz in our simulated German beer hall.
We need sofisticated broadway glitz in our simulated German beer hall.
My take on this is something that Scott himself said at one point, "It seems like we are in the event business". I am more or less paraphrasing but the concept is the same. The park offers a special event for every season of the year now. Spring needs something just to help boost attendance. Fall has Halloween and Winter has Christmas and New Years. Summer itself is a celebration. The idea that summer is a celebration, I believe comes from schools. Summer is the one season that kids are out of school and they get to party all the time. Summer is when you have all these outdoor activities and such. All the other special events are on weekends. I propose changing Illuminights into weekends only like HOS, CT, and F&WF. During the week days you can have concerts like once or twice a week and then your summer event on the weekends. It fits perfectly. Although, I do heavily agree with a lot of other posts.
I agree with everyone else. Illuminights HAS to go.
Otherwise,
I don't have a problem with the park holding mini stage shows, but they have to be done right. Corny crap like Wunderbarn and Clocktoberfest won't cut it. I really liked the other shows, but they seemed to get smaller and smaller each year. Same with the ugly decorations and stupid glow stands. The park doesn't need those.
I suggested that the actors/actresses in each of the shows wanders around the area between shows interacting with the guests and providing photo ops. I don't understand why the park doesn't do this, especially when people would love to see the street performers come back. The mini stage shows could be a buildup to a grand finale cirque show at the end of the night.
Fireworks every night gets annoying and tiresome, plus they're a waste of money. Kings Dominion and Hersheypark hold fireworks shows Friday-Sunday during summer. Stick with fireworks when the park is busiest.
I do like the idea of a Cirque-style show and I know Six Flags introduced a Cirque show in one of their parks this year. If Six Flags can do it, Busch definitely can too.
Otherwise,
I don't have a problem with the park holding mini stage shows, but they have to be done right. Corny crap like Wunderbarn and Clocktoberfest won't cut it. I really liked the other shows, but they seemed to get smaller and smaller each year. Same with the ugly decorations and stupid glow stands. The park doesn't need those.
I suggested that the actors/actresses in each of the shows wanders around the area between shows interacting with the guests and providing photo ops. I don't understand why the park doesn't do this, especially when people would love to see the street performers come back. The mini stage shows could be a buildup to a grand finale cirque show at the end of the night.
Fireworks every night gets annoying and tiresome, plus they're a waste of money. Kings Dominion and Hersheypark hold fireworks shows Friday-Sunday during summer. Stick with fireworks when the park is busiest.
I do like the idea of a Cirque-style show and I know Six Flags introduced a Cirque show in one of their parks this year. If Six Flags can do it, Busch definitely can too.
I think the fact that there are fireworks every night is the main and big event that pulls in tourists from all over the world and honestly it was probably just easier for tourists to understand every night rather than select nights.
You really think so? I don't know that many people are coming from out of town to see fireworks. Fireworks can be seen all summer in most major cities all at even many minor ones at baseball games and similar events.
I'd be surprised to find that a lot of people were drawn in by the fireworks. Especially AFTER July 4th, when nearly everyone in America will have recently seen a major fireworks demonstration.
I'd be surprised to find that a lot of people were drawn in by the fireworks. Especially AFTER July 4th, when nearly everyone in America will have recently seen a major fireworks demonstration.
Most families in the Hampton Roads area visit once or twice a summer, so for them, one night of fireworks is something new and exciting for a non-frequent visitor.
Most tourists from other countries (as a team member) always asked me where the "light show" was going to be. They assumed it was a laser light show, and they were informed they were fireworks. Another things is people asking what is the event. As a person who has met over thousands of people each day of the summer as a team member, people only ever really asked about fireworks or light show or what the event was exactly. No one asked for the small shows unless they pointed to the back of the map and asked where the shows were.
Well, I mean, I'm not saying people don't like fireworks...just more like questioning if a ton of people are really coming from miles around to Busch Gardens on a Wednesday because there will be fireworks.
From the sound of it, people weren't even quite sure what was going to happen, haha. I wish it was actually a laser show, because it would be cooler, and cheaper.
