Christmas Town 2012
- Thread starter Glissade
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I just watched an 11 minute infomercial and enjoyed it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrPRTtATMo8
I know I've said this before, but the quality of these videos is still blowing my mind. Bravo Busch Gardens, bravo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrPRTtATMo8
I know I've said this before, but the quality of these videos is still blowing my mind. Bravo Busch Gardens, bravo.
I love the way Busch Gardens is making their videos now. I hope they continue to make videos like this. I also love the show footage in those videos. I wish I could have some of their video footage. That probably will never happen though. Lol.
I was there on November 30th, when they were shooting most of that footage. I kept running into the photo team with their steady-cam rig and camera boom. There were several times where I had to wait for them to finish so that I could take pictures. At Deck the Halls, they had a real cool rig with an extended boom and a slide to get the raised shots. They do real good work.
Here are some photosphere images I took at Christmas Town last night (aka street view-esk images). They arent the best but they are pretty cool to look/play with.
Hint: Click the globe button in the top left corner to go interactive.
https://plus.google.com/photos/106977261855421958363/albums/5822979098208101297?authkey=CI7u26jDsKnJfg
https://plus.google.com/photos/106977261855421958363/albums/5822979885376456561?authkey=CNXTmZa5_NihowE
Hint: Click the globe button in the top left corner to go interactive.
https://plus.google.com/photos/106977261855421958363/albums/5822979098208101297?authkey=CI7u26jDsKnJfg
https://plus.google.com/photos/106977261855421958363/albums/5822979885376456561?authkey=CNXTmZa5_NihowE
After all the fantastic videos the park has been putting out, this one is a bit of a letdown. Might as well post it anyway.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSSMxUpfTEo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSSMxUpfTEo
In my opinion, the two best decorations are the "Peace on Earth" sign (which, by the way, looks amazing from the top of Nacht Tower) and Polar Pathway.
Something I actually noticed the second time I saw Polar Pathway was that the blue lights simulating the water actually shimmer, making it look like the water is rippling; a very good touch.
Something I actually noticed the second time I saw Polar Pathway was that the blue lights simulating the water actually shimmer, making it look like the water is rippling; a very good touch.
Final Weekend Crowds
Having usually gone to Chrtistmastown earlier in the month in previous years and enjoyed light crowds I was wondering how attendance has been on previous final weekends, specifically the final Sunday. This year we are planning on the 30th, obviously avoiding Saturday like the plague. Any input is appreciated.
Having usually gone to Chrtistmastown earlier in the month in previous years and enjoyed light crowds I was wondering how attendance has been on previous final weekends, specifically the final Sunday. This year we are planning on the 30th, obviously avoiding Saturday like the plague. Any input is appreciated.
I wouldn't expect the 30th to be too bad. I may very well go up there that day as well come to think of it...
Zachary said:
You can clearly tell this one was done via the marketing department's computers with powerpoint. They really should team up with whoever did the other videos more often.
The just wrap lights around the tree, they reach the high spots using lifts, but that's basically it.
They started putting lights on that tree during the last two weeks of Howl-o-Scream, and finished it a week before Thanksgiving aprox.
Most of all Christmas lights are hooked up to generators run by diesel fuel which are manually turned on and off each day.
By the way, Holiday Hills was NOT fully done when Christmas Town opened, they added much more decorations to the top of Peppermint Twist after the second weekend.
By the way, Holiday Hills was NOT fully done when Christmas Town opened, they added much more decorations to the top of Peppermint Twist after the second weekend.
When at one of the station stops, could someone try and get a good shot of one of the locomotive engines decorated?
EDIT: ...or could someone verify if they're pretty much still decorated like this (from 2009):
EDIT: ...or could someone verify if they're pretty much still decorated like this (from 2009):
