This may be wishful thinking, but could this be a sign to BGW Removing battle for eire or making it SBNO
Battle for Eire
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This may be wishful thinking, but could this be a sign to BGW Removing battle for eire or making it SBNO
As lukewarm as I am on this ride, if BoE does end up kicking the bucket and not get replaced, I'd be sad to see what is essentially the only kinda sorta dark ride at BGW leave the park. Would leave a pretty significant gap in the park's lineup in my opinion.
If it closes it may well be the incentive the park needs to build a new dark ride of some sort. Of course, that's wishful thinking
I was thinking like a few seasons later after 2022(3)'s debut season
That Celtic sign is really nice. Also I expected BfE to stay closed because it is an indoor attraction that uses VR headsets; so I don't think people are ready to do that until the pandemic is under control.
While I do like the sign, I’m not hopeful about it being any indication that BoE is leaving. This is one of my least favorites (actually, it is my least favorite ride at BG), but I agree with @Dombot .The park needs a dark ride! I’m hoping that if/when BoE finally does leave, the park will already have a well-developed plan for what will replace it.
Wondering if they might be worried about a plague of bug issues with the VR that arise with it being dormant. Even better reason for them to just use the big screen.
I like the ride. The VR is cool, I've always found the story to be corny but the effort BGW put into theming it makes me appreciate the ride. I hope it stays.
The stay/go in a way will depend on how rides of its ilk are dependent on how people perceive them after COVID times. However, given the climate that BGW is in, they do need indoor rides in the future. I can see them maybe taking out some seats and running slimmer turnovers in the future. Maybe even do away with the VR part.
After looking at Google reviews for BGW, the top 3 problems are website/ticket problems, how COVID restrictions made the park less desirable, & that on cold days rides were closed. Battle for Eire is not that compelling to me personally, but is for my child. I think Busch Gardens should keep BfE and instead of replacement, improve other indoor park experiences.
Then they should build it in FoF - I understand cross-promotion to a point but not at the expense of taking out attractions that those of us who aren't trying to watch children's programming want to enjoy.
Granted, I'm not saying the BFE or even CH content wasn't super kid friendly either (both definitely are/were), but pretty sure the height requirements for this particular simulator ensure that not many toddlers can ride.
BfE is my daughters favorite ride.
I'm sure she isn't the only one that feels that way.
No point closing it if there is no better replacement lined up. (assuming covid allows safe operation sometime down the road)
I'm sure she isn't the only one that feels that way.
No point closing it if there is no better replacement lined up. (assuming covid allows safe operation sometime down the road)
Agreed. Keep it for now, add more indoor rides throughout the park (next winter should be better than this winter), then reconsider it when the complaints are reduced about “nothing to do” in the cold.
Yeah, that would be awful.
I couldn't even imagine what it would be like if the park took just unexpectedly took out a charming attraction that fit the theme of Ireland and was unique to the park only to hastily replace it with a budgeted Seasame Street IP attraction. That would just be so strange and out of character...
Except they kind of did something similar to Castle O'Sullivan, so there's some kind of precedent. They could have done a different upcharge dining event attraction with that space if that's the direction they decided to go with, but instead plugged in the SS IP.
Just have the characters mention something about Irish lore or have a new Irish character (maybe Grover's cousin?) And boom, they can squeeze it onto the simulator.
But that, to me, would discourage me from wanting to ride it... And I'm not sure the wisdom of putting a young children's attraction that close to an actual bar?
If anything, I can imagine the ride being replaced by new VR rides, like questor was replaced by subsequent screen rides. Those old motion platforms are still extremely robust for a regional theme park. When Eire was being put together, one engineer had a quote talking about how they could use it for even more drastic motions without having to worry about keeping the screen in full view, but at some point they seem to have dialed the motion WAY back to a very minimal amount in an attempt to reduce nausea (even though this is not a remedy for simulator sickness, and may even be counterproductive).
I am a big fan of VR technology, and it's nice to hear that some here are impressed by the technology, because I feel comfortable saying that the technical choices made for the headset hardware and the method of displaying the visuals are very outdated. A 300 dollar consumer headset will get you a much superior VR experience at home these days, minus the moving seats.
I am a big fan of VR technology, and it's nice to hear that some here are impressed by the technology, because I feel comfortable saying that the technical choices made for the headset hardware and the method of displaying the visuals are very outdated. A 300 dollar consumer headset will get you a much superior VR experience at home these days, minus the moving seats.