rollin_n_coastin Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Brent, thanks for keeping this going man! Love re-living this stuff! ^lol Sam, I can't wait for that either. Although, it could be possible for 'that park' to be like Busch again. Did you see the KD stuff from Shane's thread? It did seem to have quite a bit of charm. Maybe we were there on a very off day, who knows? lol So yah, back to Busch, amazing day! The water rides were crazy and what a line up of coasters! Big Bad Wolf at night again anyone?? Brent, thanks again and looking forward to seeing the rest. Cheers, J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downunder Posted February 3, 2009 Author Share Posted February 3, 2009 ^Thanks Jason, I just realised by the time I finish the trip report I will probably heading for the airport for the TPR Scandi tour. It's been so much fun to relive the trip through everyone's reports. Jason on your TR it was amazing that after the extreme airtime of Phoenix you finished the ride sitting on the lap of the person next to you - that cracked me up. As far as King's Dominion goes, I do have some views on their views. Busch was close to a perfect park, it was difficult to object to anything there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downunder Posted February 8, 2009 Author Share Posted February 8, 2009 Busch II - The Taming Of The Delinquent Okay next part (of an epic 4 parts, and this park deserves it), time to review the coasters: Appollo's Chariot - fun but lacked punch, a few too many trim brakes for my liking, I think the chariot of one of those low riders would get more air time. This coaster could be a lot better. Most of the coasters layout is not visible from the park so it gives it some mystery. 7.5/10. Loch Ness Monster - fun looper with the cool interlocking loops and makes excellent use of the terrain, a bit dated now but well worth riding. 6/10. Griffon - My first dive machine, great drops but not as good in between. I'd love to see this type of coaster go a lot more extreme but wimpy B & M would never do that, Intamin? 8.5/10. Big Bad Wolf - Arrow Suspended coasters were a revelation on this trip, not as good as Vortex (Canada's Wonderland) at night but a very nice. It's really two rides, the first being a swoop over a village which is fun but not super intense. Then there is the section with the drop over the river which is excellent and intense but a little short. 7.5/10. Alpengeist - Not as tight and intense as it's smaller homies but a great adventure of a ride. 8/10. Next instalment - Busch III: The Hummel Boy Finds Neverland. "Don't look at me that way Aussie, we don't eat our national emblems in this country, you f***ing savage muthaf***er. You want a piece of me, I'll claw your balls off, a$$hole!" It was at this time the trainers decided it was time for F***er to take his medication. Next instalment: Busch III - The Hummel Boy Finds Neverland. Member of crowd: "Hey f***er, did you know that Six Flags in Chicago named a coaster after you - American Eagle?" F***er: "Why aren't I f***ing working there then. What was that? They pay minimum wage, f*** those cheap muthaf***ers, I got a great package here including dental. Wait a minute, I don't have teeth, and dental is coming out of my salary package, f***. Get me non-human resources pronto, muthaf***er". Hey, it's family favorite: F**ker The Passive Aggressive Bald Eagle - "who the f*** called us turkeys. Own up muthaf***er, I won't bite. I'll claw your eyes out, a$$hole". A couple of thanksgiving turkeys trying to make their escape before whenever Thanksgiving is - c'mon we don't have it downunder, we're thankful everyday, but I won't say why. After this bunch of nervous looking riders, the clean up crew was working overtime in full biohazard gear once the train returned. Fabio took a raincheck on attending the premier of Griffon, he couldn't get a start as the Elephant Man after a goose in the face on Apollo's Chariot. I saw a special on the making of Griffon which was done in the dead of winter, it made cleaning public restrooms after dark look pleasant by comparison. The signs at the loading bay advise you to sit on any loose articles, girl second left looks like she is sitting on her mobile phone while it was set to vibrate. Griffon goes down like a beer glass full of raw eggs, very smooth but you get a funny feeling in the belly. The B & M dive machine and invert, Busch Gardens doubles as a showroom for the B & M product line. I made an offer on behalf of the Australian people but our total GDP wouldn't get half a dive machine. The circular saw added a bit of flavour to the invert - keep your legs up during the ride. Now that's better, Dave embraces the fudge name. It's not like you guys have to work in the basement of the factory, packing fudge. Dave and Mike Fudge, the heirs to the fudge empire, were having difficulty accepting their position in life. C'mon boys it's not like Darth Vader is your father, or worse still, Roseanne Barr is your mother. It was a super hot day at Busch, if it was Six Flags they would have made you sell your soul for a snow