Your guess is somewhat correct. It's on the Rhine River dam which is also the access road to the Woods Course for Kingsmill
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Your guess is somewhat correct. It's on the Rhine River dam which is also the access road to the Woods Course for Kingsmill
Yeah, it's from the dam adjacent to the Kingsmill course. Took that back in May when the park was still shut. Less was visible from that spot than I was hoping for, but still happy with the shot. Here's a wider crop from the same spot:
You have to be a resident of the Kingsmill community or member of Kingsmill Resort. The Woods Course is a members only golf course and is much more exclusive and secluded, unlike the other two courses, the Plantation Course and River Course.
The Woods Course access road is also used for Busch Gardens construction and brewery construction. All three major properties were connected until the company sale, after all.
The Woods Course access road is also used for Busch Gardens construction and brewery construction. All three major properties were connected until the company sale, after all.
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Let me provide a little color to that statement @Mwe BGW
Seas reported, at their recent shareholder meeting that 2020 projects overall are 87% complete and the company will need to spend $15m to finish them all for a 2021 opening.
In these market and environment conditions, it would be fiscally irresponsible for Seas to resume the construction now with there still being a lot of unknowns regarding the rest of this season and into 2021.
By Jan 2021 we should have a bit of a clearer picture and work would, at that time, resume; assuming everything is on track for a full opening in March 2021.
Seas reported, at their recent shareholder meeting that 2020 projects overall are 87% complete and the company will need to spend $15m to finish them all for a 2021 opening.
In these market and environment conditions, it would be fiscally irresponsible for Seas to resume the construction now with there still being a lot of unknowns regarding the rest of this season and into 2021.
By Jan 2021 we should have a bit of a clearer picture and work would, at that time, resume; assuming everything is on track for a full opening in March 2021.
Since we know the track is completed and can guess that the other various parts and pieces are mostly hooked up, I'm thinking that a majority of the remaining work is finishing the queue and station areas alongside any further landscaping improvements (wish I could say theming elements but that doesn't seem as likely).
Assuming that the process of finding qualified contractors and restarting work isn't a huge effort (with the issue in paying contractors and the potential for having to redo work if it wasn't in a good place before the shutdown, it could be), my guess is that there shouldn't be any problem with an early season opening in 2021 assuming COVID-19 capacity caps are loosened or removed.
Assuming that the process of finding qualified contractors and restarting work isn't a huge effort (with the issue in paying contractors and the potential for having to redo work if it wasn't in a good place before the shutdown, it could be), my guess is that there shouldn't be any problem with an early season opening in 2021 assuming COVID-19 capacity caps are loosened or removed.
Personally I think the contractor issues are overblown. I don't think that any of the contractors will have any issue working with BGW after this
I’m betting most the contractors that got stiffed by SEAS for several months will want larger escrow accounts on work going forward. Major ride manufacturers, and there are only so many, will probably put SEAS behind other parks if they‘re at capacity for work and/or charge a SEAS tax in their pricing to cover the risk.
I thought that in most cases the manufacturer only designs and fabricates the ride, the install work is contracted out with RMC being a notable exception. Then the manufacturer finishes up by conducting it's in testing/certification before handing it off to their client and moving onto their next project.
If that's the case then as long as SEAS can pay they shouldn't be prioritized any differently than normal given that the issue was with paying construction contractors and not the manufacturers - and in the next few years, all capex projects across the industry will probably be more heavily scrutinized and/or passed over for awhile, right?
If that's the case then as long as SEAS can pay they shouldn't be prioritized any differently than normal given that the issue was with paying construction contractors and not the manufacturers - and in the next few years, all capex projects across the industry will probably be more heavily scrutinized and/or passed over for awhile, right?
I don't even think that a lot of these contractors were stiffed for a long time. I think a lot of them it was precautionary in the event that SEAS had a long term issue that prevented their ability to pay. Missed payments don't have to happen before liens are placed on an item. It just signifies that someone else has ownership over something because a debt is owed. If you've ever bought a car or a horse it has a lien on it until the loan or mortgage is paid off.
I wouldn't be so quick to assume that SEAS just decided to stop paying and never talked to any of their contractors about it. In fact given how many contractors across all SEAS parks filed liens at roughly the same time if SEAS didn't give them guidance that they should do so. This way those contractors could recoup costs in the event that the parks actually did go under.
I'll try to look it up to confirm, but when SWO and BGT reopened, the liens against them were seemingly dropped pretty quickly. If that's the case it certainly looks as though that liens filed were more for the contractors to protect themselves from potential long term effects.
Also the reminder - Disney and Universal had liens filed against them in Orange County Florida at the same time too. (this isn't for you @BGWnut just a general reminder/comment). It's a pretty common practice when things happen like this (not pandemic but unexpected shut downs like waiting for inspections).
pantheon from griffions midcourse and lochness chain lift
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Yeah that's largely what I was trying to say. It really shouldn't have any consequences. This is pretty standard procedure. It just made big news with SEAS because people took it as a sign that the park wasn't doing well financially.
While people following the shareholder meetings knew they were sitting on $400m cash in-hand
I can confirm Pantheon had a whole train on the tracks and the pull through was complete. The train was taken off and put back in a warehouse because Busch didn’t want anything to happen to it.
The San Diego park has a multi million dollar lawsuit against it, so I wouldn't be quick to dismiss it. The other claims may very well have been settled between the parties, but it's unlikely the claimants were happy about the situation.
Compare that to Hershey, Universal, and Cedar Fair who kept paying their contractors and it's pretty apparent who is better to do business with.
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