Christmas Town
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tursiops said:
I will never understand this...I went last night and the park was crowded but still pretty comfortable. I asked one of the team members in Ireland and they said the park wasn't expecting to be slammed, yet tonight they're slammed.
Normally I would say schools are out, but Chesapeake is currently the only public school system on break. Seems odd (I'll write a trip report tonight as it was my first time to CTown since 2013).
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Sky said:
Nope. Everyone except Virginia Beach is out of school. Whilst everyone else is enjoying their break, I'll be in school through Wednesday.
The traffic problem that Christmas Town caused today was just mentioned on WAVY's 11 p.m. news. One of their interstate cameras even showed one of the closed exits that the State police shut down.
From what I have heard, last night was the worst night in terms of crowds so far this year. I'm sorry, but BGW needs to make changes next year, or the event will start getting a really bad reputation.
Nicole said:
I agree with Nicole for something like that to end up on the local news means that there is someone that is ignorant of the issue and that is a problem.
I don't usually post here- just lurk but we went last night and have been coming to Christmas town since it opened and it was the worst I've ever seen it. We had a 3pm Santa fireside feast reservation that was half empty and I overheard the reason was people couldn't get in the park bc the traffic was so bad so they missed their reservation. The lines and bottle necking were insane, the park was extremely understaffed.
Speaking of local news, this made it into the Richmond Times Dispatch. http://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/article_036be5a0-a8e9-11e5-8bc6-e39e13332ba3.html
CastleOSullivan said:
With all this bad press and guests complaints, I think the park will have to change its approach. I'm pretty sure VADOT, law enforcement, Williamsburg city council and locals all will have input about the affects and it won't be good. In the end money will be what decides the outcome and if BG is stuffing their pockets they wont care until they see they're losing money.
I was under the impression that BGW is penalized in some way if they cause traffic problems on 64. Like they are required to let cars through the toll plaza without paying to clear the roadway.
Only expecting 2,500-3,500 people...with the rain i'm sure it's dead.Hoopla said:
If you had to pick the lesser of 2 evils... Would today be better with the rain (and maybe less crowds...?) or tomorrow? I guess what I'm asking is will the rain really keep a lot of people away on the day after Christmas? And is Christmas Town totally miserable in the rain?
I went to CT the day after Christmas once, and it was a nightmare. But the rain could certainly keep a huge chunk of those crowds away. If tomorrow definitely looks like the better weather day, I'd go today if I were you. Especially with the warm weather, rain doesn't really affect the experience to much- the crowds are low, and personally, I just love seeing the park in the rain.
Warm weather ruins Christmas Town. It never quite feels right to me.