griffon Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Part One: Sunny Day Real Estate I invested in a new camera recently and decided to break it in a little by heading to Busch Gardens on Closing day, October 29. The weather was perfect, fall is by far my favorite time of the year. My brother and I got to the park around 10:30 and met up with a couple friends before heading straight to Alpengeist. I was pleasantly surprised they were running 3 trains right from the start. The wait was only a couple cycles, so we rode several times before heading over to the Wolf, and then Apollo. I'm pretty sure they had 3 trains on all the coasters when the park opened. Lines stayed pretty much inside the station(s) until mid afternoon then it started to get pretty crowded, so that's when I started taking pictures. The plan was to stay until it got dark, get one night ride on Apollo, then head back home as the crowds really started to pour in. But... it didn't take me long to figure out how to adjust the shutter speed on my camera and get some really cool night shots, so we hung around in the park until about 8 and took pics. Even when we left there was still a line of traffic coming into the park. Overall it was a great ending to a great season. Can't wait for next year! Sun setting on BBW One last close up of Alpengeist before the first drop. If I only had a train... I spent the rest of the river cruise with the wizard of oz song stuck in my head Here's a first! The boat captain was pointing out something in the woods and *almost* ran our boat into the bushes. Timing was a little off on this one, but still turned out decent From the Cruise ship Lighting was perfect in the afternoon to capture the colors, so I had to get a few of these shots Loch Ness always delivers graveyard Never pass up the opportunity to get pictures of the defunct credits Beautiful train The Rotated Immelman Ski season starts early! Griffon through the trees Close ups It's a shame the progress has been pretty slow so far. Still the track looks massive when you see it in person! Griffon construction for the Construction Fanatics. Park Entrance in the AM. Wasn't crowded it all getting in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnome Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 This looks like such a beautiful park. One of many parks on the TO do list, though definately near the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griffon Posted October 31, 2006 Author Share Posted October 31, 2006 Part 2: Nightfall Pretty basic pictures, I just wanted to capture the scenery and see what kind of shots I could get. I was extremely impressed with how well the colors come out. I got pretty creative with places to set the camera, but I think I'll have to get a tripod for next year. The End. See you next year BG Main Entrance area I was trying to get more fog in this shot, but the wind wasn't blowing it back into the woods so this was the best I could do More Ireland Trees lit up Ireland is definitely the coolest looking area at night The moon is in the left corner, but it didn't come out as clear as I hoped I got several angles of Escape from Pompeii since the colors came out awesome Probably my favorite shot of the night... I had no idea what would happen before I took it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpengeist04 Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Those are some of the best pictures I have seen. Great job!!!! I really love the night shots, the close-ups on Alpengeist, and of course the beautiful autumn foliage. ....and I know the park been closed only one day, but the 2007 season can't get here soon enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpuch Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Wow those pics are great thanks alot!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satoshi Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 oh..... too sad we once needa get outta this wonderful world this year and hope next year would be a big hit for BGE! Griffon would do real great help for callin' more peeps! can't wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
All Clear Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 The night shot of Apollo's Chariot is very cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verticalzero Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Lovely photo's, you have a great camera. What is the make and how many Mega Pixcels is it..? Best to go to a Park when it opens and leave just before it gets packed. Post some more photo's on your next Park visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verticalzero Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Lovely photo's, you have a great camera. What is the make and how many Mega Pixcels is it..? The colours and sharpness of the pictures are excellent Best to go to a Park when it opens and leave just before it gets packed. Post some more photo's on your next Park visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollo's Chariot Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 My friend and I arrived at BGE, on Sunday, around 1pm. We left about 4:30 because it was getting so crowded! In some areas, you could barely walk. We rode Apollo twice in the back and it was orgasmic. Once on Alpengeist. Both brakes were on, but it still gave a killer wild ride. And I rode Darkastle for the first time. I was super impressed. The part where they imitate a big drop was quite effective. I wanted to ride Big Bad Wolf but the line was outrageous. It was my first time to BGE since '03, and I was really impressed. I can't wait to go back next year on a quieter day (and I plan to, since I purchased a Platinum Pass. Bling! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kissorkill2night Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 wow they havnt done MUCH as ALL with the new coaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griffon Posted October 31, 2006 Author Share Posted October 31, 2006 sweet... thanks for the comments, I really enjoy taking pictures of all different aspects of theme parks and not just coasters. I'm so glad the night pictures came out nice, so I'll have to do that more often. I'm using a Sony DSC H5. Not a professional camera by any stretch of the imagination, but it's an upgrade from what I used to carry around in my pocket. Might hit up PKD this weekend and get some final coaster rides in for the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterdude5 Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Great pictures, "wallpaper" quality! That's cool that you made that comment about the Griffon track being larger in person. I was the same way until I saw a picture of it, with a construction worker standing next to it. It's alot larger than you think it would be. Once again, great pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkdcoaster Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 I really Dig the new camera. (great pic of Alps riders) Great night pics as well. JEFF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike541x Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 Cool Tr. It still looks like when I went last year. I wish went this year . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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