So just want to give everyone a heads up, my name is Eric and this is my first ever Trip Report. I'm new to the Forums but have followed the site for awhile now. I'm a Coaster Lover (duh) and I love checking out the pictures and reports everyone does. This is easily my favorite coaster site. I figured I would join the forums and post a trip report of my own from my 2010 trip to Virginia.
Along the Way I visited two major parks and a small Go-Kart park among other visits to historical Williamsburg and a day at Virginia Beach. I have to say I've been to Kings Dominion when it was a Paramount Park and a Cedar Fair park and I have to say it was a better experience as a Cedar Fair Park. I did however miss the movie references and themes but the service was actually pretty good on my trip. Intimidator was brand new when I visited and it certainly impressed me, it was unlike anything I have ever ridden before, easily a top ten of mine. We also visited Go-Karts Plus for a little credit whoring on the kiddie coaster : ) since we staying right in Williamsburg, on a side note it was also my first Disk-O ride.
Among the amusement parks we also had a great day at Water Country USA which is by far one of the best waterparks I've ever been too. It certainly was a Busch Gardens owned park as even on opening day the gardens looked amazing. I was a little disappointed however by Meltdown, so much potential but it was pretty slow.
The main reason aside from intimidator was to visit Busch Gardens Europe, my favorite non-disney park, a park I hadn't been to since 2003. I was sad that the Big Bad wolf was gone but Griffon certainly helped ease my pain : ), and Curse of DarKastle was pretty good, and very well themed. Busch Gardens was amazing as it always is and even though we ran into a bit of spotty weather it didn't dampen our day, we were able to ride Escape from Pompeii 4 times in a row after the storm rolled thru, needless to say we were pretty drenced.
So i will now let the pictures do the talking and add some descriptions along the way. Please comment and let me know how I did on my first TR, and hopefully next time I can do even better next time.
