Negative-G - Busch Gardens Tampa Bay 2020 Page Thirty-One

Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
Tampa, Florida
December 21, 2020
Page Thirty-One

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Some of the time I spent while walking the park alone was trying to match up places with my memories from my first visit. One of the vivid memories was how a giant Anheuser-Busch brewery was actually in the middle of the park. I remembered riding up into it on a big escalator and the tour ended at a funky very 1960's looing building where adults were able to enjoy the beer that was produced in the park while sitting outside surrounded by the gardens.

The brewery and tour is long gone as it was replaced by Gwazi after the plant shut down. This building that used to be the Anheuser-Busch Hospitality House where the tour ended is still here. It is nice finding something concrete from a long long ago memory.

Speaking of old memories Busch Gardens Tampa is one of the handful of locations where they still have classic Mold-A-Rama machines. If you have never experienced these it is an injection mold system that makes a plastic statue on the spot for you. They come out hot and with a distinctive smell but oh man do they bring back memories.

The Cheetah Hunt roller coaster at Busch Gardens Tampa, Tampa, Florida

As the sun started to sink in the western horizon I finally bit the bullet and hopped in the seventy minute long line for Cheetah Hunt.

Speeding to the top of Cheetah Chase's "Windcatcher Tower" a wonderful sunset greeted me.

The sunset was so gorgeous time just stood still.