The top-ten reasons that Busch Gardens has a place in my childhood memories:
- Clean and very easy to get around with great ‘signage’
- Live-action animal theatre > there is only one place that I can see wannabe actors/performers break character when the ostrich does notunderstand what to do onstage
- Well-planned and thoughtful parking design > complete with shuttles around the lots so you don’t have to walk a half mile back through the closing mayhem
- Very reasonable eating & pricing
- Free samples of Anheuser-Busch/Budweiser beers at the hospitality shack > just name a quiet, shaded porch where can you watch pink flamingos while sipping on a sample of the new seasonal brew
- Go see the traditional Budweiser Clydesdales > per tradition of my father, I brought home a Budweiser Holiday Stein to begin my own collection
- Grandma was just as excited to go there as the parents and kids were. She took all of her lady friends there just a few weeks ago!
- Busch puts the ‘PARK’ in theme park > beautiful grounds/landscaping to walk amidst, no sense of an urban landscape, a zoo simultaneously existing with all of the adrenaline-pumping rides
- The home of my first roller-coaster experience > it still stands today
- Family Tradition > unbreakable and invaluable
My favorite theme park to date, no matter what rides I might enjoy more.