Our friends over at BGWFans also released this teasing image at an internal conference on March 19th. Teasing the roman numerals for '2020' and confirmed the location to be Italy. Along with this, it was strongly hinted at this ride having a 95 degree drop!
Multiple elements will be involved with this coaster, including a long drop into the Rhine River Valley, over-banked turns and multiple launches. New pathways, lockers and even a bridge going over the Festa train station will also be included with the construction process.
Finally, we now know why Busch Gardens was doing all those height servery's in the 2017 season!
Greetings Folks,
As you know, we're still working over here at ISI but updates have been slow. With the season slowly ramping up we're hoping to have more time available to stop patching in updates! Currently, I can't make any promises as to when those are going to be, but I'm aiming for at least once a week updates!
This WILL get moving again!
Now, As you may know- Busch Gardens Williamsburg has their first wooden roller coaster under construction. InvadR is set to open this season at the park and over the last week or two I've been scrounging for updates, images and information about the ride.
Recently, Busch Gardens Willimsburg has posted up this image, giving us a nice look at the two trains going onto the coaster. Frankly, I think they look amazing! The perfect fit and detail we've come to know and love from such a detail-oriented park!
Image from Attraction Chasers
Also online lately, a few amazing photos from the awesome folks over at Attraction Chasers, who got in for a hardhat tour of the new ride!
Can you tell I'm jealous yet? Because I am. I so very am! You lucky people!
Now I've got several images from them so let's post the link to their main site! Attraction Chasers
Image from Attraction Chasers, Those lucky Bastards!
Honestly, this ride looks like it's going to be simply fun. From these construction photos we can easily guess this newest addition is going to be well themed, fitting into the area of New France.
I did have a few doubts from the layout and blueprints that they'd be able to get a good coaster into this area. Well, this will teach me to stop having doubts!
Image from Attraction Chasers
Finally, we get a look at the lift hill for InvadR. Still not much news about the ride building or anything else involved with the coaster but from these photos, we can see things are well on the way for the opening!
Just in case you missed it, Busch Gardens has this to say about the ride-
"In 2017, a great battle will ensue in the trappers' village of New France. Vikings will invade, forcing the trappers to defend their village. Invade new territory on the first wooden coaster at Busch Gardens® Williamsburg. The 74-foot drop makes it a force to be feared and nine airtime hills wait to be conquered by bold warriors. Chart a course through the winding frontier at 48 mph and claim eternal glory for your crew." That is all for now. We hope to bring you more news soon. And again, make sure you thank those lucky folks at Attraction Chasers for the images!
Busch Gardens Williamsburg has announced that in 2017, a brand new coaster will be coming to the park. This time, the park's first ever wooden coaster! Yep, that's right...at long last there will be a woodie within the confines of BGW.
There's not a ton of details out about this one just yet, as 2017 is a bit far off, but we do know that the coaster, built by Great Coasters International, will feature a few different elements and we know it's top speed. After a 74ft drop, riders will hit speeds of 48mph and will have 9 air time hills as trains cover over 2100ft of track. Sounds tame, but remember, some of the best coasters in the world aren't the fastest either.
Outside of that, the coaster will be going in the New France section of the park and will be themed around the idea of a Viking invasion where the settlers of New France will have to defend themselves against the invading hordes. Definitely going to be interesting to see just how that plays out with theming and other ride elements.
Speaking of that, one of the more interesting things about this is that Busch Gardens Williamsburg is involving park goers and coaster fanatics alike to help with the decision making process. Yep, you heard that right. Not only is the name of the new coaster up for a vote right now, you can vote once a day here, but they're also going to be letting everyone vote on certain elements of the ride and theming as well!
And that's about all there is at the moment. Be sure to stick around as we'll definitely be covering the developments of this all throughout the progress, and check out the full trailer for the ride below!
With only 94 days until the start of the third annual Food & Wine Festival at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, the park has announced that two new countries will be joining the line up for 2015. Each new addition to the park's line up has been met with a good bit of enthusiasm so far but as always, this sadly means the departure of a one other locations for this year as well. The new additions, despite the subtraction, mean that there will be 14 countries included in this year's event.
So, just what are the newest additions and what got cut? Well, look no further as Eastern Asia and The French Quarter have been added to the roster.
There hasn't been a menu for either of the two new countries just yet, but it's bound to be just a matter of time before the park releases them to clue us in to just what we'll be offered at each. Have to say that we're all really looking forward to these two and seeing just what they cook and mix up for us this year!
However, as I said earlier, one country got the axe and that would unfortunately be Belgium While we'll miss the waffles and beers, maybe they'll show up somewhere else in the park like some of Austria's offerings in the past. Only time will tell on that one so, stay tuned as we'll have the full menu coming to you very soon from the other countries returning to this year's event!
