We Couldn't Even Drink Beer At Busch Gardens

We both visited Busch Gardens as kids quite a few years ago, so we decided since we were in Tampa that we needed to revisit one of the top ranked parks for roller coasters in the country as adults.  The visit started out rocky due to a double charge for the tickets on our credit card, expensive parking for the rig and the fact that we were forced to pay for a locker once we got to the back of the park (you can't ride any of the roller coasters with a bag...this conveniently was not posted anywhere close to the entrance of the park).  Despite the bad taste in our mouths we met our goal of riding all of the coasters (and the kiddie rides too), plus we ate a full meal at almost every restaurant in the park (Babbitt's admission included ALL YOU CAN EAT and we would have eaten at every restaurant if they didn't start closing some of them 2 hours before the park closed!)

View of Busch Gardens from the Sky Ride

The last time Katie was at Busch Gardens she was 2 and according to her dad
she had a real meltdown at the merry go round for no reason...at least she is smiling during this trip

Babbitt getting ready to go on his favorite ride...
Sheikra for the second time

Katie underneath the enormous White Tiger
O'Babbitt Tip: The animal exhibits are amazing and a must see

We heard a lot of stories about the "old" Busch Gardens & the beer throughout the day,
but the combination of Sea World being the owners (no more free beer) and the fact that Babbitt could eat as much as he wanted and didn't want a full belly, we decided to save our boozing for another amusement park

Once again we were the last customers to leave