Concepts Think Tank
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The question I have at this point...where does it go?
BBW IMO was a HUGE misstep for the park in not being a whole new hamlet and cutting off their expansion space. Without significantly effecting the trees and visuals of the park, there's one untalked about solution I came up with:
They could rework the loop of Busch Gardens Boulevard and where employees enter at there, they could open up the land next to RPT in order to expand the France Hamlet and put the actual bulk of the ride out along BGB "outside" the park. The downside then is your two woodies then are close together.
The other options that I can see is you take out a ton of trees when EfP reaches it's end of life and make a quite compact hyper RMC in that plot. Take out a good number of trees to put in something out of Killarney into the creek bed between the parking areas. And then put a second coaster back in the area where BBW went, and I don't really love the idea of just two coasters back in that area.
While it wouldn’t be a new hamlet, I wish they would’ve used the land for a RMC hybrid that could have been a revival of Drachen Fire. BBW didn’t need a revival imo since Verbolten already paid homage to the ride.
here's a another what if for the sesame Street area if the rights are likely to go, what if Sesame Street forest of fun becomes Denmark with aesthetic inspired by Tivoli gardens
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So if the Pompeii ride itself were to close but the building was kept, do we think a MACK rides water coaster with the same layout would be good or would it need to be more traditionally "roller coaster" for it to be attractive.
A lot of money went into Loch Ness Monster and to guests, theming was the only thing that changed. If Pompeii got a new ride system, but got an amazing theming upgrade, would that be enough to justify the cost?
The survey that went out to members suggesting a full fledged roller coaster section, in my mind, is not attractive. A dark ride with a big splash is much simpler and, at the end of the day, why people are riding the ride in the first place. Maybe incorporate two splashes (like Journey to Atlantis) but in the same pool? Two lifts? Just throwing ideas around.
A lot of money went into Loch Ness Monster and to guests, theming was the only thing that changed. If Pompeii got a new ride system, but got an amazing theming upgrade, would that be enough to justify the cost?
The survey that went out to members suggesting a full fledged roller coaster section, in my mind, is not attractive. A dark ride with a big splash is much simpler and, at the end of the day, why people are riding the ride in the first place. Maybe incorporate two splashes (like Journey to Atlantis) but in the same pool? Two lifts? Just throwing ideas around.
Would anyone like to see an RMC Raptor Track or the upcoming Split Rex track? I think these are great if you want a thrilling coaster, but don't want too much of a footprint. It could theoretically be placed in Ireland, giving it its first coaster.
Unless they put in a literal parking lot coaster or somehow take out part of the animal preserve without issues with the pipeline easement in the area, I don't see any sizeable coaster coming to Ireland.
However, I'm interested in seeing what you conceptualize for either ride and their respective placements, as after all this is a concepts thread and not just a general questions thread.
However, I'm interested in seeing what you conceptualize for either ride and their respective placements, as after all this is a concepts thread and not just a general questions thread.
I think before they add anything to Killarney, they desperately need to address Finnegans. That gravel pit area looks horrible, they need to just plant trees and that pine ground cover stuff and let it grow wild down there.
I would love to see them make the retaining wall look more like a castle that has a broken through top that ties into the gate at the bridge along with planting everything you said here.
I have my nitpicks with how the park operates but the fact that I can read a thread with suggestions for a Pompeii roller coaster remake and random thematic upgrades to Killarney and it all sounds feasible points to the positive direction of BGW as a whole. I’d love for BGW and BGT to be sold to Herschend but this feels like best case scenario given how the rest of United seems to be operating (worse)