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Not to directly contradict this strongly since I’m not fully versed, but when the park gave my students (I teach a theme park class) a presentation in October of last year, they mentioned that the games were contracted out, so to my understanding this is not necessarily new.

More to the point, you teach a theme park class? I think more info is needed!
 
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Conversely, who cares if the lift is 300ft tall if it's just an alpine coaster that weaves its way down a mountain. No one thinks that's a giga either.

Max single drop height is all that matters.
 
Not to directly contradict this strongly since I’m not fully versed, but when the park gave my students (I teach a theme park class) a presentation in October of last year, they mentioned that the games were contracted out, so to my understanding this is not necessarily new.
The physical arcade games had been contracted out. However the carnival games booths where you could play physical games had not been and there was not a plan for it to be done at BGW like they had done at the other parks in January. I have included an article below about the outsourcing of the games management.

 
The physical arcade games had been contracted out. However the carnival games booths where you could play physical games had not been and there was not a plan for it to be done at BGW like they had done at the other parks in January. I have included an article below about the outsourcing of the games management.

BGW’s games were the most profitable of all the parks so they weren’t outsourcing at the time.
 
BGWFans tweeted about it yesterday. It was the first time we had seen those signs, as well, but I'm not sure how long they have actually been there.

I noticed that those weird self-adhesive masks are outlawed as well.

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They really do a bad job at enforcing their own rules?
Not really all that bad on the days I went.

There are some people with their masks down sitting on benches or tables somewhat frequently and of course there are all kinds of the nose-out mask wearers, but for the most part its pretty decent. In the lines for the rides people get called out by the operators for not wearing the mask quite fast in my experience.

I heard reports though that on the weekends there have been issues with groups of teens roaming around not adhering to the rules.
 
BGW is actually better than several parks I have visited (and quickly fled). That said, I have observed varying levels of compliance and little actual enforcement.
 
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I think it's kinda nuts that people take their masks off to speak, cough, sneeze, or otherwise expell more air/droplets than they normally do by breathing.
 
Staff was on fire last night. I saw three employees approach people about vaping on the paths, which in all honesty may be more of a guest issue and less of a staff issue, as the bathrooms still had quite a few unwanted vapers in their ritual circle. Mask enforcement was strong, few people had it below their nose and if you even took it off for a second someone was going to confront you about it very quickly. Way less guests were trying to drink or eat in between rides, it seemed most people understood there’s an unwritten rule that you have to be sitting to take your mask off. Outside of people struggling to social distance on the ramp leading to Verbolten’s station and the InvadR stairs, the park was definitely more in control compared to C&CB. As the temperature continues to drop, compliance will only continue to increase.
 
Staff was on fire last night. I saw three employees approach people about vaping on the paths, which in all honesty may be more of a guest issue and less of a staff issue, as the bathrooms still had quite a few unwanted vapers in their ritual circle. Mask enforcement was strong, few people had it below their nose and if you even took it off for a second someone was going to confront you about it very quickly. Way less guests were trying to drink or eat in between rides, it seemed most people understood there’s an unwritten rule that you have to be sitting to take your mask off. Outside of people struggling to social distance on the ramp leading to Verbolten’s station and the InvadR stairs, the park was definitely more in control compared to C&CB. As the temperature continues to drop, compliance will only continue to increase.
Is vaping even allowed in the park at all?
If not I'd love to see them follow Cedar Points lead and ban all smoking outright.
 
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Nothing here that's surprising for anyone who's been paying attention, but another James City County story on the park closure and the park not running its traditional holiday events.

https://www.pilotonline.com/virgini...mgxhvuwgjaitabvqwm6m6jkxi-story.html#icb-path

I'm curious what they decide to do in terms of Christmas Town, and whether they feel comfortable using any version of that branding if they're not comfortable with the financial investment on the light setup. I guess technically we've been given no assurances on holiday, so maybe they're holding out to see if the state will throw them a bone on capacity as the county desires.
 
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