July 2023

[phareous]

Doesn’t look like anyone posts here anymore but i figured would be a good place to put my thoughts. I haven’t been here in 3 or 4 years

First thing…no trams and the crosswalks are closed so you literally have to walk the entire tram route. I mean WTF they can’t find two employees to run a tram?

Next up the fun card paper says i can go up to the kiosk and it will print a wallet sized card. Well I tried and it told me to go to guest services so that is a joke

Security was nice.. very in the background and not putting you through unneeded hassles like cedar fair

Guest services was very helpful. I found out they discontinued the kid height check armband. Seemed like that would save time for everyone but whatever

Decided to eat at the England restaurant…it was closed

Kept walking…smelled like a litter box and sewer. I guess nobody is cleaning up after the animals

Escape from Pompeii.. boats running but line is closed. No idea why, kept walking

Rode Apollos Chariot, Tempesto, and Pantheon. All great rides. I think the ride ops could be a bit faster but overall they are great. I really like pantheon, it’s a layout i haven’t ridden before and I really liked the transitions

Verbolten was good. The show building actually seemed ok to me. I know the curtains were removed but I didn’t notice. I did notice most of the pre show tvs were not working. Also wished they would use both stations as the line would be so much shorter

Festhaus…one little section open. Two cashiers. Way overpriced. $50 for essentially a snack. Also the gift shops in bgw… charging almost $8 for a drink bottle is insane

Darkcoaster had long lines all day but I think they did a good job with the ride and I enjoyed it

Aloengeist actually felt another to me than last time but I still probably won’t ride it again

Invadr…never riding this again. It was rough when it was new and now it’s way worse

Le Scoot. Fun log ride and the employees here were super friendly and seemed to enjoy their jobs

Overall I’m just a bit shocked at how much charm is gone and how money grabbing they are. Not having trams is a bit inexcusable. But I will say I was impressed with how friendly all the employees were. Note also they seem to have a lot of foreign workers as there were several I could not understand due to their accents

Got two more days so looking forward to riding the rest

 

[Coasternerd]

I don’t mean to rain on your parade, but it’s almost always recommended:
-eat outside the park, will save you a LOT of money.
-weekdays will see less crowds, as such, Trams may not be running, as the demand may not warrant tram service. Trams are decided based on a forecasted attendance figured determined the day before.

Couple other notes.
-fun card you can get in paper cards. Most likely the machine just hadn’t been restocked with cards.
-Pompeii cycling but closed line, may have been down and maintenance was testing or that the ride hadn’t yet opened for the day.
-the poop smell is from the animals. The zookeepers can only scoop up so fast.

Other than that your day sounds like it was pretty good.

 

[phareous]

Yes very good, almost managed to ride every coaster but hit park closing time. Hope to get lochness and griffon tomorrow

Also you may be right about the trams. I’d probably complain less if I was in France but Germany is a bit of a walk

On the food I was held hostage by two kids but I think I’ll just do the meal plan the rest of the days to at least contain the damage

 

[Zachary]

The only acceptable time for trams not to run is if only England and France are being used. BGW always used to run trams if any other lot was in use and I'll continue to complain for all eternity until that level of service is restored.