I am SO here for whoever has been pushing for this.
Das Festhaus
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That looks fantastic. Before the LNM refresh and Wolf's Revenge proved me wrong I was starting to worry the park was kind of just done with making any kind of effort. I just wish they'd work on their food a bit, it's gotten really bad in the last five or so years.
Kevin deserves so much credit. This season especially it feels like he has managed to get so many different, positive tweaks and changes that don't directly show numbers on balance sheets approved—often as part of larger, more-expressly-ROI-focused projects. This is what I've always wanted. The park is a business—they are gonna do plenty of things I don't like—but when there is money, I want to see it spent in forward-looking, park-quality-conscious ways if even only on the margins—and I feel like we've been seeing a lot of that this year.
This project is, on paper, just a simple, new backstage catering kitchen to expand the park's ability to sell group events. Despite that, the project was planned from the start with money set aside to not just build a plain, new wall in Das Festhaus, but to elaborately theme that new wall to perfectly match the existing, 1976, unlimited-AB-money-era craftsmanship and artistry surrounding it. That's really impressive and deserves a ton of praise. This stuff simply isn't happening anywhere else in this chain—those dollars are the result of hard fought battles.
I care about cleanliness and food quality and operations and other areas where work is still needed just as much as anyone else—probably more than most anyone else honestly—but those things are a lot easier to fix than poorly-planned physical alterations to the park itself. I want to see all those other things fixed of course, but the thing I MOST care about—and the thing I think BGW is really doing right lately—is being careful, deliberate, and respectful of the park—not as a tool for short-term shareholder value, but as a historic, important, beloved work of art.
There's still a lot to do of course, but the gradual improvements have really been making a big difference for me this season. Even if there are plenty of things that still need work, the vibes have been really good—MUCH improved in my opinion.
This project is, on paper, just a simple, new backstage catering kitchen to expand the park's ability to sell group events. Despite that, the project was planned from the start with money set aside to not just build a plain, new wall in Das Festhaus, but to elaborately theme that new wall to perfectly match the existing, 1976, unlimited-AB-money-era craftsmanship and artistry surrounding it. That's really impressive and deserves a ton of praise. This stuff simply isn't happening anywhere else in this chain—those dollars are the result of hard fought battles.
I care about cleanliness and food quality and operations and other areas where work is still needed just as much as anyone else—probably more than most anyone else honestly—but those things are a lot easier to fix than poorly-planned physical alterations to the park itself. I want to see all those other things fixed of course, but the thing I MOST care about—and the thing I think BGW is really doing right lately—is being careful, deliberate, and respectful of the park—not as a tool for short-term shareholder value, but as a historic, important, beloved work of art.
There's still a lot to do of course, but the gradual improvements have really been making a big difference for me this season. Even if there are plenty of things that still need work, the vibes have been really good—MUCH improved in my opinion.
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His return has been a huge gain for the BGW and PRKS. It would benefit PRKS to keep him with the company and groom him for promotion.
I’m surprised specialty coffee shops aren’t a more common appearance in theme parks these days. Seems destined to print money. Great move.
I’m in love with the coffee bar. Plus, given that the only other major location to get coffee in the park is at the front in England, this is a genius move.
I’m sorry but BGW is really showing us how to be a theme park unlike the rest of the parks in its chain… and I’m SO here for it.
Not that I’m aware of, but it’s often closed more than it’s open. This location would likely be open far more consistently.
The new coffee bar looks freaking fantastic from the concept art and having it in Das Festhaus is a great idea. Not to mention the completed mural and door where the old pizza line was fits in perfectly with the building itself. Both enhancements looks like they were made in 1976 from an aesthetic point of view and that's how it should be.
Now if only the Das Festhaus stage can be transformed into a circular stage just like the old one was...
Now if only the Das Festhaus stage can be transformed into a circular stage just like the old one was...
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What are those 2 things in the cardboard? Actually both cardboard
No glaze. They weren't bad but I was in a hurry to get out and basically vacuumed half the meal down.
Weirdest looking rolls ive seen in my life lmao They have a sheen on them
I think they’re technically pretzel rolls. You can kinda see some of the salt on the one on the left.