So how come they are sticking to the old school weld connections instead of the more normalish bolt connectors to each track piece?
Busch Gardens Williamsburg Project 2024: Loch Ness Monster Renovation
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If anything gets majorly reprofiled I sincerely hope its the transition between the exit from the cave into the 2nd lift. To me that is always the most bone jarring jankiest part of the ride.
In and out of the helix for sure. Those two transitions, due to pre computer assistance in design.
Dumb question. Is this something they could get done over the winter, or does something like this take an entire year?
Doubt it will be year but it wouldn't surprise me to a 6 month period blocked out for it. Especially during winter time when bad weather can cause delays.
I can imagine them getting a decent part of the work done during the off-season. At least it won't be too disruptive (Nessie isn't open during the winter anyway.)
If I remember correctly, the new trains came in 2017. They get rebuilt every year.
They were for the 40th so 2018 but do get rebuilt yearly
I'm glad this ride is getting the love it needs instead of being outright replaced. It was my first ever looping coaster. Part of me wonders if this is partially a response to Grizzly's successful retrack at KD. Regardless, I do hope the theming is stepped up a bit here. I'm not expecting a full-size Nessie animatronic (though that would be nice lol), but an old wrecked ship somewhere in the layout and at least a pair of glowing eyes during the cave sequence would be cool.
If BGW had any brains they would really re-vamp the cave and market it with a "whats in the cave" campaign.
Yeah, our Facebook post went to the moon. Well over 1.5 million people reached. The follow-up with the track photo is at over half a million reached too. Over 50 thousand interactions on the first and over 25 thousand on the second.
Between all the traffic we generated on socials and the impossibility of hiding the project when track is being trucked across the country, I really can't believe BGW hasn't teased it yet. I'm not mad of course, it's only good for BGWFans, but you really have to wonder why they are opting to be so lethargic.
That said, anyone on the outside looking in would probably also wonder why any outlet posting about the park with a proven, potential audience in the million+ range isn't even provided press releases via email.
BGW marketing works in "mysterious" ways I guess.
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It just goes to show everyone, BGW doesn't need brand new, shiny, half-assed attractions to draw people in. They just need to listen to the people and maintain what's already incredible and popular. Marketing a major project like this one is important though. Millions of dollars are going into this, you'd think they'd want everyone to know that this is happening.
Ride announcements are weird anyway, since they say don't come now, come later. In this case, the people that care a lot already know.
It’s not don’t come now, come later; it’s buy a pass now and give us your money for something you can’t experience until much later.
The purpose of marketing is not to inform enthusiasts. It is to get everyone else exited enough to plan trips (before and after) and possibly buy passes.
As an enthusiast myself, it also kind of influences trips for me as well. For instance if SWO and BGT rumors were a BIG addition instead of family coasters (SWO’s looks REALLY fun btw), I would consider eliminating the day at SWO and the train ride to Tampa and change our flight home that’s departing Tampa back to Orlando when we go to universal in November.
Pipeline is also why I delayed my November 2022 trip to November 2023.
I agree that the step up transitions before the brake run before the tunnel and the 2nd lift are also janky. It would be nice if those were changed to longer, smooth transitions.
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