Busch Gardens Christmas Celebration 2020
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Tonight was... Intresting, all three coasters were closed for the night by 745, alpengeist or verboten didn’t even open the whole night. and finnegans closed too. the only attraction open was the train, guests were not pleased, i left around 8 because i had my hot chocolate and checked on alpie one more time and i was not gonna stick around just to get told it wouldn’t open tonight. kinda disappointed tbh
Also one more thing, since when did they raise the minimum operating temp for all the coasters their? last cmt i was riding everything in sub 40 degree weather fine, but every attraction shut down as soon as it hit below 40, was very confused about this compared to last christmas town
That’s terrible for anyone paying full freight and getting little more than to walk around and look at some lights. This event just doesn’t work well without the shows and entertainment when the temps drop.
I mean, it’s not as though the park promised otherwise, and frankly they’ve been lucky to have the weather they’ve had (and it seems like they’re going to be in good shape next weekend as well). But this is definitely an event that plummets in value in the cold, and there’s no question that with the capacity increase a much larger percentage of guests are not doing their research in advance to understand how things are different this year.
It wouldn’t be as much an issue if tickets weren’t date specific and reservation dates could be changed, but right now guests have to buy and hope the weather cooperates.
Also not new, of course, but yes: the consequences are slightly higher this time around for non-members, especially since before many of these people would have booked much cheaper tickets in advance.
christmas town isn’t too bad this year. i miss the train track decorations and def miss seeing Pompeii all decked out but still a good time (even tho i couldn’t ride any roller coasters because of the temperature)
i’m going tomorrow night i’m not taking any chances on it closing by friday night or something
Based on the reporting, it doesn’t seem like we’re going back to Phase 2 (there’s languages about “nuanced” and “targeted”), so surely BGW is crossing its fingers and hoping that the worst case scenario is having to close Festhaus.
If they have to shift to outdoor dining, that may be challenging given space issues around Festhaus. You’d almost want to revamp the menu to street food (fries, gyros, etc.) that’s easy to eat without a table, but that brings in a bunch of logistical issues.
At the current staffing levels, likely not: I think you’d see them cut the entertainment options, likely cut some attractions.
Yeah, it doesn't sound like anything announced today will have any impact on BGW at all. I'm a bit surprised that restaurants weren't hit with tighter restrictions, but I guess the data out of them is acceptable right now? ?
The link will take you to the most current Executive Order #72. Then go to section 11 to see the guidelines for "Large Outdoor Amusement Parks and Zoos". The latest restrictions do not appear to have any affect on BG or KD.
Yeah, it doesn't sound like anything announced today will have any impact on BGW at all. I'm a bit surprised that restaurants weren't hit with tighter restrictions, but I guess the data out of them is acceptable right now? ?
Someone pushed him on this in the press conference, pointing to how telling people they can't gather in their homes but they can gather in restaurants seems hypocritical, and they basically explained that they believe an expansion of enforcement is capable of addressing those concerns given the existing restrictions in place.
Definitely a sigh of relief coming from SEAS/CF today.
A chart I saw awhile back showed indoor private gatherings as the most prevalent spread problem by quite a bit, so this is targeted at that. I think outdoor large public gatherings, which BGW kind of fits in, were 5th and much lower spread in general. I’m not sure how effective this measure will actually be as those being careful already probably weren’t the ones having 25 or 250 people over to their house.