cone, and I know many a coaster enthusiast would have donated their body to medical science at the end of the day for one of those little motorised chairs but unfortunately medical science said no. Festhaus was luxuriously appointed, but an Oktoberfest style drinking binge would certainly leave you in the poorhouse. More arrow goodness, Big Bad Wolf - it wasn't big (more medium), it definitely wasn't bad (pretty good), and it didn't remind me of a wolf. "Medium Pretty Good Coaster", I should join Cedar Fair Marketing, dream on, they would have called it "Backlot Prowling Wolfhawk". The sign to the right - "Club of Underwater Phenomena Undiscovered" I hope that doesn't include a bunch of ACE style coaster enthusiasts in a hot tub? My neck went crack in the first loop of Loch Ness Monster, and it wasn't whiplash as if Carmen Electra was sitting behind me. At least the legacy of the now defunct Arrow is not a shameful, violent one like Togo. One area that can be neglected in a park is attention to detail when it comes to dealing with unruly guests. This is another area Busch excelled in, though this young delinquent rather enjoyed the paddle that was administered later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philthephorce Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speeddeamon128 Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 Another fantastic update Brent! I like saw blade shot with Alpengeist & the eagle turkey thing was hilarious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimaster1227 Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 I really have been hoping someone got photos of Max and I's Water Battle at Busch Gardens Europe... Did you by any chance grab those Brent? Anyways, I've enjoyed all of your updates so far and I've been cracking up constantly over the captions as well. I guess this is my "Brent's funny caption" fix now that you aren't on the West Coast trip, and you aren't doing Coaster of the Week. I guess it just means you'll be seeing me on this thread more often! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downunder Posted February 8, 2009 Author Share Posted February 8, 2009 I really have been hoping someone got photos of Max and I's Water Battle at Busch Gardens Europe... Did you by any chance grab those Brent? Anyways, I've enjoyed all of your updates so far and I've been cracking up constantly over the captions as well. I guess this is my "Brent's funny caption" fix now that you aren't on the West Coast trip, and you aren't doing Coaster of the Week. I guess it just means you'll be seeing me on this thread more often! Hey Adam, unfortunately I didn't get any photos of the splash battle, I took so few photos I should have tried harder on the photo front. Any good photos in this trip report were purely accidental. I was going to do the West Coast Coaster of the Week, I even did up a list of the coasters but someone just jumped in and decided to do it themselves probably an hour before I was going to start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speeddeamon128 Posted February 8, 2009 Share Posted February 8, 2009 ^I wish you were still on West Coast Brent I hope you have fun on the Scandi trip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downunder Posted February 9, 2009 Author Share Posted February 9, 2009 ^Thanks Matt, I'll definitely be heading up to your parts again sometime, and Orlando too. Work was looking a little too hot for August, and on top of that I've already been to a lot of the West Coast parks already, even though I would have still had fun. I've always wanted to go to Scandi, so this was a good opportunity - I've just kept putting off Europe because of massive hike to get there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speeddeamon128 Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 ^ Definitely let me no when you plan to come back to my area Brent. I'll try to meet up with you at GADV, Dorney, Hershey, & Knoebels. Maybe even Compounce if I'm able to get up there. I don't think you'll want to go to Clementon Park again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philthephorce Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Ooh! Can I go too? If you guys meet up anywhere in PA, let me know...I'll try to go if I can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downunder Posted February 9, 2009 Author Share Posted February 9, 2009 ^Phil, mate you are more than welcome. I'm always up for Great Adventure, Compounce, SFNE and Knoebels among others. That small detail of 12,000 mile commute means I won't be dropping by all the time but if I am around, it's party time. We can call ourselves Theme Punk Review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downunder Posted February 14, 2009 Author Share Posted February 14, 2009 Busch Eurobeer III: Beth and Hummel Boy Make A Porno Time for this thread to go bump in the night. This park was so much fun to explore, and there was always something interesting around every corner. The park is definitely not for the weak legged as there is good hiking, a fun run through this place