COVID-19’s Impacts on BGW

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Right, but look a FF, they ran a contest to be the first riders but opened it before they rode to the public. Kinda defeats the point. I do agree @warfelg opening day can still be exciting but only if done right. Verboltens opening day was a event, as was Invadr and Tempesto but then FF to me fell flat.
 
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WDWRLD said:
Right, but look a FF, they ran a contest to be the first riders but opened it before they rode to the public. Kinda defeats the point. I do agree @warfelg opening day can still be exciting but only if done right. Verboltens opening day was a event, as was Invadr and Tempesto but then FF to me fell flat.
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I am not sure that it's the fairest comparison to compare the opening of major rollercoasters to the opening of a relatively small flat ride. Honestly I be a little concerned if they spun as much hype into a flat as a coaster.
 
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I am not sure that it's the fairest comparison to compare the opening of major rollercoasters to the opening of a relatively small flat ride. Honestly I be a little concerned if they spun as much hype into a flat as a coaster.
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I would add that this opening is also going to be unlike any other if it happens in 2020. There's likely to be reduced crowds anyways, and if they do take a couple of weeks to open the park, there might not be much of a need to soft open.
 
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Honestly I be a little concerned if they spun as much hype into a flat as a coaster.
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Yet they advertised it as much if not more that those other mentioned attractions.

Edited to add.....Do you consider Tempesto to be a “major rollercoaster”? They had a elaborate opening show and he even rode the first train.
 
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First....when they open, it'll probably be with limited attendance. I've read some parks in Asia are limiting to 30% capacity.

With a diminished attendance and (as is atypical of any business coming out of financial issues) advertising/marketing budgets will be slashed. With a pent-up audience just wanting some release, they really won't have to do much more than run an ad -"We're Open". So I just don't see them doing much to promote Pantheon this season. There'll be some things, but I don't foresee expending a lot of money.

Maybe next year (post vaccine) they'll do a double promotion with Pantheon welcoming the 2021 addition.
 
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GrandpaD said:
First....when they open, it'll probably be with limited attendance. I've read some parks in Asia are limiting to 30% capacity.

With a diminished attendance and (as is atypical of any business coming out of financial issues) advertising/marketing budgets will be slashed. With a pent-up audience just wanting some release, they really won't have to do much more than run an ad -"We're Open". So I just don't see them doing much to promote Pantheon this season. There'll be some things, but I don't foresee expending a lot of money.

Maybe next year (post vaccine) they'll do a double promotion with Pantheon welcoming the 2021 addition.
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If there is a 2021 addition.
 
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Looks cool, but what does it really do for anyone? Shouldn't there be some kind of direct benefit?
 
Its just a way of showing support....but not sure why they chose blue. Blue is usually used for Law Enforcement and red or red and white for first responders.
 
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Its just a way of showing support....but not sure why they chose blue. Blue is usually used for Law Enforcement and red or red and white for first responders.
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While true, some organization turned it into a worldwide effort called #LightItBlue Campaign.

www.mercurynews.com

Photos: Coronavirus ‘Light It Blue’ campaign gives thanks to essential workers

City skylines across the country went blue giving thanks to the coronavirus front-liners working keep the country going and to return it to health.
www.mercurynews.com www.mercurynews.com

www.cnbc.com

US cities light up landmarks blue in support of health-care workers

On April 9th, cities across the United States illuminated their cities' stadiums and landmarks in blue in support of the health-care workers and first responders as they continue to combat the coronavirus.
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Not to be confused with Light It Up Campaign, April 2 for Autism Awareness
 
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I haven't posted in a long while. I must say I am truly worried about our park, and so many others like it. The degree to which things will have to be amended, adjusted, realigned...it's going to be a heavy lift, and require a lot of patience.

I have been playing Planet Coaster non-stop just get my fix for amusement, aside from hours of YouTube vids of coasters. I miss all of this as you do, and I know the theme park experience will be transformed so far beyond what we know, but for good reason. All of this is unimaginable, and I hope that we can recognize the merits that change will bring to the experiences we are yet to have. I am eager to get back to a life of screaming at the top of my lungs, I just wonder what that will feel like when it's possible again,

I hope all of you are keeping well as we navigate this. I truly appreciate being a part of this forum and the care we have for a place so dear to us. Amazing how it's going to mean so much more in an entirely different light when we are able to smell, hear, and feel all that this park has given us for so many years.

Cheers y'all, keep your imaginations and care for each other strong.
 
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Very interesting article from Themeparkinsider on a new survey that Universal has sent out to guests on new protocols with reopening their parks.

Among the measures mentioned in the survey:
  • Require all guests to wear face masks
  • Require all team members to wear face masks
  • Suspend X-ray conveyor belts at security
  • Require all guests to undergo a rapid Covid test (under 15 minutes for results). Only those with negative results could enter
  • Require all team members to undergo a rapid Covid test (under 15 minutes for results). Only those with negative results would be permitted to work
  • Require all guests to have their temperature taken. Those testing high would be refused admission
  • Require all team members to have their temperature taken. Those testing high would not be permitted to work until testing fever-free for 24 hours
  • Implement touch-free payment for food, merchandise and parking
  • Eliminate self-serve food options (e.g. team members would refill beverages)
  • Require team members to wipe down vehicles/seats between rides
  • Implement social distancing practices throughout the park (e.g. 6-foot distance when queuing, table spacing at restaurants, mobile ordering)
  • Limit attendance to 75% of park capacity
  • Limit attendance to 50% of park capacity
  • Limit attendance to 25% of park capacity
  • Implement a virtual line waiting system for all or most attractions
  • Suspend parades and nighttime shows
  • Close indoor attractions and shows
Many of these are ones that have been mentioned earlier in this thread pertaining to thoughts about BGW. One thing to consider is the amount of new self-service drink locations we saw being installed in the park last year.
 
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Self service for food could still be doable I'd think if the right precautions were taken - unless I'm mistaken most self-serve is more or less pre-packaged in terms of the assembled menu item is on a plate and not something a line cook assembles while you wait or is a giant tray that gets shared on a buffet.

Thought would be to reduce menus to only be prepared plates (no individual sauce cups or one-off items), and only have one plate for each option up at a time, spread out away from each other. Have a TM to wipe the counter down after each guest. If a guest coughs/breathes all over any item they don't take, it gets tossed.

Not sure if that's actually feasible now that I write it out...
 
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I don’t want to eat anything that has been exposes to 13 year old boys on a good day. The prospect of someone with COVID-19 handling even the packaging on my food turns my stomach.
 
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That's kind of the problem now isn't it - even with the supposed 'touchless' processes in place everywhere someone ultimately had to touch the same thing.
 
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