The Final Post of the Off-Season
It’s almost time. As of the time this post goes live, there are only 14 hours till Busch Gardens Williamsburg opens its gates for the 2013 season. As you could expect from BGWFans, we’ll be dashing around the park all day tomorrow documenting every last change we can find. Anyway, though a massive wave of […]
Ticket Booth Construction, Eagle Ridge Overhaul, and Much More!
We have less than two weeks till Busch Gardens Williamsburg opens and I have some great news: There’s an absolute ton of news to report. Over the past few weeks things have been slowly building up but nothing has really happened that justified a post; that is, until now. Today we have tons of construction […]
New Show Coming to Das Festhaus in 2013 and More!
Das Festhaus Will House Two Shows for 2013 A This is Oktoberfest-Style Show Is Returning To Das Festhaus for 2013 It’s true. After last year’s horrifically disappointing debut of Entwined, it was clear to everyone that major changes needed to take place. Well, today, we can finally share what we’ve been told to expect in […]
First off, sorry about the ridiculously long delay on this update. We ran into some fairly major bugs which prevented us from posting picture galleries- something that was needed to make this post possible. Fortunately we’ve managed to find and fix said bugs and everything is now (hopefully) running smoothly once again. If you run into any […]
Waves of Honor, Food & Wine Festival, Banbury Changes, and Gelato!
This is going to be a quick post highlighting some recent news having to do with a leaked employee memo which can be found below. There’s not a ton of new information here, but it does confirm a fairly long list of rumored and/or leaked bits of news that we’ve heard over the last few […]
Busch Gardens Parks Get New Logos
With the upcoming IPO on the horizon, SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment has chosen to assign new logos to both Busch Gardens Williamsburg and Busch Gardens Tampa. The new branding was first spotted by Newsie on the official filing papers for the chain’s IPO. A few days later, Party Rocker spotted the new logo on the upcoming version […]
Verbolten: Now with Headlights!
It has finally happened. After months and months of waiting, Busch Gardens Williamsburg has finally managed to get headlights and tail lights working on all of Verbolten’s trains. As some of you may remember, when Verbolten had its soft opening back in May of last year, the blue train had working headlights. Well, the following […]
According to a letter sent around to park staff on November 30th, Busch Gardens Williamsburg has done quite a bit of reorganizing within its upper management as of late. The leadership changes involve everything from Water Country USA to the Finance department and they’re defiantly worth making note of. Anyway, I’ve divided the post up based on who the […]
Banbury Cross Changes: Permits, Leaks, and Rumors
Before I get into the story, if you could take a moment to vote for BGWFans in the Behind the Thrills Fansite of the Year poll, that’d be fantastic. Thanks for your support everyone! [hr] Introduction It sounds like there might be something brewing in Banbury Cross. Over the past few months, we’ve been hearing […]
Christmas Town 2012: Everything You Need To Know
Yesterday, one of our forum members, UnicornZiva, pointed out that the park had updated their Christmas Town website to include a full lineup of this year’s attractions. I figured it would probably be something that would be good to share on the front page, so, well, here it is. And, since a normal “this is what […]
Howl-O-Scream 2012: The Full Review
The original plan was to have a review posted following opening weekend, but there was a problem: Howl-O-Scream’s opening weekend was literally one of the worst things I’ve ever experienced at the park. Everything was an absolute disaster. Houses were horribly understaffed, the actors that were present did absolutely nothing, the houses were in awful shape, and park theming […]
Final Howl-O-Scream 2012 Update
Well, Howl-O-Scream starts tomorrow (Friday the 14th) and, well, what better way to get people excited than to post the final Howl-O-Scream update? Anyway, Ireland, Rhinefield, Night Beats, Festa, and England are really the highlights of today’s update as they had the most work done since our last update. If you missed the last update […]
Fall 2012 Pass Member Appreciation Announcement Event
If you were somehow unaware, yesterday was the first day of Busch Gardens Williamsburg’s annual pass member appreciation event. For the third year in a row now, the park held an event in Das Festhaus to announce the details of this year’s Howl-O-Scream, Christmas Town, and anything new coming for the following season. This year, […]
I know, I’ve done it again. This update was supposed to go up on Saturday but things came up, my time to do anything with the site was taken away, and, well, life got in the way. Again. The good news is that I managed to get back to the park for a second time […]
IllumiNights Review, Howl-O-Scream, Wolf Pups, and More
Sorry about the static nature of the homepage lately. Between things going on in my personal life and with the site, I’ve had my hands full. Anyway, we have a massive update for you today including a huge IllumiNights recap, a Howl-O-Scream construction update, pictures of adorable wolf pups, video of the new version of […]
Disclaimer: The thoughts and opinions expressed in this editorial do not necessarily represent those of the site or its leadership. This piece caused a lot of controversy internally but it was decided that it should be posted regardless to test the waters and see what you, the site’s readers, thought of this style of content. This piece will […]
Original Story For those of you who aren’t aware, Mach Tower has had a very troubled life ever since its announcement back in 2010. It started with manufacturing delays by Moser, shipping problems on its way over from Italy, and then terrible weather which delayed construction even further. Once the tower was actually built, getting […]
Verbolten's Yellow Train Lives!
When the park opened this morning, guests were greeted with a disappointing sight: Verbolten was, once again, down. Now, for those of you who don’t know, Verbolten has had some serious downtime troubles since it opened almost two months ago. On top of the annoying downtime, the on-ride video system still has yet to work, […]
Verbolten and IllumiNights Update (June 18th)
Disclaimer: This isn’t really a major update but more of a follow-up to the last one. You’ll want to check it out as well for a more complete view of everything going on at the park lately. [hr] [dropcap2]Verbolten[/dropcap2] Two of our forum members, kingadam and jtrothrock, were both at the park yesterday when […]
IllumiNights 2012 Update and More (June 11th)
Yes, this update is a few days late. Sorry about that. I was waiting for a few things to be fixed before I published it. Anyway, we have some general park updates, some pictures of the park’s preparations for its yearly IllumiNights event, and even a bit of news about the site in today’s update. […]