If you’ve been paying attention to the social media of SeaWorld over the past several months, you’ll notice a bit of a shift from how the park and chain have communicated with their fans and guests in the past. One...
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Busch Gardens Williamsburg Announces Details for Food & Wine Festival
Get ready for a “Safe Foodie Paradise” as Busch Gardens Williamsburg has announced details for the 2021 edition of their annual Food & Wine festival, which starts April 2, and continues through May 23. The fan-favorite event will feature “new...
Continue reading...12 Best Theme Park Steam Trains in America
All-aboard! What’s a visit to a theme park without a ride on a classic steam locomotive? Here’s our picks for the best theme park steam trains in America. To come up with this non-scientific list, we looked at many factors...
Continue reading...Busch Gardens Williamsburg Announces New Events; Park Open in All 12 Months of 2021
Typically, Busch Gardens Williamsburg has an operating schedule that sees the park open for the season in mid-March and runs through the end of the year with Christmas Town. However, 2021 is bringing some changes to the park, as they...
Continue reading...Busch Gardens Tampa and Adventure Island to Reopen June 11
With the reopening of several states, comes the reopening over several theme parks. And, that’s no exception for SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. Busch Gardens Tampa and Adventure Island is set to reopen June 11, which was part of the phased reopening,...
Continue reading...Inside Iron Gwazi with Project Manager Andrew Schaffer
Last month, we visited Busch Gardens Tampa Bay to cap the end of a trip to the IAAPA Expo in Orlando. If you haven’t been paying attention to the park’s mass of purple steel and wood reaching into the Tampa...
Continue reading...Iron Gwazi Construction Update
Following the 2019 IAAPA Expo, where we saw the unveiling of Iron Gwazi’s crocodile-themed lead car, we headed south down Interstate 4 to Busch Gardens Tampa last Friday, to check on the construction progress of the latest Rocky Mountain Construction...
Continue reading...Rocky Mountain Construction Unveils Iron Gwazi Lead Car
2020 is shaping up to be a great year for new roller coasters. One of the primary focuses of coaster enthusiasts is the United States’ second “hyper hybrid” from Rocky Mountain Construction, Iron Gwazi at Busch Gardens Tampa. At this year’s...
Continue reading...Busch Gardens Tampa Bay Announces Iron Gwazi for 2020
Back in March, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay announced that Gwazi, the park’s pair of former racing wooden coasters would be converted and become the World’s fastest and steepest hybrid coaster. With the coaster currently under the Rocky Mountain Construction knife,...
Continue reading...19 For ’99: Gwazi at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
We’ve selected 19 of our favorite roller coasters that are celebrating their 20th anniversaries this year, and will profile them every other Thursday for the next several weeks. This week we’ll be heading down to Busch Gardens Tampa Bay to...
Continue reading...Busch Gardens Williamsburg Begins Teasing 2020 Addition
VII. | XXX. | MMXIX. The countdown is officially on! Busch Gardens Williamsburg has given us the first tease of what’s coming to the park in 2020, or #MMXX, as the park is referring to it. On their social media...
Continue reading...Finnegan’s Flyer Takes Flight at Busch Gardens Williamsburg
Busch Gardens Williamsburg has been on a tear as of late, opening new attractions in each of the last few seasons. These include InvadR, the park’s first wooden coaster, in 2017, and Battle for Eire, the world’s first Virtual Reality...
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