From the sound of it, people weren't even quite sure what was going to happen, haha. I wish it was actually a laser show, because it would be cooler, and cheaper.
Laser light show during fireworks. Would be so awesome in the smoke. 
Could we add one of those 3D light shows in on the face of the Festhaus?
chickenking said:Laser light show during fireworks. Would be so awesome in the smoke.
So expensive and so much of a headache and logistical nightmare it would probably never happen... Though a blue liquid sky effect projected across the rhine would be amazing.
I suppose me and my family are in the minority here about the nightly fireworks at BGW. We drive down from Richmond after work several times each summer to enjoy a nice meal, ride a couple of rides and wait to see the fireworks at the end of the day. They seem to draw a good crowd each evening and I have never heard anyone complain about the show. Sure they are not like the fireworks at WDW but still a nice way to end the evening. JMO
Eric M
Eric M
Its not that I don't enjoy the fireworks because who doesn't?
Its just that the fireworks take a huge chunk of the budget. Why does the park wanna downsize the event by scrapping shows, but not wanna downsize the fireworks display? Fireworks tend to be expensive, and the park has to shut down some of the rides to run them (train, Verbolten, Cradle, Rapids).
I'd be perfectly fine with the park doing fireworks+Cirque on weekends when the park already has a lot of people. Keep the weekdays fireworks free, but have the elaborate Cirque-style show at the end of the day.
Its just that the fireworks take a huge chunk of the budget. Why does the park wanna downsize the event by scrapping shows, but not wanna downsize the fireworks display? Fireworks tend to be expensive, and the park has to shut down some of the rides to run them (train, Verbolten, Cradle, Rapids).
I'd be perfectly fine with the park doing fireworks+Cirque on weekends when the park already has a lot of people. Keep the weekdays fireworks free, but have the elaborate Cirque-style show at the end of the day.
Something else as well: Fireworks aren't exactly unique. Even Kings Dominion does fireworks these days. You know what is unique? A massive Cirque-style stage show in the RPT under the stars.
Dudes....Imaginique was crazy good. Nothing beat that time of night, when France turned pink and blue and the trancey-sortof-mysterious-kindof-circusy music came on, and you really felt like the whole environment had been transformed. The show was incredible.
I've actually been to Cirque Du Soleil and I didn't like it as much. Obviously it was more elaborate, but the atmosphere created by Imaginique was amazing.
I've actually been to Cirque Du Soleil and I didn't like it as much. Obviously it was more elaborate, but the atmosphere created by Imaginique was amazing.
"I've actually been to Cirque Du Soleil and I didn't like it as much. Obviously it was more elaborate, but the atmosphere created by Imaginique was amazing"
Really? I have seen nine different Cirque Du soleil shows over the past 20 years and BGW's Imaginique, was a direct imitation of the Cirque concept. Sadly with out all the exciting acts, lighting, costumes, music and dance.
The Imaginique show was a welcome change for for BGW, but sadly Busch did not have the budget or talent of Cirque Du soleil and never will. Go to see a Cirque show in the Grand Chapeau or at WDW's Downtown Disney to see the best of Cirque Do Soleil atmosphere. JMO
I do agree that Imaginique was much better than the street shows BGW was using the past few years. I think it would be great if BGW ditched all the shows and weekday fireworks to develop a big exciting show that could end each day.
Eric M
Really? I have seen nine different Cirque Du soleil shows over the past 20 years and BGW's Imaginique, was a direct imitation of the Cirque concept. Sadly with out all the exciting acts, lighting, costumes, music and dance.
The Imaginique show was a welcome change for for BGW, but sadly Busch did not have the budget or talent of Cirque Du soleil and never will. Go to see a Cirque show in the Grand Chapeau or at WDW's Downtown Disney to see the best of Cirque Do Soleil atmosphere. JMO
I do agree that Imaginique was much better than the street shows BGW was using the past few years. I think it would be great if BGW ditched all the shows and weekday fireworks to develop a big exciting show that could end each day.
Eric M