We always love a day out at Busch Gardens when we are in Orlando on holiday. We decided to go again, this time midweek so it would be quieter.
Busch gardens has some of the best rollercoasters in Florida - lots of great coasters for thrilled seekers.
We specifically went this time to ride Iron Gwazi, the new hybrid coaster. While the ride itself is phenomenal, a really great coaster, for a ride that is barely 2 months old it was having terrible issues while we were there - we waiting twice in line and in the 2 times we queued the ride went down 4 times!! - I think it's down to the restraint system which is very weird as you have a seat belt but people then naturally pull down the restraint once belted in, but they tell you not to as you have to wait for everyone to belt up first. If one person pulled the restraint down early, the whole rude had to be stopped and go through a thorough testing run before restarting....the 2 rides we did on Iron Gwazi therefore took up the first 2.5 hours of the day, so a huge chunk. I think Busch Gardens need to get this sorted as, it was a really quiet day when we went, if this happens on a busy weekend it will take all day to ride it.
Other than that the park is great, lots to do and great thrill rides. As always there were a good number of attractions closed, which was very disappointing- and it felt that was due to staff shortages rather than genuinely being down or closed for refurbishment.
I still recommend this park to everyone as its always worth a visit.