Busch Gardens is the name of two amusement parks in the United States, owned and operated by SeaWorld Entertainment. 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) and Houston, Texas (1971–1973). The "Busch Gardens" name was earlier used to refer to the gardens developed by Adolphus Busch near his home in Pasadena, California, which were open to the public from 1906 to 1937. The Busch Gardens amusement parks were initially developed as marketing vehicles for Anheuser-Busch and featured hospitality houses with samples of Anheuser-Busch products. They also included stables that housed many of the company's Clydesdale horses, which have been associated with Anheuser-Busch since 1933. Eventually, rides and attractions were added to the parks and over time were developed into full theme parks while still promoting Anheuser-Busch. Busch Entertainment Corporation, now called SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, was created as a subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch Companies to run the various parks in 1959. In 2009, InBev, the new owners of Anheuser-Busch, sold the amusement parks to the Blackstone Group. Blackstone has kept some of the popular traditions including a stable with Clydesdales; however, the Clydesdales are not affiliated with the beer company.
Donna mentioned in a review, "We booked a hotel package for Christmastown through Busch Gardens vacations Dec.21-22 2019. The hotel we booked with had no hot water. I contacted booking department to see if I could get some sort. Told me supervisor would contact me. It has been a week, no call back or some sort of credit. I wouldn't recommend booking through them. Very unprofessional!!!!"
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jack says
"BG used to be fun. Now it is loaded with Nazi Communist Democrat workers that will yell at you if your nose slips out of your \"obedience\" mask. Two fake BG cops tried to arrest me on my way out to the parking lot. Whoops, my mask was not over my nose! If I didn\'t run fast, I would be sitting in jail. Good GOD! Is this the way to run a park? NOT FUN AT ALL!!! BTW, I did tell them I have already gotten the Vaccine. Guess that doesn\'t matter to dictators. Instead of freedom, I felt under constant surveillance wherever I walked. IT SUCKED. Zero stars, or negative 5. I guess no one understands that a virus is 100 angstroms in size. 20 times smaller than the cloth of a \"mask\". So wearing one does NOTHING! Even the actors on stage 100 feet away from everyone was masked. Give me a break!"Social Media
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"RT @DanaJ8675309: @BuschGardensVA Busch Gardens violates medical exemptions set forth by the Virginia Department of health! When asked if d…"VAdude1995 says
"@NASCALAMITYY I know this map is trash!! Williamsburg in Va aint bad!! Its just hot as balls as its in the SE part… https://t.co/fSY4HCRznu"Kite says
"@BlackBlur14 because people don't know that Busch Gardens is better than any amusement park in Orlando"In The News
WAVY.com reports
"Local family not amused with Busch Gardens’ policy on pandemic refunds"WWBT NBC12 News reports
"Busch Gardens re-opening this week to limited crowd with strict guidelines"Bay News 9 reports
"Busch Gardens Tampa Bay Taps New Park President"Tampa Bay Times reports
"Busch Gardens names new president"