It's also all indoors. It's the one ride I will not ride when the park reopens.
COVID-19’s Impacts on BGW
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This is something I want to know too—I really don’t see how it would be worth the trouble and expense honestly. It doesn’t draw crowds under the best of circumstances... I can’t fathom why the park would bother with it right now. I’d rather see something in New France open than BfE.
The indoor queue is, in and of itself, a complete dealbreaker. No way it happens.
The question is definitely whether they open New France: Trappers is all outdoor seating, gives them a popular food destination, and they get a flat ride and a family coaster out of the deal. But again, it entirely depends on their desire to keep their overhead low, and their perception of how the number of attractions offered will impact whether people will visit, how much they'll spend, etc.
The fact that BGW is the most member-dependent of the parks means it has the best likelihood of being busy, honestly, but it also means that revenue from parking/tickets will be lower. Definitely going to be relying on people's perceived loyalty to the park convincing them to buy food/drink/merch in ways they might not have otherwise.
Maybe since it is an indoor ride, they would run it if there is bad weather in the area. Maybe if it starts thunder storming or something for a long period of time, you could have the team from Loch Ness Monster(since that would probably be the first ride to close) run Battle For Eire? I dont know if too much special training would be needed to do that however.
Edit: and about the indoor thing, many rides and attractions are able to operate safely in the Orlando parks already, including the exhibit at Antarctica: Empire of the penguin, which uses the entire outdoor/indoor queue and pre show for the actual ride currently.
Edit: and about the indoor thing, many rides and attractions are able to operate safely in the Orlando parks already, including the exhibit at Antarctica: Empire of the penguin, which uses the entire outdoor/indoor queue and pre show for the actual ride currently.
I feel like it would require a bit of training. And maybe BG could call back some more employees and have them walk around the park cleaning everything and reminding people to wear masks and wash their hands.
Virginia is not Florida. And more importantly, the Eire queue is downright claustrophic under normal circumstances, and its closed-off nature makes it impossible for social distancing and mask use to be enforced, so you're basically running the risk of entering a COVID Tunnel by stepping foot in it. Combined with the fact you'd have the scrap the VR component and distance in the theater, there's just no upside even on a rainy day.
Anything that involves adding more staff is off the table under any limited reopening plan. There will definitely be elements of hygiene theater, but in as limited a capacity as the park can manage.
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Can't imagine being in that queue. Poor ventilation even if each person in the queue was 6 feet apart. No way would I ever consider it.
Virginia is indeed not Florida(if that even changes anything in this case), but Busch Gardens just so happens to have 2 sister parks in Florida that have been able to have experience in dealing with theaters and indoor spaces during this time, including more claustrophobic ones like the queue for Antarctica and Cobras Curse. Plus, they could have markers space 10 or more feet apart in the claustrophobic part and expand it outdoors or have the queue take over the preshow rooms if they wanted to.
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With a queue capacity limit in effect plus distancing requirements, could they reroute the line to form along the inner wall of the exit tunnel leading to the emergency exit doors for the antechamber where you usually pick up your 4d glasses, then enforce the exiting guests stay against the outer wall of the tunnel? I'd assume they'd also block off the normal entrance in this scenario.
I think the FL vs VA contrast is more relevant in so far as the two states are radically different when it comes to regulations and enforcement.
Opening something like BfE in FL would be no problem—not because it’s not potentially dangerous, but because the state doesn’t care. If VA sees something they don’t like happening at BGW, they WILL care. Somewhere like BfE may just not be worth the risk from that standpoint alone.
Opening something like BfE in FL would be no problem—not because it’s not potentially dangerous, but because the state doesn’t care. If VA sees something they don’t like happening at BGW, they WILL care. Somewhere like BfE may just not be worth the risk from that standpoint alone.
They actually shut it down if thunder is in the area so there would not be that much benefit
The state might not care but the theme park operators like Universal and Disney really do care(just look at their most recent crackdown on types of masks for example) and basically set the standard on how to operate indoor attractions(which SeaWorld has followed for the most part).
Edit: I am not saying that it will or should be open(as much as I love dark rides and AC), I am saying that if they did want it open, there are procedures they can follow to safely do so.
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I don't think that BfE will be open. I was just listing off the attractions in the areas that will be open. It's my understanding that when you get to crossroads they will block of the path which means no Sesame or Pompeii.
I do think that New France is included in France. Generally speaking the park doesn't divide up it's areas in the same way that we do. Generally France and New France are a package like Germany and Oktoberfest.
I do think that New France is included in France. Generally speaking the park doesn't divide up it's areas in the same way that we do. Generally France and New France are a package like Germany and Oktoberfest.
I have no reason to doubt you, but the park has some holes in that logic, which makes it confusing to the rest of us.
Rhinefeld and Oktoberfest are both part of the country of Germany. San Marco and Festa are both part of Italy. Aquitaine is in France, while New France is in Canada. They aren’t even on the same continent.
I’m weighing the cost vs benefits of BfE and at a 1k limit for the park and the fact that BfE is the ride that has the most potential to spread easily, I don’t see BfE being worth it.
PS: If you or someone you know got a call about reopening last week, get in touch with me ASAP. Thanks!
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I know a couple employees but I don't think they've gotten a call back yet.
Yeah, most have not—staffing is expected to be barebones. Some have though.