Busch Gardens Williamsburg

Well, since some people on http://www.negative-g.com/forum/index.php(negative-g is the site of the guy who bulit Blue Flash, and is building Blue Two. I highly recomend joining the forum.) were wanting info on Busch Gardens Williamsburg, I decided to type up a detailed walkthrough, and even though it's not a report of me going there, its for people looking to go there, sorry if its too long, lol:

Overview:
You enter the park in England. For Fanatics, its the boring part. There's no major attractions, its just gift shops, and the Globe Theatre, which is probably playing some boring 3D show. The candy shop is nice though. As you approach Big Ben, head to the right, as all thats on the left is shops and boring stuff. Oh, and after you exit England, the entrance to the Skyride is on the left, but the line at that one is usually always long.


Scotland: One of the smallest sections of the park, you enter by going straight out of England under the overhang thing. Under the overhang on the left is a resturant, which i never buy anything from, but look if you want. The train staion is also on the left, if you ever get tired from walking around, the train is a nice relaxation point. Over to the right is the Stables, where they have some giant horses and stuff. If you keep going straight for a tiny bit, you'll come across the Loch Ness Monster.


The first major ride is The Loch Ness Monster, located in Scotland:
The ride is a classic, a must ride. The queve has fun scenery in the very beginning, but ive only been through it once, since the line is rarely long, but you can ask to walk through, and they'll probably let you. The station is a bit old, and the paint peels bad, and you can see the 20 other layers of paint beneath it Laughing . It has a nice...rustic feeling, if you will. The ride op's can see line jumpers, thats a plus. The overall ride expierence is nice. Its and Arrow, so its a bit rough, but from what i've heard about other Arrow's, its not bad at all. Not the least bit of pain.

From here, there's usually 2 ways to go, but last year, the bridge was closed due to flooding, so Loch Ness was a dead end, but it might be open, i'll check that on Sunday. If its closed, turn back around, and right before the stables take a left and follow the path until you get to Ireland.

Ireland:
Just shops mainly. There is the Abbey Stone Theatre which has some Irish show going on, but i've never watched it. Pretty much after you go through the gates, off to the right is Grogans Grille, one of my favortie places to eat, but were only at around 11:00 by now, so your probably not hungary, but if you are, I definetly recomend it. Right after that is the entrance to Corkscrew Hill. The queve is in minimal lighting, and you basically go through a seemingly endless rock walled tunnel, then you watch the preview movie thing, and then you go into the ride. An extra tip for this ride. For a more exciting ride, buckle the belt behind you, and they wont notice, since they check it automatically using sensors in the busckle, so if its buckled all the way in, they don't notice. If you don't like taking risks, put the belt around you, but pull it out a bit, or just do it like your supposed to. Also in Ireland is the Castle o'Sullivan, which I have no idea is, and i'm sure is just some castle tour thing which is pointless unless you want to waste an extra ride, so just continue under the overhang.

Jack Hanna's Reserve:
For all you animal lovers out there. To get here, well you kinda have to go through it, but just follow the path out of Ireland. First on the right is the Bald Eagles. Then theres a bridge that goes over the wolves, which are are worth a couple minutes. Continue on and on the right is an aviary. On the left is a theatre where they show Pet Shenanigans, a decent animal show where the animals do tricks and stuff. My sister liked it. Anyways, continue on over the Railroad tracks.

France:
As soon as you enter France, the Skyride is on the left, and since its a bit hidden, the line is almost always short. Continuing on, France is mostly shops and stuff. One place I do stop in there is the ice cream place on the left. I always go there for some reason, I guess it's just tradition. Anyways, moving along, right on the border of France into New France is Le Mans Raceway, one of those car rides. I've heard from a contact, who is a mechanic at Busch Gardens and he said they were moving the ride to make place for the new coaster, but it's not confirmed, but i'll check on Sunday, and even so, they probably won't move it 'till next year.

New France:
Not that hard to find. You can smell the delicious smoked food, always an option for food. New France is a heavily forested area, and is mostly log cabin shops. You kinda hit a y-intersection, and if you veer to the right, you'll be heading for the train station to Scotland, which is on the right, and on the left is Le Scoot, the Log Flume. Now much to say, but it's an Arrow log flume, but not really that rough. It has a sawmill theme, and right before the final plunge, you head into a saw mill with a treat at the end Wink . It doesn't really get you wet, and not really worth an 1/2 hour wait, unless you're into log flumes.
If you veered to the left, you would pass a couple shops, then you can see the large first inversion of Alpengiest, the Immelmen. Just follow the bridge, from which you can see Alpengiest's first drop, loop, and immelman on the left, and Le Scoot's drop and station, and Alpengiest's 0-G and corkscrew on the right.

