I've been to a lot of parks and without a doubt Busch Gardens Williamsburg is my all time favorite.
My favorite time of year to go was always Halloween.
For those of you unfamiliar with this park, it is entirely European themed. So, naturally all of the rides have stories/themes of those locations. Always voted Americas most beautiful theme park.
So I decided to do my top 3 and all of them are from Busch Gardens.
1. Roller Coaster
Big Bad Wolf - Busch Gardens Williamsburg VA.
Sadly, this coaster is no longer around. It was taken down several years ago. The story is a wolf has been terrorizing a small German village. The fun part about this coaster is the riders ( the coaster itself ) is actually the Big Bad Wolf. You run through small villages and the woods. It was a fantastic coaster. Ironically, it was purchased by a german coaster fanatic and if rumors are true, he moved it to his home town in Germany and reassembled it.
[video=youtube;GWO7AYCRaxE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWO7AYCRaxE[/video]
2. Dark Ride
The Curse of DarKastle - Busch Gardens Williamsburg VA
This one is also both German and wolf themed. Even the line to wait to get into this ride is beautiful. The queue winds through the hedge maze garden before bringing you into a massive castle. Inside the castle you watch the legend of the castle and the insane son that was turned, as rumor has it, into a werewolf. He killed all of the guests at a party held there and no one has heard from them since.
[video=youtube;gh3Uyl-r344]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh3Uyl-r344[/video]
3. Water Ride
Roman Rapids - Busch Gardens Williamsburg VA.
Not a huge story with this one, but was one of my favorite rides. It is in the Italy section of the park. When I was about 14, my cousin and I rode this ride about 16 times in a row. No lines in the evening and it was glorious. There's places where you can insert quarters into machines and then aim jets of water at the riders going by. I think my father and uncle wasted a good 20 bucks each on quarters.
[video=youtube;0Y9iezNVNYE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y9iezNVNYE[/video]
My favorite time of year to go was always Halloween.
For those of you unfamiliar with this park, it is entirely European themed. So, naturally all of the rides have stories/themes of those locations. Always voted Americas most beautiful theme park.
So I decided to do my top 3 and all of them are from Busch Gardens.
1. Roller Coaster
Big Bad Wolf - Busch Gardens Williamsburg VA.
Sadly, this coaster is no longer around. It was taken down several years ago. The story is a wolf has been terrorizing a small German village. The fun part about this coaster is the riders ( the coaster itself ) is actually the Big Bad Wolf. You run through small villages and the woods. It was a fantastic coaster. Ironically, it was purchased by a german coaster fanatic and if rumors are true, he moved it to his home town in Germany and reassembled it.
[video=youtube;GWO7AYCRaxE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWO7AYCRaxE[/video]
2. Dark Ride
The Curse of DarKastle - Busch Gardens Williamsburg VA
This one is also both German and wolf themed. Even the line to wait to get into this ride is beautiful. The queue winds through the hedge maze garden before bringing you into a massive castle. Inside the castle you watch the legend of the castle and the insane son that was turned, as rumor has it, into a werewolf. He killed all of the guests at a party held there and no one has heard from them since.
[video=youtube;gh3Uyl-r344]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh3Uyl-r344[/video]
3. Water Ride
Roman Rapids - Busch Gardens Williamsburg VA.
Not a huge story with this one, but was one of my favorite rides. It is in the Italy section of the park. When I was about 14, my cousin and I rode this ride about 16 times in a row. No lines in the evening and it was glorious. There's places where you can insert quarters into machines and then aim jets of water at the riders going by. I think my father and uncle wasted a good 20 bucks each on quarters.
[video=youtube;0Y9iezNVNYE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y9iezNVNYE[/video]