ChrisFL
Disney/Universal Fan and MALE
- Joined
- Aug 8, 2000
Well, my family and I just received our Florida fun card passes for this year and decided to go to the park today to see what was happening. The Fun card offer was supposed to expire on April 30th, but apparently they extended it, which meant the park was packed with people. Busch Gardens is also having a special thing on each weekend in May with special food, new kinds of beer, events, and other things around the park.
I noticed a TON of smaller kids today, it was almost Disney-like. I hadn't been on Rhino Rally yet, but it was 1 1/2 hour wait, and the temp felt like 100º today, so we passed, and decided to come back later. There was an interesting Chef competition in the Festhaus, where 2 chefs duel for 15 minutes to come up with a better tasting dish. Before this, I decided to check out the bumper cars, always a favorite of mine and my dad. The line was only a little bit longer than normal, so we got in line. While waiting our turn, we noticed that the cars seemed slower. The attendant on the next loading put way too many people out, and had to tell a lot of people to come back behind the gate, but there wasn't enough room with the turnstyle right there, so some had to go under the fence from the next row. It was a mess. Finally we got on, and it was slower, MUCH slower. I don't know why they did this, but it wasn't even worth doing IMO, you couldn't even hit the other cars with more than a tap.
I did the coasters, nothing new to report there. Near Gwazi, they had some dancing characters and tried to get the kids to dance with them. A warning though, the music they were playing wasn't always "G" rated. Although this obviously isn't a Disney type park, and though I also listen to music that isn't "G" rated, for this, and with as many kids as they had there, I thought it would be better if they found some better music.
The heat eventually caught up to us, and I didn't get back to Rhino Rally, but I have the rest of the year to catch it.
I noticed a TON of smaller kids today, it was almost Disney-like. I hadn't been on Rhino Rally yet, but it was 1 1/2 hour wait, and the temp felt like 100º today, so we passed, and decided to come back later. There was an interesting Chef competition in the Festhaus, where 2 chefs duel for 15 minutes to come up with a better tasting dish. Before this, I decided to check out the bumper cars, always a favorite of mine and my dad. The line was only a little bit longer than normal, so we got in line. While waiting our turn, we noticed that the cars seemed slower. The attendant on the next loading put way too many people out, and had to tell a lot of people to come back behind the gate, but there wasn't enough room with the turnstyle right there, so some had to go under the fence from the next row. It was a mess. Finally we got on, and it was slower, MUCH slower. I don't know why they did this, but it wasn't even worth doing IMO, you couldn't even hit the other cars with more than a tap.
I did the coasters, nothing new to report there. Near Gwazi, they had some dancing characters and tried to get the kids to dance with them. A warning though, the music they were playing wasn't always "G" rated. Although this obviously isn't a Disney type park, and though I also listen to music that isn't "G" rated, for this, and with as many kids as they had there, I thought it would be better if they found some better music.
The heat eventually caught up to us, and I didn't get back to Rhino Rally, but I have the rest of the year to catch it.