Killarney (Ireland)
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Nah, if she were a future BGWFans member she would have been diligently scribbling criticisms about the show into a notepad.
I’ve been listening to some music and came across this gem of music that, I personally think would be a great addition to the Killarney soundtrack:
Ancient Airs of Ireland - Michael Sweeney
Ancient Airs of Ireland - Michael Sweeney
^ I agree. It would be a good addition. The existing soundtrack is getting stale and it is way too short. It's time for an update.
I disagree that Killarney's soundtrack is too short- I've always thought it was the park's most impressively comprehensive soundtrack. @BGW Family documented the entire playlist in 2014 and found that Killarney's playlist has a whopping 83 songs and is 5 hours and 7 minutes long. Compare that to areas like Heatherdowns and Rhinefeld where I swear the soundtracks have 5 songs on them.
Totally down for some new music, though! Just not because Killarney's is too short IMO.
Totally down for some new music, though! Just not because Killarney's is too short IMO.
Killarney is the one spot in the park where I don't necessarily feel the obvious loop. I could go through 3 times a day and hear different songs each time, the same cant be said about Scotland and Germany.
I think it is always good to refresh these classic soundtracks by adding on new and thematically appropriate (looking at you, invasion of Britrock into England) songs to the existing soundtrack. IMO it can't ever be too long of a loop as long as all the songs are thematically appropriate and aren't wildly different in their tone.
I think it is always good to refresh these classic soundtracks by adding on new and thematically appropriate (looking at you, invasion of Britrock into England) songs to the existing soundtrack. IMO it can't ever be too long of a loop as long as all the songs are thematically appropriate and aren't wildly different in their tone.
I would be shocked if that playlist still exists in Killarney. I swear I've heard the playlist loop recently within an hour.
Totally agree. I think KD is pretty good about this. Most areas of the park (except Jungle X which has its own custom soundtrack) have between 100 and 200 songs on their playlists, and the park's music software allows them to continually add new songs. The real key is that everything is thematically appropriate. Their playlists are all on shuffle too which adds some variety -- you never know what song is coming next, unlike BGW where I know exactly what song is about to play when the previous song ends.
That said, there's something nostalgic and comforting about hearing the same songs I've always heard at BGW. I practically associate Heatherdowns' few songs with the character of the area itself, and hearing those familiar songs whenever I walk through the area almost signals to me that this really is a village where time has stood still -- where all is as it should be, and has been for centuries. It's part of the charm.
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I was in Killarney twice yesterday and made note of the fact that the songs still play in the exact order that @BGW Family listed. Both times I was there, the chunks of songs I heard both matched exactly with that list. I guess it's possible that between the times I was there, some other songs from the list had been removed, although it seems weird to me that they'd take some chunks of songs out of the playlist while keeping others and preserving the order.
Figured I’d drop this one here as well:
Celtic Air & Dance - Michael Sweeney
Celtic Air & Dance - Michael Sweeney
This times a billion. I can count on one hand the number of times I've been to BGW growing up (my parents prefered KD because it was a day trip whereas I've stayed in a hotel all but two of the times I've gone to the Gardens), but I can play that music in my head at will to the point where I was listening to the song "As Old Friends Do" (?) as I was reading your post. The only section that I don't have the music for practically downloaded into my brain is New France, and I was driving with the windows down last night and all it took was a sniff of the air to suddenly have a longing for Le Scoot.
Not the laugh I thought I needed but my goodness what a shit job lmao
I hope building painting is coming next making that overspray ok.
look at the tree
You won’t even notice the oversprayed paint once you’re on the rides!
You won’t even notice the overspray once your enjoying your delicious Christmas Chicken Dinner!
How the fuck did they even manage to get blue paint on some of those tree limbs?! Were they just out there spray-painting the air? I don't understand...