Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (BGT BGA) Discussion Thread

[jedimaster1227Open Up Happiness]

Photos of Millenium Flyer trains sitting on Gwazi's transfer track have surfaced courtesy of BGTGuide. I have posted a sample of the photos, but visit the link below to view the entire report.

http://bgtguide.com/bgt/gwazitrain

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More photos click this link: http://bgtguide.com/bgt/gwazitrain

[PufferfishEurofighters are Red Dawn Awesome!]

Yay! Now Gwazi will surely be good for everyone. This is very exciting news. It gives me a really good reason to try to get back to the park soon.

[CapitalizeI wish they would make Street Fighter Donkey.]

Any chance they update the worst SOP ever in checking every seat belt before locking the lap bars?

[RCFreakTPR's Favorite Beaner]

^Well, Millennium Flyers only have one belt per row so even if they did keep it, it should (theoretically) go faster.

I really liked Gwazi the first time I rode it in late Feb of 07 (then again it was Florida's coldest day in a while apparently) but could definitely feel the hurt when I tried it again in October of that same year, so hopefully it'll ride a lot better.

[Skycoastin SteveFive babies drowned in a fire]

This is most excellent news. Unfortunately, it's still not a great layout, but maybe it won't be so rough anymore.

[LootyI teach at the school of donkey!]

This is fantastic! This should definitely improve the overall ride experience. I absolutely hated Gwazi with PTC's and judging by the lack of people in line for it everytime I visited, most people did too. The next step is to actually have them duel now
This is just another great reason to visit the park in 2011!...way to go BGA!!!

[SaweetDude04Macaroni and Donkey]

Thats great news! The last time I was at BGA, while I rode every other coaster multiple times, one time on Gwazi on one side was enough for me. It's good to know that management is at least trying to come up with a solution for Gwazi's roughness.

[deathbydinnI eat bugs.]

This is awesome and great timing for me since I'm going up for the first time in late June. While the layout doesn't seem as good as some of the other GCIs, it still looks decent. Hopefully the new trains will make it a lot smoother and give it some air time.

[haiderodes"Excuse me, miss, may I pound my large rooster into your donkey?"]

This is good news, but I do have to wonder if they will re-align the station gates to match up.

Thats my big pet peeve on Timberwolf at WOF...the gate-to-train alignment is sooo horrible.

[doom1001Holy crap you have a HUGE donkey!]

Is this a borrowed train from another park?I hear that it is so they can determine if they'll make the switch.I don't understand why they would even need to test the new trains,only if they haven't ridden the coaster lately,my last 2 rides have been downright painful.I used to love this ride,it was shaky but tolerable shaky now it just hurts.