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

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Murphy said:
Tinfoil hat time. The upcoming specialty menu for Bürgermeister’s Hideaway is DarKoaster, and it runs March 11th to the 22nd, could it be a prelude to the opening?
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I’d like to think so. The preview center closes that weekend, as well. However, multiple sources have claimed that they haven’t started full circuit testing yet (only pull-through) and a lot of theming elements are still being worked on. In the Storm Warning graphic posted awhile back, 5/23 was in one of the lines of text. My guess is that the ride will open the first weekend in May, much like its predecessor did.
 
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You have to redeem a pass rewards ticket to go through the preview center now. It's only good for one visit so make the most of it.
 
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The inconsistency of the wolf head around this ride is pretty strange. I have seen the old wolf-like symbol used for CoDK, just a wolf head, and now that thing painted on that wall. It is a subtle nitpick, it is just confusing to me. Like they used the old wolf symbol when they could recycle old props, then came up with new random non-standardized stuff to put wherever they had to think up a fresh one. I guess this sketch is supposed to match the new wolf symbol they are using but it very much looks, I'll say, "hand-drawn".

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Regardless, I think we can all agree that when we hear snowy lightning storm caused by a storm demon where storm ghosts are involved, the first thing we think of is wolves.
 
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Ice said:
Regardless, I think we can all agree that when we hear snowy lightning storm caused by a storm demon where storm ghosts are involved, the first thing we think of is wolves.
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I appreciate the homage to the CoDK story with this, and based on the fact it seems like it should be the same castle, having all of those wolf imagery icons around makes sense.
 
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I agree the wolf imagery should be around if the motivation is because it is the same castle as before, but then that should be the same previous wolf imagery, not some new one that came out of nowhere along with the old one.

Though if their intent is to make this a "return to the same cursed castle, oh no there's a storm", I'm intrigued to see how they integrate being inside a castle with snowmobiles and a storm. Only parts of CoDK occured "outside" and were made pretty obvious that you weren't within the castle walls, I understood this entire ride as taking place outside the castle since I didn't think we'd be motoring through a centuries old castle on snowmobiles.
 
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I agree the wolf imagery should be around if the motivation is because it is the same castle as before, but then that should be the same previous wolf imagery, not some new one that came out of nowhere along with the old one.

Though if their intent is to make this a "return to the same cursed castle, oh no there's a storm", I'm intrigued to see how they integrate being inside a castle with snowmobiles and a storm. Only parts of CoDK occured "outside" and were made pretty obvious that you weren't within the castle walls, I understood this entire ride as taking place outside the castle since I didn't think we'd be motoring through a centuries old castle on snowmobiles.
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In there defense the original ride was all always referred to as a sled ride. is it to unbelievable to think that a snowmobile could be following the same path as a sled?
 
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Sleds? And you people call yourselves DarKastle fans?

Sleighs.
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Regardless of what Busch Gardens called it; I think sledge is the most appropriate term.

"A sleigh is a sled on runners pulled by horses or reindeer used to convey people over ice or snow. Sleigh may also be used as a verb, related words are sleighs, sleighed, sleighing. The word sleigh originated in North America in the early 1700s, from the Dutch word slee."

"Sledge is the British term for a vehicle or toy used to slide downhill on ice or snow. This type of sledge may have runners or a smooth bottom. A sledge is also a vehicle with runners used to transport people or loads over ice and snow, often pulled by horses or oxen. Sledge may also be used as a verb to mean sliding downhill on ice or snow on a sledge, or transporting people or loads over ice or snow, often pulled by horses or oxen, a sledge may also be a conveyance mounted on runners used on muddy or rough ground. Related terms are sledges, sledged and sledging. Sledge comes from the Middle Dutch sleedse."

"A sled is a vehicle or toy used to slide downhill on ice or snow. A sled may have runners or a smooth bottom. Sled is mostly an American and Canadian term, sled may also be used as a verb to mean sliding downhill on ice or snow in a sled. Related words are sleds, sledded and sledding. The word comes from the Middle Dutch word sledde"
 
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Jahrules said:
Regardless of what Busch Gardens called it; I think sledge is the most appropriate term.

"A sleigh is a sled on runners pulled by horses or reindeer used to convey people over ice or snow. Sleigh may also be used as a verb, related words are sleighs, sleighed, sleighing. The word sleigh originated in North America in the early 1700s, from the Dutch word slee."

"Sledge is the British term for a vehicle or toy used to slide downhill on ice or snow. This type of sledge may have runners or a smooth bottom. A sledge is also a vehicle with runners used to transport people or loads over ice and snow, often pulled by horses or oxen. Sledge may also be used as a verb to mean sliding downhill on ice or snow on a sledge, or transporting people or loads over ice or snow, often pulled by horses or oxen, a sledge may also be a conveyance mounted on runners used on muddy or rough ground. Related terms are sledges, sledged and sledging. Sledge comes from the Middle Dutch sleedse."

"A sled is a vehicle or toy used to slide downhill on ice or snow. A sled may have runners or a smooth bottom. Sled is mostly an American and Canadian term, sled may also be used as a verb to mean sliding downhill on ice or snow in a sled. Related words are sleds, sledded and sledding. The word comes from the Middle Dutch word sledde"
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More accurately, sludges. This queue line and the ride vehicles will be covered with it by year 2 once BG forgets to pay attention to the upkeep like they always do as of late. 😝
 
Where I'm originally from in western Mass where it averages 60in of snow a year snowmobiles are often referred to as a sled. It's a New England slang thing and possibly in other northern states and even Canada.
 
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In rural Maine, snowmobiles were often referred to universally as Ski-Doos, but pronounced as in the phrase "23 skidoo."

The only "skidoos" I rode up there were made by Polaris, which calls them sleds. I found that funny at the time.
 
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belsaas said:
And in the Upper Great Plains (Dakotas, Minnesota) we called them (sled, like kids rode) toboggans! I think that drifted down from Canada alough with calling our hats toques.

And now I can't stop thinking about Canadian Darkastle where Ludvig just apologizes for having a spooky castle.
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Or Ludvig having a "Canadian argument..."?

I'm not your buddy, guy!
 
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belsaas said:
And in the Upper Great Plains (Dakotas, Minnesota) we called them (sled, like kids rode) toboggans! I think that drifted down from Canada alough with calling our hats toques.

And now I can't stop thinking about Canadian Darkastle where Ludvig just apologizes for having a spooky castle.
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Ope! Soory I spooked ya der, eh!
 
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