Spring 2017 Q&A with Culinary, Entertainment, and Zoo

[Zachary]

Tomorrow afternoon BGWFans will be talking with Franz Kitenko (Vice President of Culinary) and Jennifer Thomas (Show Production Manager & Casting Director). Before the park opens we have also been assured that we'll be able to talk to Tim Smith (Manager of Zoological Operations).

If you all have any questions about Les Frites, OctoberZest, Britmania, the present/future of the park's zoological department, or anything else you expect would fall under the expertise of one of these three departments, let us know below. Feel free to critique/revise one another's questions as well.

I certainly won't say that we'll ask or get answers to all of them, but we wanted to make sure we didn't miss anything the collective community specifically wanted to know.

 

[Luke]

Tomorrow afternoon BGWFans will be talking with Franz Kitenko (Vice President of Culinary) and Jennifer Thomas (Show Production Manager & Casting Director). Before the park opens we have also been assured that we'll be able to talk to Tim Smith (Manager of Zoological Operations).

If you all have any questions about Les Frites, OctoberZest, Britmania, the present/future of the park's zoological department, or anything else you expect would fall under the expertise of one of these three departments, let us know below. Feel free to critique/revise one another's questions as well.

I certainly won't say that we'll ask or get answers to all of them, but we wanted to make sure we didn't miss anything the collective community specifically wanted to know.

Will they be selling any of the soundtracks from the shows?

 

[Lord Robert]

I have three questions for the two new shows/entertainment department.

1. Will "OktoberZest" be a show that's similar to the classic "This is Oktoberfest" or will it be a show that's fresh and different?

2. How is "Britmania" different than it's predecessor "London Rocks", and will it be a fun new show for all park-goers to enjoy?

3. After "All For One" came out in 2016, is it part of a plan to redefine the kinds of live shows that's been a part of Busch Gardens Williamsburg in the past 7 years?

 

[James]

"Did you vote for Trump?"

 

[Merboy]

I think the Trump question should be first. That will dictate the course of the conversation for me.

 

[Nicole]

So. I am taking real questions until about 2pm today.

 

[The Hessian]

Anything on Oktoberzest would be my starting point.

 

[Pretzel Kaiser]

There really aren't any specific questions I have since you guys are good at getting the relevant info.

 

[Zachary]

We are going to be focusing on specifics about new additions and changes so don't expect answers to more general questions—those would be relevant if we were profiling these people, but that isn't the goal today.

 

[Nicole]

We should have articles on the food and shows posted in the next few days.