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Busch Gardens Williamsburg
and Water Country USA
Williamsburg, Virginia
SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment

 

 

 

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    (8/4/2026) Return to Corkscrew Hill Coming in 2027
    (7/31/2026) Busch Gardens Tampa and Williamsburg To Add Anaconda Themed Haunted House at HOS
    (7/14/2026) Busch Gardens Williamsburg Finds Itself In Trouble With the Tax Man Again
    (5/30/2026) See New Verbolten: Forbidden Turn In Action!
    (5/23/2026) New Shows, Drones In The Sky and Free Beer This Summer

 

icon_STOPGeneral Park News - (7/31/2026) Busch Gardens has announced that they will open new haunted houses themed to the horror film, Anaconda, at both the Busch Gardens Tampa and Williamsburg theme parks at this year’s Howl-O-Scream haunt event. The full name of the haunt will be Anaconda: Dead on Arrival at the Williamsburg park and Tampa’s haunt will be called Anaconda: Fear has No Escape.
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icon_STOP2027 - Return to Corkscrew Hill - Confirmed - (8/4/2026) Busch Gardens Williamsburg dropped a big surprise this week when they announced that a follow-up to the park’s popular Corkscrew Hill simulator ride was now in the works and coming in 2027. They’re calling it “Return to Corkscrew Hill” where an innocent tour of an old Irish castle “becomes a race to escape a witch’s trap.”
    “Miniaturized to the size of the wee people, you'll speed across the Irish countryside, soar through the Dark Forest past legendary creatures, and come face to face with some old friends (and foes). Filled with magical surprises and breathtaking action, this all-new chapter continues the legend of Busch Gardens Williamsburg's beloved attraction.”
    This move I can really applaud! While I never had the chance to try out the last attraction they put in there, Battle for Eire, I do fondly remember loving the original Corkscrew Hill and often wondered why they ever bothered to get rid of it, as guests seemed to genuinely enjoy it, and it fit the Ireland village / Killarney setting so well.

 

???? - New Attraction / Development - (5/3/2025) BGWFans is back with a leak about the next project that seems to be coming down the pipe for Busch Gardens Williamsburg. According to the post, a new development is being planned between Loch Ness Monster and San Marco areas.
    This has long been an undeveloped section of the park, but with good reason, as the link to BGWFans tells us that the site was cleared and used for a major gas pipeline that runs below the ground across the park. So any potential project that might want to go here is going to have to figure out exactly where the pipeline is, and stay clear of sticking anything in the ground near it.

 

 

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Track Record

Busch Gardens Williamsburg
Williamsburg, VA
SeaWorld Parks & Ent.

Abbreviation: BGW

Formerly known as: Busch Gardens: The Old Country and Busch Gardens Europe

Read our trip report & reviews of Howl-O-Scream 2007 and
Howl-O-Scream 2006.

Newest Developments:
2026 - Verbolten: Forbidden Turn

2025 - Big Bad Wolf: The Wolf’s Revenge & High Tide Harbor

2024 - Loch Ness Monster (Rebuilt) and Nitro Racers
 
2023 - DarKoaster

2022 - Pantheon &
Aquazoid Amped

2019 - Finnegan’s Flyer &
Cutback Water Coaster

2018 - Battle For Eire
 
2017 - InvadR

2015 - Tempesto

2012 - Verbolten

2011 - Mach Tower

2010 - Europe In The Air

2009 - Sesame Street 4D & Forest Of Fun

2007 - Griffon

2005 - Curse of DarKastle




 

 
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