Quite frankly I have seen major decline in the appeal of BGW in the past five years. My visits this year have been very disappointing, as the little things that used to make the place magical are tossed aside. The merchandising completely sucked this year. The landscaping was lackluster. I'm still waiting for them to beautify the trainwreck that is Finnegan's Flyer. That whole bridge area looks a wreck.
Then we have Verbolten, where they tore out the theming. Pantheon looks like it belongs at a Six Flags. The shows keep getting dropped with no replacements. The animals are all leaving.
Really the place is just an overpriced Kings Dominion now.