I get the feeling that whoever made the decision about Aquazoid's new name either doesn't know or doesn't care about the ride's theme or backstory.
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That is correct I believe if I remember correctly there was one comic book like one at the entrance and then several more going up the queue line. Basically a Godzilla out of water if I remember correctly.
There is some information on it in the Aquazoid thread:
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I didn't have my GPS in the water, but this appears to be the biggest, longest and tallest slide in the park. It can be very intimidating just climbing the tower stairs to ride this thing. You can get quite a workout to have a little fun. This was emphasized a lot because there was no line...
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Everytime I hear the name, I just think of when Volcano Bay was shocking people.
I still don't understand why they needed to change anything about the original name or logo... It was fine the way it was.
The logo and description are both painfully generic. I know WCUSA has been losing its theme for years now, but this is straight-up soulless. 
To be clear, I still think the final project will be great in a bubble—it is just tragic to see so many years of theming thrown out the window.
To be clear, I still think the final project will be great in a bubble—it is just tragic to see so many years of theming thrown out the window.
WCUSA has a theme?The logo and description are both painfully generic. I know WCUSA has been losing its theme for years now, but this is straight-up soulless.
To be clear, I still think the final project will be great in a bubble—it is just tragic to see so many years of theming thrown out the window.
this is an honest question. I never knew this.
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The real tragedy isn't the name or logo, it's that they ruined the beautiful forested hill over the tube by the bridge at the end. They cut down so many gorgeous bald cypress trees. I lived looking there because you couldn't really see any ride or tower. Everything was hidden and the ride just appeared. Now it looks terrible. They may have needed to for a legitimate reason, but it still is a major lose.
WCUSA had a nearly entirely consistent mid-20th century pop culture theme throughout the 90s and 2000s. Think fast cars, rock and roll, early pop sci-fi, comic books, the atomic age, space travel, surf culture, etc. Essentially anything that was popular from the end of WWII to the mid-70s was fair game in various areas of the park—all set very deliberately to the music of the time period.
Somewhere around the InBev sale, the park started to really toss that out the window and go for a more generic "ocean/water/wave" theme—see Vanish Point, Colossal Curl, Cutback, recent eatery renovations, recent entry area additions, etc.
Thematic soundtracks and speils vanished, theming started to fade and be removed, effects were neglected and eventually discarded, more generic signage and branding crept in, country music started wafting through the air... And at this point I'm not even sure if there's anyone left at the park that knows or cares about what the park was built to be.
In a lot of ways we shouldn't be the least bit surprised by the thematic erosion we're witnessing at BGW because that same disinterest and neglect already killed the soul of WCUSA years ago.
I should also note that this isn't occuring in a vacuum. The same has happened to Aquatica Orlando. When it opened it was a beautiful, well themed, southern Pacific paradise with mascot characters, interesting food and merchandise, thematic soundtracks and announcements, everything. Today it's just another water park with a few aquariums tossed in—generic themes, generic music, generic branding, generic merch, generic everything. AQO opened just before the InBev sale as one of the best water theme parks ever and today it feels nearly as soulless as current day WCUSA.
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Aquazoid amped is opening on 27 May per a park posting today
Also getting a second mini attraction. A splash pad near Kritter Koral.
Direct Link to Embedded Media Source
Also getting a second mini attraction. A splash pad near Kritter Koral.
Direct Link to Embedded Media Source
members get early ride time on may 14th.
