Well that is a possibility, but I noticed them decreasing in quality for a couple of years now, not just this year. But you could possibly be right.
Busch Gardens Quality Control Team
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If you really want light up/novelty hats, all of the park glow stands usually carry them now. With a fee, I believe you can still get the hats embroidered. I never really wandered into the hat shop to care about the merch inside.
As for the cabinets, I believe the cabinet handles in the information center are all gone except the ones behind the big desk. The back office still has their drawers intact, but the less durable suitcases are clearly falling apart.
As for the cabinets, I believe the cabinet handles in the information center are all gone except the ones behind the big desk. The back office still has their drawers intact, but the less durable suitcases are clearly falling apart.
After looking at Zachary's Christmas Town images, I made a shocking discovery. In one of the pictures, there is a dead leaf just sitting there, right in the middle of the pathway! I remember the days when the park used to still think about things like that, when their janitorial staff and gardening department actually took pride in their jobs. Seeing this... this abomination right in plain view of guests just made my heart sink.
Finding leaves smack in the middle of a pedestrian pathway is what we have come to expect from Kings Dominion, for crying out loud! On a visit to Kings Dominion this fall, I found four whole leaves right in the middle of a path in the Grove, and none of the employees even bothered to pick them up! It was revolting. If I wanted to see leaves on the ground, I would go to into the woods, not a theme park.
Despite Zachary's warning that taking the lesser of two evils isn't how you get a better park, I might have been able to accept it if the leaf were nice and green and pretty. After all, this is Busch Gardens. But, no! It wasn't even green, like the entire Busch Gardens brand! It was brittle and brown and dead altogether, just like the park's newfound quality level as a whole.
Such drastic sights like this just show me how far the park has fallen, that they have even let matters as important as this slide away. I remember the days when leaves were only in the beautiful, lush trees, not on the ground! I can't believe we've fallen so far as to seeing something so... so unnatural at my beloved park. If I were there at the time, I would have gone straight to Carl Lum and reported the monstrosity immediately. I'm surprised nobody else did. Don't get me wrong, I still love the park, but it's heartbreaking to see them losing sight of things like this: the things that matter.
I still know, in my heart, that the park can still wake up from this nightmare, it can still find its way back home. I hope more than anything to see the park of my greatest memories, someday. It won't be today, it won't be tomorrow. But someday... Maybe, just maybe...
By the way, here is an image of the leaf in question. Warning: not for people with weak stomachs.
Finding leaves smack in the middle of a pedestrian pathway is what we have come to expect from Kings Dominion, for crying out loud! On a visit to Kings Dominion this fall, I found four whole leaves right in the middle of a path in the Grove, and none of the employees even bothered to pick them up! It was revolting. If I wanted to see leaves on the ground, I would go to into the woods, not a theme park.
Despite Zachary's warning that taking the lesser of two evils isn't how you get a better park, I might have been able to accept it if the leaf were nice and green and pretty. After all, this is Busch Gardens. But, no! It wasn't even green, like the entire Busch Gardens brand! It was brittle and brown and dead altogether, just like the park's newfound quality level as a whole.
Such drastic sights like this just show me how far the park has fallen, that they have even let matters as important as this slide away. I remember the days when leaves were only in the beautiful, lush trees, not on the ground! I can't believe we've fallen so far as to seeing something so... so unnatural at my beloved park. If I were there at the time, I would have gone straight to Carl Lum and reported the monstrosity immediately. I'm surprised nobody else did. Don't get me wrong, I still love the park, but it's heartbreaking to see them losing sight of things like this: the things that matter.
I still know, in my heart, that the park can still wake up from this nightmare, it can still find its way back home. I hope more than anything to see the park of my greatest memories, someday. It won't be today, it won't be tomorrow. But someday... Maybe, just maybe...
By the way, here is an image of the leaf in question. Warning: not for people with weak stomachs.
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I'm cancelling my pass!! I'm really doing it this time! I'm calling the park right now to cancel my pass! What an outrage! *hangs up imaginary phone*
Joe, I got like half way through your post and finally discovered you were being sarcastic. I'm not even gonna lie, for a little while there I was seriously concerned for your mental health.
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I guess I am all about sarcasm because I was laughing through the entire post. Joe- thanks. I needed the laugh today. My guess is that this above post will be with me the next time I see a stray leaf around the park. Too funny.
This was in the line for Grovers Alpine Express (yes I rode it today
) Anyways, they have LIVE wire exposed. Better yet, these posts are at kids height.
^That was not like that at pass member preview, so someone may have knocked it over. Nonetheless, the park should have fixed it promptly. Tsk Tsk Tsk!
I think it was a light or something. A speaker would not be place THAT obviously!
I am thinking that is the base for a street light or a path light in this case. It definitely should have been covered though live or not.
Evan should have tested if the wires were actually live before complaining... tsk tsk.
I'll take this moment to point out that Grover's queue is actually looking really disappointing. Some very faded signs, a few posts that are missing signs altogether, that laughably sad lamp post, etc. Just a bit of TLC BGW.
We'll have to wait for the 20th anniversary.
Electrician here. Orange is the hot wire, White is neutral, and Green is the ground. Under normal circumstances when wires are not in use the circuit for the wire is supposed to be turned off, and the wires are to be covered until the lamp is replaced. Those wire nuts are bollocks too, don't buy them from Lowes.
EDIT: And yes they can get a handy fine for doing that.
EDIT: And yes they can get a handy fine for doing that.
Something needs some TLC.
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