Invertalon Posted June 11, 2013 Posted June 11, 2013 Not a very big TR writer,I prefer just to show photos... So this will be quite short Here is a summary of these three parks: Fun Spot: Fun Spot is a great place to burn a few hours each night! We settled with a season pass and utilized it all week we were in town. White Lightning is one insane little ride. The day we arrived was supposedly the day they greased the track heavily, and you could clearly see the grease all over the rails... It was running out of control! It was basically continued ERT all week as we rarely ever had to leave the train for long periods of time. The staff at Fun Spot is top notch and we all had a lot of fun. Freedom Flyer is a nice little scenic ride more than anything, but still worth the ride. The midways look fantastic and the park was very clean. The Go Karts were pretty fun, although not as good as I expected. I enjoyed the level, twisty course over the other two endless helix courses. We are excited to make it back to Fun Spot when back in town again! Sea World Orlando: We had gotten the Discovery Cove park-hopper deal ticket so we stopped in two days during our trip. Both times, the new penguin exhibit had lines of 120+ minutes... No thanks.. We did try the Arctic Chill drink and it was quite good. A very good cream-soda if you will. Kraken and Manta both running great! I really love Manta, I think it is somewhat of a flyer design perfected with the great execution at the end of the ride with the water, rock walls and shrubbery. I prefer it quite a bit over Tatsu and MUCH more than the SUF clones. Turtle Trek was fun and a great improvement to what used to be there. We had a great time overall though... Spent a few hours here between the two days. Busch Gardens Tampa One of the best visits I have had to this park... Montu and Kumba were just running EXCELLENT. I am sad to see Gwazi in the state it is in though... If only it got some love. The layout is great IMO, it just needs trackwork to shine with those MF trains but the future does not look so bright. I must say operations were atrocious at this ride though and in general throughout the park for the most part. Crews slow and no desire to hurry in the least bit. I would say Kumba probably had the best crew as well as Cheetah Hunt. Speaking of, Cheetah Hunt was a fun little ride. I liked the interaction with the canyons, water and the long, sprawled out layout. I really think the ride would be better though without the heartline roll and lapbars, but that's minor. I was bummed to see how neutered Rhino Rally was now, though Sheikra is a very solid ride as always and for what it's worth, I think one of the more effective gimmicks for me. I really enjoy these B&M dive machines. Not many pictures from this park, mostly because I only had my camera with me a very short time. So don't expect too much here! Now on to some photos from these three parks! 6M3C5594.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5573.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5596.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5604.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5685.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5620.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5584.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5656.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5625.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5633.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5647.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5658.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5659.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5693.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5704.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5715.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5718.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5720.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5748.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5756.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5761.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5763.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5768.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5791.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5795.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5810.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5829.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5836.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5951.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5953.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5957.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5965.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5968.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5976.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5979.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr Sea World Orlando: 6M3C5841.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5845.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5848.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5857.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5853.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5873.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5893.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5899.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5901.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5902.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5903.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5904.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5905.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5906.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5907.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5909.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5910.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5914.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5920.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5921.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5925.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5931.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5936.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5944.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5945.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5948.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr BGT: 6M3C5082.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5110.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5117.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5121.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5133.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5140.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5141.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5145.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5187.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5202.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5203.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5211.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr 6M3C5214.jpg by invertalon, on Flickr For more photos from these parks:
GayCoasterGuy Posted June 11, 2013 Posted June 11, 2013 Invertalon, you take excellent pictures! How was Scorpion? I gotta ask... being an Anton nerd.
mike541x Posted June 11, 2013 Posted June 11, 2013 Great pictures. I miss Florida so much. ^As for Scorpion, it was my first Anton. It may not look like much, but it's defenitly worth riding. I skipped it my first day at the park because of the lines and I didn't think it was worth my time, but I went back the next day when the park wasn't as crowded and got the chance to ride it. I'm so glad I didn't skip this ride.
Invertalon Posted June 11, 2013 Author Posted June 11, 2013 Invertalon, you take excellent pictures! How was Scorpion? I gotta ask... being an Anton nerd. Scorpion is OK... I rode it a few years ago and have not been back on it since. I much prefer the larger Anton layouts such as Mindbender, Revolution, etc... The smaller, compact ones I don't like as much. But for what it is I guess, it is not a bad ride!
Meteornotes Posted June 16, 2013 Posted June 16, 2013 Great photos! Can't wait to check out the new stuff at Fun Spot later this year. dt
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