Project 2022: Pantheon

[Ghost of Pretzel Kaiser]

So this is a stretch, but going here is what I can string together with the rumored info. Tartarus

Escaping Pluto, God of the Underworld. While Tartarus isn't technically part of the Underworld, it's below the Underworld and is considered to be overwhelmingly dark.
Night being a reference to Nox, the goddess of night, lives there.

 

[PhantomJB93]

All I know is I’m happy they seem to be teasing a real story/theme behind this ride and not something like Tempesto or Invadr

 

[halfabee]

If the story involves a “garden of the gods,” at Busch Gardens, then should we expect big things horticulturally in Festa Field?

Or at least on the exit walkway?

 

[wombat96]

I feel like we can’t look too in-depth into the color scheme of the teaser as the whole point of this is how vague it is. While we know pretty much exactly what this ride is going to be like the park is just trying to throw off guests by creating a short teaser to create excimer and buzz about the ride. However, I feel that flag icon in the middle will probably be displayed quite the bit throughout the attraction.

 

[GrandpaD]

I'm not gonna guess a name. Here's some (perhaps) backstory -

"According to the legends, one who ate a meal in the underworld would seal their destiny and never be able to leave.

Pluto captured Proserpina, daughter of Ceres, the goddess of harvest. Eventually Proserpina ate 6 pomegranate seeds so she was stuck. Jupiter sent his son Mercury to negotiate as Ceres was distraught. The deal cut was Pluto agreed that if Proserpina married him she would live as queen of the underworld for six months of the year and in the spring she could return to earth for six months.

Each spring, Ceres blooms all the flowers as a welcome to her beloved daughter returning from the underworld. In the autumn, when Proserpina returns to Pluto, Ceres cries and lets all the crops die until the following spring when the cycle begins again. And so, according to the legend, this is why we have seasons."

 

[BGWnut]

Anyone have any idea as to why the teaser is space-y/Sci-Fi-y but we're talking about the god of the underworld here...?

I feel like it's meant to convey the underworld. I didn't really see it as space-y until you said something about it. I just thought they were doing a dark and mysterious with mist like stuff swirling around.

 

[halfabee]

According to the legends, one who ate a meal in the underworld

Entry plaza across from La Cucina confirmed!

 

[Ghost of Pretzel Kaiser]

I mean, if you do eat at La Cuchina, you will be visiting the Underworld soon after.

 

[scottyholiday]

I feel like it's meant to convey the underworld. I didn't really see it as space-y until you said something about it. I just thought they were doing a dark and mysterious with mist like stuff swirling around.

this is exactly what i was thinking... wasn't sure how to describe it though!

 

[jonfin826]

Has anyone suggested Pluto's Plunge yet?

 

[Lord Robert]

Can't wait for the announcement next month. Also the "immortalized in the garden of the gods" seems pretty interesting, given the fact that the new coaster is located in Festa Italia with Apollo's Chariot.

 

[GrandpaD]

Can't wait for the announcement next month. Also the "immortalized in the garden of the gods" seems pretty interesting, given the fact that the new coaster is located in Festa Italia with Apollo's Chariot.

Maybe a retheme of the area as well?

 

[BGWnut]

Maybe a retheme of the area as well?

I really want this to be happen. It would tie Apollo, Rapids and this coaster together better. I have always said that when I first heard the name tempesto that they were doing a play on tempest and were theming it to a storm.

prays to the Roman Gods that this will happen

 

[tursiops]

That would an amazing retheme!

 

[belsaas]

Tempesto is the Roman God of Bike Stunts, most people don't realize that.

 

[Thomas]

Bikus Stuntus.

 

[10fttall]

So this is a stretch, but going here is what I can string together with the rumored info. Tartarus

Tartarus is a hell of a name...also a name of a hell

 

[FoozMuz]

I would literally always call it tartarsauce.

 

[Jonesta6]

Must be a fish dish special then...

 

[b.mac]

I would literally always call it tartarsauce.

Funny since I call Tempesto "Tempasta" or "Antipasto" interchangeably. Festa Italia should just become Foodie-talia.