Busch Gardens Williamsburg Project 2023: DarKoaster (Multi-Lap Intamin Straddle Coaster)

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@CarterGee: I'll never be pleased that DarKastle was murdered and I'll always believe that Busch Gardens Williamsburg deserves a top-tier, story-based, non-coaster, family-accessible, darkride.

That said, I've also long since come to terms with the fact that SEAS, as it exists today, has no interest in attractions of that type. Given the range of likely outcomes and assuming DarKoaster is executed well thematically, I'm thrilled with what I have seen so far. It's clever, unique, and intriguing. I can't ask for more from a family coaster. The real question will be which is better: DarKoaster or Verbolten.
 
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If they cannot keep up with Verbolten as of this writing, unless something changes within the management, I expect DarKoaster to be relatively derelict and out of specification with oxidized gum, dried loogies, SUPREME stickers on the queue/ ride vehicles with the sound effects silent on of half the speakers and stacked ride operations within 4 years time.

Someone, literally anyone, please, prove me wrong in four years after revisiting this thread...

High hopes Zachary! Excited, and worried, all at once!
 
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@CarterGee: I'll never be pleased that DarKastle was murdered and I'll always believe that Busch Gardens Williamsburg deserves a top-tier, story-based, non-coaster, family-accessible, darkride.

That said, I've also long since come to terms with the fact that SEAS, as it exists today, has no interest in attractions of that type. Given the range of likely outcomes and assuming DarKoaster is executed well thematically, I'm thrilled with what I have seen so far. It's clever, unique, and intriguing. I can't ask for more from a family coaster. The real question will be which is better: DarKoaster or Verbolten.
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I appreciate this! I'll take clever even if I'll never, ever forgive them for taking away my DarKastle.
 
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I appreciate this! I'll take clever even if I'll never, ever forgive them for taking away my DarKastle.
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This is likely to be one of the most divisive projects at the park possibly ever.

But that shouldn't be news to anyone.

If @Zachary were to draw some pie charts for his article of the theoretical overlap of people who would dislike any attraction that isn't a 1:1 (or equivalent) replacement for darkastle and people who won't like this; that overlap section would probably be very large.

That said, theming is still a big question mark which could make a huge difference.
 
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Based on SEAS current theming strategy, I'd expect a sign and a decent name that can used in advertising pages, but beyond that little to nothing. If it doesn't drive incremental revenue, the SEAS finance driven management team seems unlikely to buy it.
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Coin-op theming canons.... You heard it here first
 
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I'll just say before we find out more tomorrow my personal opinion is that a true "family" coaster is the only thing that would be truly disappointing (for the record I'm talking a Grover-level coaster, not Verbolten or Invadr). If the point of the ride is to get younger people on it, a true dark ride replacement would have served that purpose way better and appealed to a way larger demographic of park-goers than a small coaster.

That said, I get the impression from what little hints we've been given that this is not a ride that small, so I'm hopeful it will look promising.
 
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