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Busch Gardens is the name of two amusement parks in the United States, owned and operated by United Parks & Resorts. The original park is in Tampa, Florida, and the second park is in Williamsburg, Virginia. There were also previously Busch Gardens parks in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California (1964–1979) [1] and Houston, Texas (1971–1973). [2]
Busch Gardens leased a pair of pandas from the Chinese government in October 1987, with a temporary 120-foot (37 m) exhibit opening in the bird gardens on November 17. [168] [169] To accommodate the pandas, new bird aviaries were built in the gardens. [170] The first panda on loan left in April 1988 while the second left in October 1988.
It has received a #38 Golden Ticket Awards ranking. Gwazi closed in February 2015. Gwazi's trains are now used on InvadR at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, and Texas Stingray at SeaWorld San Antonio. It reopened in March 2022 as the wood-steel hybrid roller coaster Iron Gwazi. Morocco [48] Tanganyika Tidal Wave 1989 2016
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Busch acquired a tenth park, Water Country USA in 1992, which was near its existing Williamsburg location. In 1993, the company hit its record high attendance for all its parks with over 19 million people with a record setting year for Tampa Busch Gardens. [6] In 1995, Cypress Gardens was sold to the park's management. [10]
Main gate of Busch Gardens Williamsburg in 2014. Busch Gardens Williamsburg (formerly Busch Gardens Europe and Busch Gardens: The Old Country) is a 422-acre (1.71 km 2) amusement park in James City County near Williamsburg, Virginia, United States, located approximately 60 miles (100 km) northwest of Virginia Beach.
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Although separately gated, it is often promoted with neighboring parks Discovery Cove and Aquatica as well as Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, all of which are owned and operated by United Parks & Resorts. In 2022, SeaWorld Orlando hosted an estimated 4.45 million guests, ranking it the 10th most visited amusement park in the United States. [3]