What on EARTH could’ve possibly changed for them to win the award back? The park is arguably LESS beautiful than it was last year and Dollywood is relatively unchanged since they won it last.
No Longer "World's Most Beautiful Park"
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Uhhhh idk about that. They took out a lot of trees in the past year.
They used the USATodayTop10 polls to determine the winners this year...
I'm sure they won't advertise it at all, right? I mean, this little thing wasn't important at all, it's all about that NAPHA award. 🙄
I made this point last year but this year's award is actually based on 2021 visits and surveys. BGW was always at a disadvantage for 2021 because if the limits the state put on them for guests capacity hell they couldn't even open the full park one day that year.
Yes, capacity limits were in place when the park reopened through the end of the year and that put them at a competitive disadvantage, but they could have opened the park in 2020 before everything shut down. SEAS simply chose not to open BGW as initially scheduled for the opening weekend of Sat 3/14/20 and Sun 3/15/20, probably because they already knew they were going to be shutting down the open parks (SWSD, SWO, SWSA, BGT) at the end of the day Sun 3/15/20.
SEAs made the call Thursday afternoon to order all their parks to close by Sunday the 3/15. Up until that order BGW had all plans in place to open. So what did you except them to do open for 2 days one of which was going to be pass members only so basically free?
This award must have taken into consideration the addition of Pantheon and the new paint on Alpie/Griffon as an aesthetic "upgrade" to the park landscape.
This award must have skipped the consideration of the landscaping improvements and overall beauty of the park compared to years when it was worthy of the award.
This award carries less weight to me now, when Dollywood took the crown for one year (rightfully) and BGW has not demonstrated that it deserves to hold that crown again just yet. I have not heard of fewer beautification efforts at Dollywood that would move the needle over to BGW.
Also, the park smells really bad in a certain location, smell should be added as a categorical classification. 🤢
This award must have skipped the consideration of the landscaping improvements and overall beauty of the park compared to years when it was worthy of the award.
This award carries less weight to me now, when Dollywood took the crown for one year (rightfully) and BGW has not demonstrated that it deserves to hold that crown again just yet. I have not heard of fewer beautification efforts at Dollywood that would move the needle over to BGW.
Also, the park smells really bad in a certain location, smell should be added as a categorical classification. 🤢
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Unlike certain other awards that certain parks like to claim as justification for bold, wide-ranging claims, the Golden Ticket Awards don't offer a 1-to-1, money for votes scheme. Though polling is weighted in favor of industry professionals, rank and file folks CAN make a difference in the Golden Tickets—without dropping $50 per vote.
I didn't expect them to open. Rather my response was in regards to not having the ability to be fully open in 2020, as they could have been fully open at least a couple of days.