Busch Gardens with Jay and without Alan and Dave

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Busch Gardens with Jay and without Alan and Dave

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Jay wanted to go ride Griffon. Since I have a silver pass with free parking and a discount and an apartment 3 hours away, I'm the sort of gentlemen you would like to have along on such an expedition. As you can see, we stopped by Burger King and I got a crown because I finished a whole cup of coffee (!!!).

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We got to the park before 10 and went straight to Griffon where the masses were already gathering. This was to be a crowded day, as from the top of some of the rides you could see the exit from I-64 backed up all morning and part of the afternoon, and when we left we saw that they were even using the parking lot across the highway.

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We got our one ride on Griffon in the front seat and when we got off the temporary queue was already almost full. I still think it's a really fun ride.

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Jay taking a picture of Griffon.

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Jay taking a picture of Griffon.

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A picture of Jay taking a picture of himself and Griffon.

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Jay and weird knight on stilts guy.

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Yep, I loved Alpengeist again. I used to think this ride was pathetic, but the last two times I have been there the trims on the first drop have been turned off and the mid-course has been light, making for a fantastic ride. Jay still does not approve.

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Fun to be had here.

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This view looks really weird now.

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Over at Apollo's Chariot, the crowds still were not too terrible yet, so we got a ride in on what is easily still my favorite ride in the park.

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As it turns out, you can barely spin these tea cups. "DO NOT WANT."

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For some reason they painted the sign for Escape from Pompeii, which makes no sense because it doesn't match the rest of the ruins.

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I'm not sure why someone is doing the Nazi salute to the boat. I decided to ride because there was no line. The reason for this is because it was cloudy and in the 70's temperature-wise. Bad idea perhaps.

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Not a bad idea at all. I did not get a single drop of water on me. The water level had been lowered a good foot or so for some reason. Perhaps they do that when the temperature is going to be low?

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I don't think I have ever had to wait in line for Loch Ness Monster.

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Uh oh.

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Another new view.

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In a rare occurrence I actually did this picture right.

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Whoa what is going on here?

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I had never been on the Rhine River Cruise, so we did it.

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You get nice views of Big Bad Wolf...

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and Apollo's Chariot.

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There they go.

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Speaking of Big Bad Wolf; line out the entrance?!? DO NOT WANT.

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We waited anyway. The line wasn't too bad with 3 trains on, although they were constantly stacking all 3.

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Would like to go in sewer plz

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Sorry not going to wait in this.

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We will ride the train because there is no wait.

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On the way out I found a Kumba snow globe. We rode all of the coasters once, and Apollo's Chariot twice, plus got DarKastle and Corkscrew Hill, so it wasn't a bad day at all. The weather certainly helped. Since we were out of the park by 5:00, Jay had a little credit whoring in mind.

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Sounds like a blast...

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O RLY?

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They had a Disko.

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Jay is more excited about this than Griffon.

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The irony about this coaster is that it used to be about 15 minutes from where I live near Charlotte, but no adults could ride it because they would hit their head on the ceiling in the mall where it was located.

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GOT YO a$$ JAMES. Do you have this credit? I did not think so.

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They give 4 laps, and this ride is actually pretty violent. I would have rather had 1 lap for 1/4th the cost, but oh well.

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We finished off the day at this place at William and Mary that Jay suggested.

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It was tasty. Anyway, that's all for now.
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Post by bgwfreak777 »

Yikes! :o

I hope it's not that busy on the 29th.

But I'm glad the park is doing well with Griffy.

Thanks for another cool report.
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Post by radial »

aww looks fun, except the waiting in line part. hard to believe it was that crowded.
thanks for the pics
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Post by coasterdave »

You can do the Hour ERT on Griffin. It includes an onride pic and a breakfest, but does cost 29.95 though.
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^ When is that? Is it a special they are running every day?
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Glad you guys had fun! Would love to have gone myself but other matters interrupted.

Great pics!
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How are your gutters?
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JamminJ wrote:How are your gutters?
They are... ummmm... there. AND, of course, it won't rain for six months now their up. I could wash my car but I'm afraid it will just cancel out and then only rain on my car. :roll:

I've been having fun imagining that we've installed a cool new flume ride for insects with the tunnel and spashdown at the end. :)

Speaking of which...

http://whootah.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?p=2018#2018
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bgwfreak777 wrote:^ When is that? Is it a special they are running every day?
From what I can tell it is offered each day: http://commerce.4adventure.com/eStore/s ... okNow.aspx
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Post by bgwfreak777 »

Thanks Dave.

Jonathan probably wouldn't be up for that since he got his fill on media day, but I'm still going to ask tomorrow. :lol:
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