First Howl-O-Scream 2015 Details Begin to Emerge
It may only be mid-July but Busch Gardens Williamsburg has already begun promoting Howl-O-Scream’s seventeenth season across its social media channels. Anyone who has made an annual habit out of following the event will likely recognize it to be an uncharacteristically early start to Howl-O-Scream promotion. In the past the park has often waited until mid-August or later […]
Tempesto Construction Update #4
It has been nearly a month since guests were last able to see what has been happening at the construction site for Busch Gardens Williamsburg’s new, still unannounced coaster, Tempesto. Turns out that during that time, the park has made a ton of progress. What all is done? Well, both massive support towers have begun […]
While Tempesto is certainly the park’s major ongoing construction endeavor right now, there are a few other projects in the works around the park as well. These include, Christmas Town 2014 setup, continuing last year’s Le Scoot renovations, and more. We’ll get to covering some of those other, smaller projects soon, but today we have something a […]
Tempesto Construction Update #3
[iconbox title=”Previous Tempesto Update” icon=”info”]If you missed our September 23rd update, you can check it out here![/iconbox] After a bit of a delay (mainly caused by helping out with KDFans), it’s finally time for another Tempesto construction update! Today we bring some rather massive news: We have footers! In addition to the sudden appearance of […]
Tempesto Construction Update #2
[iconbox title=”Previous Tempesto Update” icon=”info”]If you missed our September 6th update, you can check it out here![/iconbox] First off, I guess I should point this out so the title makes a bit more sense to everyone… Official #BGWProject2015 name: Tempesto. More info coming soon. — BGWFans.com (@BGWFans) September 18, 2014 That’s right! According to the information […]
BGW Loses Its Noggin; Cuts Severed Heads from Howl-O-Scream
Well, apparently this is happening… Today we’re seeing an absurd protest from an incredibly small number of people, triggering what may very well be one of the largest overreactions by BGW in recent memory. Busch Gardens Williamsburg staff have spent the past 24 hours removing all the severed heads from the park. This bowdlerization is a problem because, […]
Project 2015 & Howl-O-Scream 2014 Construction Update
It has been far too long since we last did a photo update. Lets fix that. Today we have a rather impressive number of Project 2015 pictures from some incredibly unique angles in addition to a massive collection of Howl-O-Scream 2015 construction photos. Enjoy! [hr] Project 2015 Despite the fact that Project 2015 track has […]
Pass Member Appreciation Weekend 2014 Presentation
On September 6th Busch Gardens Williamsburg held their annual Pass Member Appreciation Weekend announcement event. Historically this has always been the event at which the park announces their Howl-O-Scream and Christmas Town plans for the year in addition to unveiling any attractions they’re working on for the following season. In the past we’ve always seen large, elaborate, forty-five plus […]
Busch Gardens Williamsburg's Project 2015 Revealed: Part II
[iconbox title=”UPDATE: Images Removed” icon=”warning”]This wave of leaked plans has been redacted in response to a formal legal request sent by the park. If you’d like to see the other set of more basic site plans that we leaked previously, you can still check those out, here. That said, the information in this post is still […]
Howl-O-Scream 2014: The Lineup
We’re coming to the end of July and year after year that always means one thing for BGWFans: It’s Howl-O-Scream leaks season! Though we’ve been letting some information trickle out onto the forum over the last few weeks, it seems that Busch Gardens Williamsburg has decided to unveil the bulk of the event rather early this year […]
Star Spangled Nights Construction & Highland Cattle
As I’m sure many of you have noticed, it has been a while since we’ve had a photo update to share. Why? Well because, in all honesty, aside from dumping paint on The Globe Theatre, the park really hasn’t been up to all that much lately. Anyway, today’s post focuses on preparations for the park’s latest thematically-questionable […]
Banbury Cross Renovations, Food & Wine Festival Construction, and More
It has been quite a while since our last construction update. I guess it’s about time I fix that… Today we have pictures of the rather shocking changes made to the front of the Globe Theatre, progress on the Banbury Coke Market which we leaked would be coming a while back, pictures of the ongoing Food & Wine Festival […]
Busch Gardens Williamsburg's Project 2015 Revealed
It may only be April, but, as of today, we know what Busch Gardens Williamsburg is building in 2015 and, better yet, we have the plans to prove it. For months now we’ve known the park had a medium-sized attraction project of some kind on the way for 2015 but, until today, we really didn’t […]
Last Saturday, for the first time in months, guests got to walk back through Busch Gardens Williamsburg’s turnstiles to see what the park has spent the winter doing. Between the Banbury Cross renovations (shh, we’ll get there), the replacement of the bridge connecting Heatherdowns and Rhinefeld, two notable shop renovations and a new dining area […]
BGWFans Town Crier: February 22nd to 28th
Well, judging by the feedback I got from the first edition of the BGWFans Town Crier, this is certainly a format you all want to see more of. Glad you all enjoyed it! Anyway, before I jump into this weeks Town Crier, I’ll take a moment to plug the BGWFans March Almanac that came out […]
The BGWFans Almanac: March 2014
After the overwhelmingly positive reception of the the first edition of the BGWFans Town Crier last week, I thought it may be a good time to try another post series I’ve been tempted to experiment with for a while now: A monthly list of important Busch Gardens Williamsburg dates and events. The goal is to provide […]
BGWFans Town Crier: February 15th to 21st
Oyez, Oyez, Oyez! ‘Tis time for the inaugural edition of the BGWFans Town Crier! What is the BGWFans Town Crier you ask? Well, in its current form, it’s a round-up of the most of the interesting things from the Busch Gardens Williamsburg board on the ParkFans Forum over the last seven days. That’s not to say that […]
Colossal Curl On-Site & Bavaria Parking Lot Expansion
If you follow BGWFans, this has been a very quiet off-season for us thus far. We’ve already posted about the ongoing Rhine River floating bridge replacement project and the continued Le Scott renovations, but aside from those things, we’ve been pretty silent thus far. There have been a few reasons for that, but I won’t […]
A Look Back at the Top Five Stories of 2013
As we wave goodbye to 2013, today seems like a perfect time to look back at some of the year’s most notable Busch Gardens Williamsburg-related news. Though there were a ton of stories that made their way out of the park this year, it would be a huge challenge to find any two people who […]
Le Scoot Fiberglass Replacement
Around this time last year you may remember BGWFans reporting on the lift replacement happening on Busch Gardens Williamsburg’s Arrow log flume, Le Scoot. Well, it turns out that was only step one of a multiyear Le Scoot refurbishment. What’s happening this year? It sounds as though the park is refurbishing and/or replacing much, if not […]