New Costumes
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Modern Europe? Who daydreams about that? No offense to Europeans, but I mean, even Europeans go on endlessly about what they *used* to do. The old world is what they have to offer. All the sights in Europe that people go to see? Old stuff. Who is really romantically interested in modern Europe?
What is happening at Busch Gardens is the same thing that always happens to great things. Business people are interested in business. As long as whatever it is is "good enough" to draw a crowd, then why go the extra mile? I'm a devout capitalist, don't get me wrong, but certain things are better when left in the hands of inspired people.
Busch is still a great park. I'm headed there in two weeks, and am very excited. I just fear that the park's best days are behind it.
What is happening at Busch Gardens is the same thing that always happens to great things. Business people are interested in business. As long as whatever it is is "good enough" to draw a crowd, then why go the extra mile? I'm a devout capitalist, don't get me wrong, but certain things are better when left in the hands of inspired people.
Busch is still a great park. I'm headed there in two weeks, and am very excited. I just fear that the park's best days are behind it.
Wait I'm really confused...who ever said the park was becoming modern Europe? Because all they did was retheme Oktoberfest and they made look like an actual Oktoberfest...I've been to Oktoberfest in Germany once before and there are so many bright colors and yes, it does actually look gaudy in person.
Yeah, they do look like bowling shirts... Gone are the days where BGW was more like CW than an amusement park
Swiftman said:
Correct. I was looking at old promo videos of bg and I wished BG still had actors in traditional clothes going around and acting like the people of their centuries
It's just about demographics and profit. Large businesses, large entertainment enterprises, etc, they water things down for two reasons. In the first place, they want to scoop the largest possible audience, so they try not to be too specific. Unfortunately, when you try to make something for everyone in general, you usually end up making something for no one in particular.Secondly, and more damaging, they figure "if I cut expenditures by 2%, will that loss in quality cause an equivalent drop in revenues?" The answer is usually "no." So they say "no one is going to skip out on coming to BGW just because we don't [paint the guardrails once a week], and that will save us XX%" and they stop doing it. And all they have to do from that point is just manage the cuts to keep people showing up as cheaply as possible. It becomes a matter of doing well enough to keep people coming vs. doing the best job you can possibly dArrowWolf1984 said:
ddly enough, this happened on Empire Strikes Back. Irvin Kirshner (director) and Gary Kurtz (producer) wanted to make the best movie possible. Lucas wanting to make something good enough to sell tickets. He wasn't around, so they made Empire, and it's the best Star Wars movie. He took the reins back and made Return of the Jedi (and all the subsequent prequels). As far as profitability, Lucas was right. As far as quality, well, we all know who was right about that.I know, Star Wars isn't a theme park, but it's an entertainment property, and the principles are exactly the same.
One of you is about to smack me for this, but after seeing the uniforms the other night, they really aren't as bad as I thought they would be. When I started thinking about it, Busch built Utilidors without having to actually build them with these new uniforms. The original uniforms stick out in countries that the specific employee shouldn't be in; these are somewhat understated and actually, in a way, do not destroy the specific themes. In all honesty I was pleasantly surprised when I saw them the other night. Now I'm not taking back what I previously said on the matter, but I'm now beginning to discover the good in this change.
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Skyrider said:
Nonsense. You're saying that they made everything so generic an employee can be anywhere and blend on. Or you are saying that they took away anything unique about employee's costumes. Busch's backstage roads are more than enough to get from "A" to "B" without being seen.
This is a little off topic but why are we calling these things "costumes"? Aren't they technically uniforms? Usually costumes are clothing that is made to make someone look/dress like something different. These are identical outfits used to identify the park workers and make them look uniform, a costume would be something more along the lines of a performer in Germany wearing lederhosen or someone in France dressed as a mime.