might even sort out super marathon woman Nay out. If I had brought this model and erected it in Sydney, it would have claimed the number one coaster ranking in my lovely but coaster deprived city. Very badass looking ride sign which just said "you even hum Hungry Like The Wolf (by Duran Duran) and I'll bite your bollocks off!" The Deliverance tour boat had become lost north-west of it's regular route. There were plenty of lonely inbred redneck cannibals in the hills of West Virginia that day. Though there was hope for them with shooting of the new reality show "The Redneck Wants a Wife/Sister" also commencing that day. Loch Ness Monster's layout looks like two anacondas wrestling each other after just escaping a vat of egg yolks. Apollo's Chariot has proven to be real career killer for male models (poor Fabio) with errant goose's roaming the area, and the trim brakes were a real airtime killer. On the right there is a pink monkey mooning around like it wants to get spanked. Escape to Pompeii's themed section was impressive but blink and you'll miss it. Though I would have preferred all the flames and stuff after the splashdown so I could dry off. In the centre front Macauley Culkin gets a drenching. I saw him at the gate earlier claiming unsuccessfully that a Neverland season pass is valid at Busch. He was kind enough to give Hummel Boy directions to Neverland. Man front left, if all girls had a rule of not dating a guy with bigger boobs than them, then sadly this man would be struggling, even in Silicon valley. Escape from Pompeii involved going down and getting wet but the ride came to a very premature conclusion. RCT3 fans went "oh wow, a Niagra Falls recreation". Thankfully, they didn't extend that to a Marineland recreation, I don't think the state of Virginia would be big enough. I'm not sure if the water is supposed to be greener than the trees. Creedence Stillwater Revival would be playing riverside later, wear your biohazard suit if you want to get past the door nazi. Busch was not short on bush, or middle earth ambience in the architecture. On the left: don't jump Dawg, we're in a happy place. I mean damn, you're not in Wisconsin. Corksrew Hill was elaborately themed but sadly crap, probably only of interest to Leprechauns and Bono. Mike agrees with a signature protest of "Rubbish!" While Max checks his breath to try his luck with another statue. Save the switch hitting for the Thunder Bus, Hummel Boy, stop forcing yourself on that poor man. Find Neverland somewhere else! Poor Bethany closes her eyes and thinks of England, Max waits his turn. The Hummel Boy whispers extravagant claims in Bethany's ear about his third leg. Bethany looks like she wishes she had a third leg so she could run away faster. Meanwhile Max seems to be enjoying himself. Far right - tour guide in blue "This is the Abbey Stone Theatre. Legend has it Abbey was a hobbit who went to Vegas and found fame imperonating Tom Cruise in a burlesque show. She died of fright when she found a disgruntled Tom Cruise hiding in her closet". It's good to see Busch hasn't forgotten their core business at their parks, which is getting people drunk. Life without alcohol? Well there'd be a whole lot less loving going on for starters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wood Dragon 1988 Posted February 14, 2009 Share Posted February 14, 2009 Ahhhh....Cork-screw-you-hill = the best rough Irish sex you will ever have. I miss that park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downunder Posted February 15, 2009 Author Share Posted February 15, 2009 ^Love your work mate, classic, I stand humbled - that was a good observation, I totally missed it. I hear if you sneak into the park at midnight, you will find they have screenings at Corkscrew Hill of the little known and thought to be lost early Bruce Lee film "Enter The Fist", in 3D no less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 I don't think the state of Virginia would be big enough. "Commonwealth of Virginia," thank you very much. And to think that some people don't believe that Huge Hummel Boy leads an interesting life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvercrew1 Posted February 16, 2009 Share Posted February 16, 2009 If Behemoth is as amazing everyone says it is then I am even more excited for Diamondback! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downunder Posted February 16, 2009 Author Share Posted February 16, 2009 I don't think the state of Virginia would be big enough. "Commonwealth of Virginia," thank you very much. And to think that some people don't believe that Huge Hummel Boy leads an interesting life. Duly noted CFC, you should see if Virginia can go in the Commonwealth Games (you're not in our commonwealth but you might be able to scam it), Australia could use some competition - the poms, the kiwis, and tiny pacific atolls haven't been putting up much of a fight. I saw the Hummel Boy smoking a cigarette after we were finished with him - not sure what kind of cigarette though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speeddeamon128 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Fantastic