I love BGW and was very happy to go back a decade after my first visit there (when Apollo's Chariot was the new ride). The park is beautiful and well operated, the crowds were moderate and most seemed to be there for a concert/nighttime entertainment. We rode all of the coasters a few times each, saw an amazing Irish tap-dancing show, and took our time to walk around and enjoy the scenery.
These 2 BP's are right across the street from eachother and have different prices
First thing you see as you drive into the parking lot is Apollo's Chariot
The ticket sales windows
The only B&M I know of that has a 52" height requirement
Free bags at Six Flags! [any old SFGAm people on here?]
ELMO CHARACTER DINING
Escape from Pompeii, and old school shoot the chute
Found the SPQR signs quite random and funny (which is a latin abbreviation for "Senate and the Peoples Republic of Rome")
This was a pleasant sight
If you buy a quick queue you ride in the second row
Busch Gardens Tampa gets the majority of the publicity among these parks, but i've always preferred BGW as the better park. The landscaping and theming of Europe is far superior to that of Africa.
Lochness Monster is an awesome old school Arrow-Looper. Dive Machine's are not really my favorite coasters, of all the one trick pony rides i've always thought a big drop is kind of the cheapest "one trick" out there. Certainly not a top 10, but a fun ride nonetheless.
RIP Big Bad Wolf
Right across from this mini Wave Swinger there is a larger one
Cool looking clock made out of landscaping
I didn't really know what to expect from Darkastle but ended up loving it. Very similar to Spiderman at IOA (albeit over $150million cheaper) but still a solid dark ride.
Darkastle's outside queue area
Darkastle's inside queue area
Random queue deco
They still wash these with soap and water, depending on how well they dry them they can still be soaking wet when you pick them up
Griffon's trains are massive, we rode in the back row and with the has stadium seating we were raised and noticed how much bigger the trains are than Sheikra's
G-force meter on the train
Going down?
Many of the paths in the park have beautiful scenery like this
Of all the great things BGW offers, this sadly is not one of them. It's a very blatant cheesy rip-off of Soarin' Over California. It even tries to replicate Soarin's queue with inspirational type music in line
Patrick?
It has a typical simulator type seating arrangement, and these fans blow the wind into the simulator as you "fly over Europe"
Lochness Monster was booking as usual. 3 train operation and it took probably 30-40 seconds to load each train.
Airtime anyone?
Train 3 was on storage track 1. They did add it a little later and we rode it several more times.
The B&Ms at this park have a finger-sensor dispatch system similar to Iron Wolf's controls
The Skyride provided for some cool views of Alpengeist
http://rcdb.com/r.htm?ot=2&mo=8300 5 are operating worldwide, 3 in the US. 1. Ninja at Magic Mt. 2. Iron Dragon at Cedar Pt. 3. Flight Deck at Kings Island
This is also how I would rank them. Sure wish I could have ridden the Big Bad Wolf though.
I liked the second half of Iron Dragon, where it picks up intensity over the water. Flight Deck has great intensity, but I wondered what happened to the rest of it when I got off, as it's just too short. I felt Ninja had the speed and length, which is why I rank them where I do. I really like longer rides.
