PTR: Busch Gardens Europe

[ny is for haters]

Okay, I've never done this before but I'm going to give it a try because I want to tell you about my trip. By the way, my pictures are horrible. We focused on going on the rides rather than taking pictures. By the way, I'll upload the pictures later. I wanna get some later from my cousin.

 

It was about 87 degrees the whole day, which wasn't so bad. We get taken by taxi (we stayed in the Days Inn Busch Gardens/WCUSA hotel, which didn't have a shuttle and was in the middle of a highway) The driver was talking about the rides and everything, which was a good topic to talk about because my cousin and I were nervous about riding Apollo's Chariot. I told him I was afraid of heights and he told me I might not want to ride it. Honestly, when we started out the day, we didn't think we were going to go on Apollo.

 

We get into the park and it's not too crowded, especially because we bought our tickets ahead of time. We all decide to go to Italy first and ride Roman Rapids. I told my cousin that it didn't get you wet bad at all, judging from the 3 rides I took on it when I went about 3 years ago. Boy, was I wrong. We got soaked.. Not a part of our bodies were dry. Since we were wet as it is, we decided to get on Escape from Pompeii. When we walked back, we noticed it was stuck!

 

Then, we decided to go on Tradewinds. That wimpy flat ride that goes around in circles. My mom about flipped her sh*t on that ride. I was just bored. Then we headed towards the first coaster of the day. Big Bad Wolf.

 

The line for Big Bad Wolf was pretty short, so we got in the second car's front row. I was on the right side. The first drop was like nothing and then we were off. I thought it was extremely fun flying through the buildings and thought the right side was the best side. It has the most close calls, especially with the helix. But I also thought that the first part was extremely short. It lasted only a few seconds. So we hit the brake run and went up the second lift. Now, I have a disease called "I can't tell how high things will look or how high things are." I was surprised at how high it looked! But when we went down, it was awesome. We swung out and then swung again to the left and went up. That last turn swings you the most, and it's awesome because you're so high up. We had so much fun that we decided to get on in the front, and this time I was on the left side unfortunately. It wasn't as good as the right, but it was still awesome. After I got off I thought BBW was probably 0% scary and 100% just plain old fun.

 

We got hungry so we headed to my favorite, Trapper's Smokehouse! I got a salad, stupidly. But I didn't want to upset my stomach or anything. Then my mom split up on her own to see some shows while we went around New France. We decided to get in line for Le Scoot, which had a damn long waiting line. When we got on, I didn't realize how high the belt took us. Pretty damn high log flume. That drop that is about 20 feet high before the big one is crazy. You're so high up, despite the low drop. Le Scoot is the best log flume I've been on so far.

 

Next, we headed for the "most intense ride" in the park, Alpengeist. The lines were very short for what I'd think would be long lines. We got in the third car and I was in the middle-ish seat. We went up the lift and it was EXTREMELY loud. We get to the top and the view is nice but I'm feeling a bit vertigo of course. That trim does slow down that first drop a bit, too. The drop was awesome. Immelman - extremely fun. The loop was very quick and very awesome, too, but the best inversion I'd have to say was the Cobra Roll. The roll was awesome, even from the inside. Then we hit the mid-run brakes. Ouch. You really get whiplash from that. My head hit the restraint so much. The rest of the inversions were great, too. But I didn't know why our driver said "The last corkscrew will get you." I didn't feel too much. Anyways, were sitting in the block waiting for the train to leave the station and my cousin says she didn't like the ride. Mind you, she sat on the outside. She said it threw her around too much.

 

Next we headed to Loch Ness Monster. Again, a short line. It seemed really high up for only being 130', too. The first drop was a bit of airtime, but the kind that makes my stomach feel weird. The second drop was about the same, but not as much because of the brakes. The helix in the tunnel was really fun. It went on forever and it was about pitch black. Not much else to say about it. It was pretty fun.

 

We then headed back to Alpengeist. This time, I sat on the outside. Man, you feel SO much more and you are getting thrown around like crazy, but I thought it was SO much fun. That Cobra Roll is a Cobra Toss. Seriously, it was like crazy. The Zero-G was so much better, and the Corkscrew was pure thrill. I love the outside.

 

Then.. we headed to Italy to meet up with my mom. And.. you know what's in Italy. That's right, Apollo's Chariot. We jumped RIGHT IN line, without even thinking about it so we wouldn't get scared and decide not to go. We got in the third row and I sat in the middle. I was super nervous. One; It's so f'ing high up. Two; those restraints look like they aren't going to hold you in at all. We get to the top, and.. wow. The little drop down before the straight part and the real drop scared me so bad. That sh*t is high up. You look out and see EVERYTHING. The tree tops, the rest of the ride, the whole town. It's incredible and horrifying. I closed my eyes because I didn't want to be surprised when we started going down. I opened my eyes when I thought we were half down and we weren't even really off the top yet. It was purely awesome. All this time I thought it'd be horrible and scary, but I had the time of my life. The airtime was awesome. I was out of my seat so much on this ride. The lesbians next to us told us it would be scary and everything, and at first it was, but then it was just fun. I thought the best airtime was at the drop right after the midbrakes and the drop where they take your picture. I found it really funny how Apollo's Chariot was the first roller coaster I actually felt safe in putting my hands up.

 

After that, we went on Big Bad Wolf again. This time, we pulled my mom into the car.. but she freaked out when she got the shoulder harness over her. I had to tell someone to get her out because it made me really nervous for her. I thought she was going to piss herself.

 

Then we went for Apollo again. I couldn't just get on it once. Pretty much same seats. My cousin and I both sat in the middle, though, because we found a mom and a son to sit on the outsides for us. They were pretty cool. In fact, the one kid's first roller coaster was Apollo's Chariot that day, and it was his third time riding it.

 

About this time, I was very tired of walking. I was wearing flipflops and they really effed up my feet. I had water blisters between my toes, nasty. We decided to get on Loch Ness again. I could hardly get my arm up by the restraint, it was tight. This time we were in the second car and it was really bumpy. The turn after the first drop hurt like a mother.

 

Our final coaster of the day was a great ride on Alpengeist. Good thing I got to rest my nasty feet, but only for a few minutes. This time I basically could yawn on the ride. Before I was talking to my cousin on it and everything. It's just a generally fun ride and after you get past the "OMGIT WILL BE SCARY" thought you have a great time.

 

That's it for now, I'll post some pics later. Overall:

 

Big Bad Wolf 3

Loch Ness Monster 2

Alpengeist 3

Apollo's Chariot 2

[pete4winds]

OK, I'll admit I got suckered by the "Photo TR" subject line. Still waiting for the pics, but good TR anyway. Reminds me that I haven't been to BGE for some time now and I really need to.