Busch Gardens Redux
Busch Gardens has cool theming, decent rides and captive animals. I generally disagree with the idea of captive animals but I think Busch Gardens tries to make it ok. They try to make the animal exhibits educational but they fall short to my standards. There are a few eagles in the park that can’t fly or survive in the wild so they hop around flapping their wings. That’s a bit disconcerting to watch. They have grey wolves that they train in a show. The wolf show wasn’t that bad cause they try to educate people about them and how they train them (without punishment). They also have a screened in, walk through aviary. Which was pretty cool. We walked through and got to see all kinds of neato birds. You can buy nectar for the birds to land on you and feed, but we didn’t get any. At one point a bird landed on my back! I watched as a bird landed on Mike’s head, peed and then flew away! Mike was quite upset at his head being used as a toilet, but I thought it was pretty funny!
Having been to Busch Gardens, I understand what a theme park is all about. Busch Gardens is a theme park with rollercoasters. Most amusement parks have themed rollercoasters. They make all of the shopkeepers and ride pos wear cute, but moderately ridiculous costumes. They’re also quaintly known as cast members and not employees.
One really nice thing about Busch Gardens is that it’s really clean. At one point I saw a cast member cleaning a bench, with cleaner! I gasped in shock. Maybe they even clean the ride seats (what a novel idea!).
The food here gets props by many visitors, but its not really all that. They do offer more selections than most parks, which is nice. Unfortunately, I overpaid for overcooked spaghetti in tasteless tomato sauce; it satisfied me but I would have been happier with a soft pretzel. Mike opted for the German food. If the food is authentic, then I came away with the conclusion that Germans eat weird stuff. I had my first taste of sauerkraut, which tastes exactly like I thought it would – weird. I didn’t hate it but I’m not gonna seek it out. All of the veggies are shiny and slimy and sour and the meat looks like cooked penises.