The previous day is
HERE
Monday 11 July
Ugh
Awake at 0330, that’s just ridiculous, even for me
Finally drift off around 5 until 7 when I admit defeat and amuse myself ironing – helped along by Wesh and a Danish
Ah well, all not so bad then
We load up the cool box – just one of those cheap polystyrene boxes but holds 6 frozen water bottles which in turn keep 6 cans and assorted pastries nice and cold pretty much all day
We were all ready by 0815 except Andy who had just discovered Pokemon Go and we couldn’t leave until he had caught a Pideon thing – of course.
And I absolutely did not mention this once when we were stood in the very large, hot and disorganised queue at Busch Gardens.
Those extra 15 minutes at home – never mentioned them once
Just the odd dozen times ……
And we are off at 0830 , arriving just before 0945 after a nice uneventful drive.
This is probably the busiest we have ever seen Busch as we are usually here at the end of August.
There is a big queue at security that is not very ( should read at all) organised and seems to get everyone into lines to just bunch up again at the turnstiles. :angry:
Turnstiles
There must be a better way
Just pants
Wont read barcodes or fingerprints yada yada yada
Someone needs to revolutionise queuing and admission technology.
We are finally in at 10 and arrange to meet the boys later around mid day at Stanleyville – I am sure I advised them to go on Cobras Curse first as it will be the busiest but they completely ignored this wisdom and headed for Cheetah Hunt which had a 35 minute wait.
We opted for a stroll along that way too.
Gator pile on
Yeah , he looked like I felt
We headed up to see the new ride, not that we were trying it out – wimpoids that we are
Mad’uns
All that lovely scenery and I am in shot with a ruddy bin !
Slightly scary bird – bit close for my liking with that beak
We walked round to see the Gorillas, that’s always one of our favourites and helped Andy get out of his “ I hate theme parks” head
– he says it every time – and then as we are walking round comments how much he likes it !
The teens had nipped in front of us
Do Gorillas ever ask does my bum look big in this ?
We listened to the keeper talking for ages, it was fascinating , we learned a lot.
We carried on round to pick up the train
Obviously not to pick UP the train, that would need Superman , but to have a nice tootle round, Neither of us fancied the slightly terrifying swinging buckets known as the Skyride
Some pretty plants
Great view
Not
Great Rocks being photobombed by antelope
Gnarly ostrich and more great rocks
Total fail on the animal pics, the Giraffes and Rhinos were just so not posing today !
The guide on the train was very funny – and even funnier was how he would laugh at his own jokes .
He had us in stitches all the way round. Really made all the difference .
Completely wasted on there I am sure, he was absolutely brilliant.
We arrived at Sheikra just before midday and sat waiting for the boys
As with every year some nasty beastie bit me
It happens every time and still I don’t learn
I fancied a Sundae and joined the queue – giving up when I realised it would take until next Sunday to get blimmin served. The ( very large) family in front of me were obviously ordering for the whole South American peninsula and I gave up.
Feeble.