Photo TR: BGT 6/29/05

[Homer]

Today, I went up to Busch Gardens, got some decent pictures up, and some rides on everybody's favorite dive machine that beats the crap out of Alton Towers' Oblivion, SheiKra!

 

The first rides of the day were on SheiKra during passholder ERT in the morning. Got three good rides on SheiKra without a wait. The best seat in the house? The edge seats in the back row, you get an incredible, sh*tload of airtime on the second drop (8.5/10).

 

After SheiKra, my cousin and I got a train to ourselves on Kumba, riding it twice. Once in the front, and once in the back. What do you expect? Crazy G-forces galore in both the front and back (9/10).

 

After Kumba, we decided to take a short ride on Scorpion. No wonder this thing always gets a line, aside from one train operation, but this ride like all Schwarzkopfs pull of crazy forces (8/10).

 

After Scorpion, we made a dash over to Montu. Surprised this still had a wait, figuring all of the general public will be at SheiKra. Anyways, two train operation and of course, the crazy first half, but a now laggy second half thanks to the cursed, too trimmed down, mid course. (8/10)

 

Following Montu, we headed to Rhino Rally to see if it were open, instead it was closed and would open shortly. Vekomas... so reliable . After the check on Rhino Rally, we went to the Skyride and got some footage of SheiKra.

 

After the skyride, we went for another ride on Kumba and at the same time squirt the innocent riders on Congo River Rapids. We then headed over to the Stanleyville Smokehouse and had a delicious lunch (Busch makes the best food at a theme park). After lunch, we had another ride on SheiKra, with an one hour wait.

 

By this time, we ended up getting tired and had headaches, also the park was beginning to get crowded (especially with Spanish tour groups with T-shirts saying 50 ANOS (50 years for those who don't know Spanish)).

 

A few pictures from my trip:

Kumba- still kicking butt like it was back in 1993.

 

Two pictures of Kumba going down the drop after the mid course.

 

Scorpions Loop

 

Scorpion, going through the loop.

 

SheiKra- from the Skyride.