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Well, the folks at Busch Gardens Williamsburg have been quietly building something new for 2015. It's been known for a while just what this new piece of their coaster landscape would be, but the fact that they've been building, guests had been noticing during Christmas Town, and you can see it from the main road without any official word? That's weird.
It's really only a matter of time until they do spill the beans, but it's not like anyone in the area or visiting hasn't seen what's going on at this point. They already know what's coming and sites like BGWFans and others have been watching and putting information out there, so why the wait? I don't think we'll ever know the answer to that.
What we do know is that thanks to those intrepid folks at BGWFans.com, particularly user netdvn, we have pictures taken at the end of January which show the track completed and some theming being placed on the structure. Whether they go with the Tempesto or Diavolo name, no one knows, it's definitely an interesting choice for the park. We've talked a good bit about that as our coverage of the ride's construction has gone on, so we'll just leave that there for you to check out.
In the meantime, here's the latest set of photos.
As you can see, pretty hard to miss this one out there and it sands out rather starkly against Apollo's Chariot there in front. And, just what is hanging from the structure? Well, those appear to some kind of banner or some such but it's hard to see what's going on with them as we're looking at the backside. One can hope they add some that face outward as well, but who knows what'll happen there.
Here's a couple of more photos showing things a little more closely.
Well, construction is moving ahead more and more with each day at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. Their newest coaster still hasn't been announced by the park, but it's definitely impossible to hide that something is coming.
We've known for quite a while just what the newest addition to the park will look like and be, so it's a little weird they haven't announced anything by now.
That said, thanks to a ton of folks out there, there's a whole slew of video and construction of what is to believed as either Tempesto or Diavolo. First up, a little video look from the folks at In The Loop.
It really is hard to figure out why the park hasn't said anything as it's painfully obvious they're building something and it was extremely easy to see during their Christmas Town event. Who exactly do they think they're going to surprise with this?
Anyway, now onto a few photos from the awesome folks over at BGWfans.com. You can check out more on their site and forums right here too.
Two weeks ago we were invited back to Busch Gardens Williamsburg for their second annual Food & Wine Festival. It really wasn't much of a decision since we enjoyed last year's so much and we were very curious to see how the new additions we'd heard about would go over for us this year as well.
This year's event runs until June 29th, Friday-Sunday, so there's still a couple of weekends left to get out there and try what they've got on the menu for this year.
Like last year, the event was packed with 14 food pavilions, 4 wine tasting pavilions, food carving demonstrations and live shows all centered around food and drink. There's so much to see and do that you should probably plan just a day to experience it all without rushing to get to rides and waiting in lines there as well.
Visit Date: 6/6/14
Day: Friday
Weather: Sunny and Warm
Overall Rating: Excellent
Food Rating: Very Good
Show Rating: Good
Sample Prices: Good
Recommendation: If you haven't gone, you need to!
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Review Team: Myself, +Carrie H.C. and +Alexandra F
**Disclaimer: Despite being invited down by the park, we still bought our tickets for the event and we were not comped for any of the food. This is because we like to visit more than one day and the Fun Card option is too good to pass up!
As I said, we really enjoyed the first year of this event that took place in 2013 and we were eager to see just how they would corrupt our tastebuds this time around. Not only is the park beautiful, but the atmosphere and theme of Europe lends itself perfectly for an event of this type to take place. That said, not everything we tried went over that great with us. That's just how food is, but I'm getting a head of myself. Let's start at the beginning, shall we?
Wow, I've been very productive today.
I've been missing a lot of updates lately, so I've got plenty of things I've been needing to get posted up here. In line with that thought, I've got another little piece of goodies for you today.
No Fear, This is GOOD news for once!
Verbolten, the new coaster at Busch Gardens Williamsburg is making plenty of progress to open for the 2012 theme park season. Verbolten is the new coaster which will replaced the much beloved Big Bad Wolf, while not anything near our beloved Wolfie, has lots of interesting potential!
Lately a new "Sneak Peek" trailer is out for the ride. Personally I did a completel "Fan Girl SQUEAL" when I saw it and have many high hope for the ride. So without me babbling more, I've added the video for everyone to enjoy!
Not much is known really about Verbolten and what elements the ride is going to include other then a rather large "ride building" and some very interesting plans. If you hope over to Theme Park Review one fan has many pictures of the elements which will be enclosed within the show building. There is also the "Drop Element" which has been a huge and interesting piece many of us can't wait for.
Pop over to those awesome folks at BGW Fans to take a look at all the various goodies going into the attraction!
So I leave you now, hopefully on a bright and excited note for an amazing attraction.
