A Day at Busch Gardens
March 21 was opening day for the 2008 season at Busch Gardens Europe in Williamsburg. We were on our way from our Kingsgate hotel by 9:20 for the 10:00 a.m. opening. It's a short hop on U.S. 60 over to Busch Gardens. While waiting for entry into the parking area, we were amused to see many other cars from Fairfax County in the crowd, including families from Springfield. No doubt most had started out from home early in the morning to take advantage of the last day of Spring Break.
Tickets in hand, we were in the park by 10:30 a.m. Again, we would go our separate ways, with dd and bf heading immediately to ride the new 90-degree vertical drop Griffon roller coaster. Susan and I enjoyed touring the park just by ourselves, the first time we've been able to do that in many years.
After lunch, we split up again. Susan and I looked through more of the lands, went on the Curse of DarKastle "4-D" adventure ride, rode the train around (of course), did some of the small fun rides like the teacups, and browsed the shops. I also went on Escape form Pompeii for an thrill ride and dd and bf rode all the coasters.
We finally called it a day at 7:00 p.m. This was the longest day we'd had at Busch Gardens, but it was lots of fun. (I highly recommend Busch Gardens.) We decided to stop for dinner before completely crashing back at Kingsgate. We'd need to get ready for the following day's trip to Jamestown. A salad at Chick-fil-A was just right.
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Banbury Cross (England) is the entance area with the Globe Theater for shows.
Tweedside (Scotland) features the Loch Ness Monster looping roller coaster. The famous Anheuser-Busch Clydesdale horses are on display here, too.
Killarney (Ireland) has Corkscrew Hil, a motion simulation ride over old Ireland and an Irish step dancing show.
The Wild Preserve features a variety of animals and animal shows.
Aquitane (France) has the new Griffon diving roller coaster.
New France (French Canada) features Le Scoot, a log flume ride.
Germany is one of the largest lands with the Alpengeist inverted looping roller coaster, Big Bad Wolf suspension roller coaster, the Rhine Cruise, Curse of DarKastle motion and motion simulation thrill ride, and a perennial favorite, Das Festhaus, with German food and shows. Also in Germany is the children's play area, Land of Dragons, and a carousel.
Festa Italia (Italy) features Apollo's Chariot, a tall roller coaster, Escape from Pompeii water chute, Roman Rapids tube ride, and several smaller themed rides.
Busch Gardens is a favorite and highly recommended for theme park enthusiasts of all ages!
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