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Surveying On The Big Bad Wolf Site

July 28, 2010
By Chris

On the back of the reports and pictures of markings in the area of the new drop tower, Behind The Thrills is reporting that some surveying took place today at the old Big Bad Wolf site. Check out their report for a picture here. I’m still in the group thinking that the drop tower...

Katapult Will Be On The Move Soon

July 27, 2010
By Chris

Multiple people have reported that there are white markings around and under Katapult in advance of the work that should begin relatively shortly on the new drop tower and expansion of the area near the San Marco bridge. Rumors and deductive reasoning had made...

The Park Has Applied For 2011 Expansion To Germany [Updated]

July 21, 2010
By Chris

We’ve expected this was coming for some time, so it’s not a huge surprise, but the park has made it official by applying for construction permits to expand the “German Village” to include new food buildings, walkway modifications and major ride and ride locations....

Illuminights, A Trip Report

July 5, 2010
By Nora

Ah IllumiNights; at last it has arrived. For most of the late spring, Busch Gardens Williamsburg teased us with a bombardment of TV commercials, miscellaneous ads and signs around...

Some Pictures From The Illuminights Preview

June 27, 2010
By Chris

We’re lucky enough to have gotten our hands on some pictures from the Illuminights Preview held tonight. So, if you can’t wait until tomorrow night when the celebration opens...

Complete Illuminights Information

June 26, 2010
By Chris

Thanks to one of our forum members, we have complete info for Illuminights 2010. Make sure you check it out here and plan your trip to the park during...

Private Cabanas Will Be Available This Summer [Updated]

June 26, 2010
By Chris

At the beginning of the month I came across a permit request to build four cabanas in the Wild Reserve area of the park. I wasn’t sure what the...

New Details About The Drop Tower

June 8, 2010
By Chris

The Board of Supervisors held their June meeting tonight, officially awarding Busch Gardens the height waiver they requested back on April 28. The county recognizes that the park is...

Small Expansion Of The Wild Preserve On The Way

June 1, 2010
By Chris

According to permits filed with James City County, the park will be adding four cabanas to the Wild Preserve as well as path access to them. I’m not sure...

Memorial Day Fireworks

May 31, 2010
By Chris

FlyerMiles posted a video he took of the Memorial Day Fireworks in our forums. So, if you didn’t get a chance to get out to the park this past...

Destination Europe In The Air, A Review

May 30, 2010
By Nora

Europe in the Air, which in my opinion, is the most accurate title of any ride in the world. Basically you are pretending to be up in the air...

Le Mans Cars Are Waiting For A New Life

May 30, 2010
By Chris

Our forum members have come through again. This time around Fur Dozy pointed out that if you look closely at an updated Google Maps image, you can see a...

New Show Going Into The Canadian Palladium

May 26, 2010
By Chris

The park has announced that a new show will be going into the Canadian Palladium this season after all as noted by Swiftman in our forums. The benches have...

Memorial Day Weekend Fireworks

May 21, 2010
By Chris

The park has announced that for the first time in the park’s history, they will be adding to the celebration of Memorial Day with the addition of nightly fireworks...

More Information About IllumiNights

May 19, 2010
By Chris

One of our forum members, FlyerMiles, posted a little blurb about some new info he had come across on the park’s website. Basically what his post says is that...

Line Of Sight Tests Conducted At The Park

May 17, 2010
By Chris

I drove over to the park today, obviously not to go in, but rather because today the park was conducting line of sight tests using a balloon to determine...

More Info About The New Drop Tower

May 15, 2010
By Chris

I’ve come across some more information regarding the new drop tower. It would appear the park has made preliminary plans with the tower being in different locations. The James...

Remote Control Trucks Going Into The Park

May 10, 2010
By Chris

The park is adding a remote control truck area between Griffon and Three Rivers Snacks sometime in the near future. Some may remember that this isn’t the first time...