this is SO cool to see. we used to go to Busch Gardens almost every weekend back in the 80s. I think season tickets were like $15 apiece back then. This is the only footage I've been able to find of it anywhere on the Internet of The Black Spider! I always loved that ride. never understood why they removed it. this is great footage❤
They need to make it more like this again. Embrace tradition, reject modernity. The old world style carnival games are so cool. Like the catapult into the bucket!
I worked there for 4 years. One summer, I worked in Threadneedle Faire. The Twizzel Fwap (AKA nut buster) was easy when you moved across quickly and jumping sideways. I know, because I did it daily in a long dress.
So glad you posted this. I'm sad to see what they've done to the place. Been going since the 70s and this is the Busch Gardens I remember. I would have been about the age of this kids in this. Threadneedle Faire, the shooting gallery, a magic shop that actually felt magical, the LeMans, an actual band in the Festhaus still, the Big Bad Wolf, the petting zoo... so much of this stuff is gone now. And the crowds are so bad it's difficult to even enjoy what's left.
Thank you for uploading...spent 15 yrs in Williamsburg and this place was my childhood..so many memories..Recognizing a lot of things but seeing and hearing from friends still down there...lots of changes...thanks for the memories :)
Man i vaguely remember it being like this I remember when they started work on alpinegeist and they had an Autobahn Ride I think They still had Drachen fire good times
