I just have to ask was Premier announced as the company doing the project? I mean I KNOW that they are but would like to put the final nail in the theory that the announcement at IAAPA is related to a 25 project.
Busch Gardens Williamsburg Project 2024: Loch Ness Monster Renovation
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Nope.
Truthfully, next to nothing new was shared about the project yesterday. We got that new graphic showing the updated train livery, but I think everything else that was said was already confirmed elsewhere.
I don't know if BGW is holding a bunch of info back intentionally or if they don't really know what people want to know. Hard to tell.
I'm glad the train wont be plain green anymore
Sitting here waiting, apparently the line closes at exactly 6. I've actually already talked to the employees and they guaranteed me a spot on the last car LOL
Love the orange stripe being back but I don’t like the design on the front of the lead car at all. Small victories I guess.
I GOT THE LAST TRAIN FRONT ROW OMGGG
THEY SENT US THROUGH TWICE
THEY SENT US THROUGH TWICE
was on the last train as well insane energy and amazing crew
I rode it a bunch if times including the last guest train. The emotions and excitement that I saw from guests young and old throughout the whole day were were amazing. I heard one senior BGW employee remark as the we were existing the final train. "I knew this was big and special but I didn't know it would this big" I really hope that BGW is paying attention to the reaction this is getting and follows up with the appropriate online updates on work progress and doesn't just rest on marketing it I. the spring. Heck maybe a winter hard hat tour or some other special event. I for one would be will to PAY good money for that.
At the media event on Friday morning, Suzy and Kevin confirmed Premier manufactured the track.
I really want to point out the staff working the area yesterday were absolutely awesome. Everyone from the people checking passes at the entrance who actively identified those of us waiting for the last train and separated us so that they could let us wait and enter as they closed the queue right behind us to the station team that rocking dispatch times every cycle despite having a large number of guests with Gopros to check on many cycles. To the security that had to respond to an incident with some teens. And especially the ops supervisor who whe he saw the excitement on the train said hey you guys want to go one more time and sent us through again for a second last ride. BGW has rightfully been critiqued for bad guests service on many occasions recently but last night they got it right big time and that desperately needs to be praised at every opportunity!
Have to agree that the team working Loch Ness yesterday absolutely fed off the excitement from the riders. It was great to see.
And they were dispatching trains with a purpose yesterday, not even a pause on the brake run as we rolled into the station and the other train was already hitting the lift hill.
bro y'all are making me jealous. I wish I could've gone but I was at work 
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