Everyone still semi sure about the mysterious thing happening on 15th?
Everyone still semi sure about the mysterious thing happening on 15th?
The mysterious thing is for Ice Breaker--not Iron Gwazi. Assuming it happens or is delayed by a smaller bit of time.
No.Could there possibly be a maintenance problem/issue causing the ride testing and cycling to function completely odd/unusual. If there was a serious problem with a ride part that needs to be replaced, I can understand the delay.
Is the survey just for passholders?There is a new survey that is being sent out.
I can trust everyone to go and answer within the threads best interests
Put on the pressure, stress em up.
I am unsure.Is the survey just for passholders?
I never knew there was a survey. Where did you hear from?I am unsure.
All I can say is that there were a TON of questions about Iron Gwazi on the survey.
There were at least 3.
It maybe possible they are getting ready to make there decision.
I know because I took it. Email was sent out 30 minutes ago.I never knew there was a survey. Where did you hear from?
Someone on Reddit has some insight. I’m copy-pasting his comment here.
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It is opening in 2022 and they made this decision a while ago.
They have basically about a week to start marketing, staff training, and finalize testing in order to make a July 4th opening. After July 4th there is no other date that makes sense to open the ride on. July through Sept you are wasting your marketing dollars for less than half the summer. Sept-Thanksgiving the park is dead during the days and the Halloween event does not need it to move tickets. Thanksgiving though first week of Jan is Christmastown and the park is at capacity as it is and that area of the park does not need more people.
Another problem is that it is starting to look like July 4th will be the Ice Breaker opening date. This matters because SEAS are not going to have SWO and BGT step on each others marketing windows for a new major ride as they are neighboring media markets. There will be at least a 2 to a 3-week difference in opening dates.
I see limited capacity given as a reason for the delay but BGT and SWO have been running full capacity since early Dec 2020.
The signs that they are moving the opening to 2022 include changing it from Spring 2021 to Anticipated 2021. This is when I believe they made the decision but did not want to hurt season pass sales. The removal of IG from the yearly fast pass which it was listed under since at least Oct 2019. The deemphasis of the ride on the website and the removal for season pass call to action on the IG page. No testing during park hours which is a free and easy hype to the enthusiast community and builds word of mouth.
Throw in there has not been a peep from marketing since the POV last November.”
But with Disney showing they can open a ride anytime. Late summer/fall, I still have hopes this ride will open soon.
I am unsure.
All I can say is that there were a TON of questions about Iron Gwazi on the survey.
There were at least 3.
It maybe possible they are getting ready to make there decision.
That seems like a legitimate reason to delay if they might be overwhelmed by summer crowds and the boost from opening IG. Sucks, but at this point the hype has already died down for me. It'll open when it opens and that's when I'll buy a pass again. That said, I miss Mako .Another thing I have to bring up, staffing rn is rough. There are barely any employee's working at Busch at the moment.
Just enough to keep things running.
An interesting data point - it looks like this survey is only for Florida residents - if you answer the second question (In what state do you live in?) with anything other than Florida it will end the survey and thank you for your time.
With the heavy focus on Iron Gwazi specific questions it makes me wonder... are they that out of touch that they need to send out a survey to find out if opening one of the most anticipated coasters in recent history will help drive more FL residents to the park? Or are they looking for justification for not opening it?