once again Brent & that picture fit in perfectly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wood Dragon 1988 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 ^Love your work mate, classic, I stand humbled - that was a good observation, I totally missed it. I shouldn't take credit for that, a bunch of BGE locals came up with that one. I don't think I'll ever get around to having sex in my home country, but I think riding the horse on Corkscrew hill is about as close as I'll get Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downunder Posted February 19, 2009 Author Share Posted February 19, 2009 I don't think I'll ever get around to having sex in my home country, but I think riding the horse on Corkscrew hill is about as close as I'll get Chris mate, what countries are you planning on getting sex in? Hopefully not Thailand, that place looks pretty skanky. Just don't mention coasters and tell her she's beautiful. Also just don't mention coasters, did I already say that? Corkscrew Hill was the only thing in Busch that set off the lame-o-meter, the setting was great but the 3-d film itself was pretty pissweak, it was a bit like having a Ferrari without the engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downunder Posted February 20, 2009 Author Share Posted February 20, 2009 Busch IV: The Undiscovered Busch (The Final Chapter, Thank F***!) We had an excellent time in the Busch but it was time to pull out and look for action elsewhere. But not before further exploration of Busch, winding up with some phenomenal ERT on Big Bad Wolf. Thanks for a great day Busch! Goodbye Busch, I love Busch, I need much more Busch in the future. Thanks for the memories, I'll see Busch in my dreams. The Griffon was also our high school school emblem - ah that takes me back - sleeping in class, promiscurity, underage drinking, and arms dealing. Griffon goes up, the sun goes down and soon TPR will own the night, lock up your sheep. It was a Hot August Night in Virginia but thankfully no Neil Diamond. I was slagging Neil Diamond on another forum, I said he sucked so much - like 37 d***s, in a row (gratuitous Clerks reference). I've challenged Neil to a cage bout but he declined. 8 o'clock signalled happy hour at the moonshine distillery in the hills above Busch. They say the Hills Have Eyes but in this case the Hills Have Beer Goggles, more inbreeding ensued. Many wishes were made at the well that day including 69 requests to lose their virginity - who could that have been? Tony just wished to go back to his home planet, I wonder if it was Uranus? I've never wondered why I haven't longed to go to Europe, between Vegas, Epcot, and Busch Eurobeer - I got it covered. Up they go on Apollo, I wish the Commonwealth of Virginia (I remembered, CFC) should outlaw cruel and unusual use of trim brakes - the Chariot was running like the handbrake was on over those bunny hills. Dave gives us his signature look - jolly blue steel. Either that or he swallowed a goose while riding Apollo. Ducky went for a swim near the sewer outlet, duckie died. The second drop on the Big Bad Wolf didn't look real, but a horde of TPR tourists screaming like little girls was proof enough. Arrow suspended went meh to majestic on this tour. Loch Ness is one sexy coaster, those loops are positively Freudian. The coaster geeks in the cable car wound up leaving a very unsavoury reminder of their ride. The famous Trevor from Waldameer is working his way up the ladder for this. You would have got your ass kicked in Saturday Night Fever for wearing clothes like this, let alone modern day Virginia. Britney's back - oops I did it again! Yes, there was a reason for a hetero watching such a gay show. This technicolour nightmare left me crosseyed but excited, but why I wonder? Everything at Busch is so beautiful and orderly like the park was in Stepford. They even had number 1 and number 2 signs at the bathrooms as well. Dave and Adam double the fist, while Bethany rediscovers her love of wood. Max seems to have found a knothole out back. Bethany look shagged after the dangerous liaison with the Hummel Boy but Dave is getting right into it. Dave is a big Deep Throat fan, but this is taking the fanboy thing way too far. And I thought Trekkies going to classes to learn Klingon was mental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speeddeamon128 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Great Busch update Brent the Tony comment was hilarious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wood Dragon 1988 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 The 69 virgins comment was better, and more fair to everyone I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downunder Posted February 20, 2009 Author Share Posted February 20, 2009 ^ & ^^Thanks guys, I'm all Busched out after that epic of a park report. Onto Kings Dominion, and we all know how "interesting" that place was. Matt, now you've got a car, will you be seeing Busch more times? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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