Alpengiest:
It's a B&M, what do you expect? Flowing elements, smooth and reliable ride. To get to it, as soon as you get off the bridge, head to the right, and the entrance is right there. The ride is pretty well themed, theres some fake plastc snow around the queue. They don't have the single riders line anymore, so don't be looking for it. The station has the ski lodge feel. They have some ski stuff, and theres a chalkboard with some i forget what there called but like I.M. Smart and Jeanne Yuss, stuff like that, but it has to do with the ride. I recomend the front seat, for a nice view the first ride, then in the back , for an extremely intense ride. The exit has some of the fake snow too. Head back to the bridge, except continue straight this time, and head through the gates into Germany.

Germany:
The buildings look similar to France if you dont look carefully, but there's just some shops and stuff. Continue and you'll find yourself in a plaza type thing. There's an icecream shop and stuff ahead, but turn right, and you should see the carousel. It's ok, I sneak in a ride sometimes, but if not,you can either go off to Land of the Dragons to the right, which is just the children area, with all the little rides, and the giant play thing. Anyways, head to the right and you'll head into Oktoberfest, which is technically part of Germany, but has all the rides so I'll do it seperatly.

Oktoberfest:
First thing on the right it DarKastle, which I highly recomend. They have mist fans in the queue, but thats about all I'll tell you, you'll have to see it for yourself.
By then, you'll have seen the massive Das Festhaus, which has live entertainment, and great food, I highly recomend eating here. Right past the Festhaus on the right is the entrance to Drachen Fire, but theres not much to see. Continue around the loop, and theres the bumpercars on the right, which are always fun. On the left there's one of those individual suspended swing rides. Continue on and on the right is the Big Bad Wolf.

Big Bad Wolf:
Definetly a great suspended. The theme is that your going through a village, but you don't really have time to see it. You curve arounf a couble times and arrive in a brakerun, followed by the second lift. Up the lift and down the massive looking 80' drop and whip around a couple times back into the station. Practically no queue themeing, but still a great ride.

Continue on and cross the large brigde where on the right will be The Big Bad Wolf's drop, and on the right, you can see Alpengiest's intense cobra roll, and Loch Ness' interlocking loops. Follow the bridge into Italy.

Ok I'm back:

Italy:
Upon leaving the bridge, you enter Italy. The path turns to the left, and you follow around the Teatro Di San Marco, which is the theatre where they have some kind of boring show. After a little bit, to the right, there is the Ristorante della Piazza, which has marverlous Italian food. Off to the left is a store, and a little bit farther up is the famous grape squashing tub thing. Up to the right is Da Vinci's Garden of Creation I think its called. There's a Magic Carpet called Da Vinci's Cradle, which I recomend if you've never ridden a magic carpet before. Next to that is the Flying Machine. It's an OK ride, it doesn't give much forces. Finally is the Battering Ram, a swinging ship. It's pretty boring, I mean, we've all ridden them. Continue not 50 feet and take a right onto the bridge into Festa Italia.

Festa Italia:
Some games and off to the right and a shop to the left when you get off, but the main thing you've been waiting for...Apollo's Chariot. You can't miss it, its off to the left after the shop. Apollo is another great expierence I won't give away, but one problem is line jumpers, the ride op's can't see them, but it's usually not a problem. I recomend riding the back first, which has lots of ejector, and then the front, which has floater, plus a large open view. Anyways, once you've ridden Apollo, head back out and turn left, away from the bridge. Just go straight, and there's a teacups and a Himilaya, but keep going until you see a dead end, which is the entrance to Roman Rapids. The line is a bit crowded sometimes, but I still like it, and you get soaked, well sometimes, its random , so it does't matter where you sit, but you might be lucky, and get wet, or not wet, well, you'll get a little bit wet. Anyways, go back the way you came, over the bridge and take a right. Oh, and there's a train station in Festa Italia, but I don't really use it that much, so I don't know much about it. Anyways, cross the bridge, and your in Italy again.

Italy/Escape from Pompeii:
Follow the path over the bridge over the ravine and over to the left is Escape From Pompeii. You have to walk all the way around to get to the entrance. But go through the queue, usually not that long. You go up into the building and theres fire all over the place. Theres like a waterfall and stuff, and stuff that "falls" on you. Then the doors open and you go through the mist and down the drop, which does give a bit of airtime. Then you exit and have to walk all the way around again, but just keep walking.

Exiting:
Leaving Escape from Pompeii, go over the tracks, and take a right, and your back in England. If time permits, go back to the coasters for rerides.



Well, thats it. Sorry if I bored you, and I know its a but long, but its definetly pretty detailed, I guess. Anyways, thanks for reading, it took me 3 hours to write this it.

P.S. Please excuse my grammar, im not expert on English.

[Edit]: I used the word counter, and it has 2006 words, excluding this.[LOL]

Negative-g is not the site of the builder of Blue Flash. It is the sight of a person who lives in the same town as Holiday World.

^ I realize that, its the site where pictures of the Blue Flash are displayed.

Thanks Hepta. This was pretty useful for me because I'm going to Busch Gardens Williamsburg this summer.

No problem. I kinda meant for it to be printed out, to carry along with you, but if you just want to get an idea, that's fine too.