RE: Howl-o-Scream at Water Country
Nic said:
Does it matter if it is a "BGW" event?
YES! This is all about marketing, branding, and location. Howl-o-Scream is synonymous with Busch Gardens. You can't just separate the two. Guests who have been going to BGW for a long time for HOS will get confused! They will still think HOS is at BGW because that is how it has always been.
Nic said:
. . . and I think the point is to provide somewhere for children to go besides BGW during HOS.
The original concept was to move the houses, terror-tories/scare zones, and shows to WCUSA making Busch Gardens more KidSiderate and WCUSA scare filled. I strongly discourage that concept because like I said, HOS is a BGW thing. Moving the event to another park is basically getting rid of it, just like moving a coaster to another park is getting rid of it. BGW and BGT are sister parks, what if BGW got rid of their HOS and BGT hosted both HOS's? They got rid of the event one way or another.
If WCUSA wants to start a new KidSiderate fall themed event, I would be okay with that. So long as it is WCUSA's own event and not a BGW event at a different location. Market the fact WCUSA will reopen in the Fall for a special event without rides, just KidSiderate Fall attractions.
Nic said:
As long as Banbury Cross has scare actors, there really is no logical way to have a child-friendly event inside BGW proper. And I for one love any Victorian HOS attraction, so I wouldn't advocate making that area vanilla again.
Like I said, the idea was to make BGW child-friendly.
Jr.HOSfan said:
I've been a lurker on the forums since it started,So I thought I might as well make a account. Busch Gardens is getting to many complaints about not being family friendly for Howl-o-Scream. My solution is to move It to Water Country. This would be a seperate ticket event and free for platinum pass members. But, there would be a age limit of 13. They would still have haunted house,scare zones, and shows.This event would start in late September and take place from 7pm to 12 am. This event would solve a lot of problems for Busch Gardens. Also since Water Country has more wood land so they could add a haunted tractor ride. This would make me so happy since they got rid of the train.I've talked to many high up employees and they said that is a brilliant idea. There is only one problem would HOS still be on a smaller scale at BGW. Although in my opinion this would still save them a lot of problems.
To make things clear, the original concept was to: Relocated the mature Howl-o-Scream event to Water Country USA, to make Busch Gardens Williamsburg more KidSiderate and Family Friendly.