Will and I went to Busch Gardens last Saturday and stayed for 9 hours. Yes, that was exhausting, as there was lots of walking around, standing around, and other general not having fun. But it really was a blast, other than the waits at times. Good thing we started at 11am, as it wasn’t as crowded then as it started to get about 3pm and later. Lines really started getting bad all over the park at that time.
In some ways Busch Gardens is the same as I remember it, but one point is different now — I’m a parent. That means I’ve got to go around with the kids (in this case, just Will) and do the things they want to do. That meant no roller coasters or any of the adult fare. Will stuck to the less scary rides, particularly hanging out in the Land of Dragons (in the Germany section). I did get him on the Roman Rapids for one run, but that wasn’t too smart on my part. It wasn’t that the sloshing about scared him; rather, it was that he got too wet. He let me know how upset he was about that. After that, it was all just the kiddie rides and eating.
The camera survived the Roman Rapids (put it in a Ziploc), so we’ve got a bunch of pictures and video from the outing. Will got to do lots of things, and we walked around the park a couple of times total, probably. He rode a train and a boat and a tram, and got to climb all over the tree house structure they built in the Land of Dragons (multiple times, as I chase him up and down the stairs and cargo nets).
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