Busch Gardens Newbies

We finally made it over to Busch Gardens Tampa.

Before going, we had determined to NOT see and do everything in one day.

But we definitely wanted to:
ride the Rhino Rally,
ride the Serengeti Express,
ride the Skyride

Did all of those, liked them all.
The train's wheels did at times make an awful noise as we rolled along. Very distracting.

The Good:
The park was easy to find, even for 1st-timers.
BG's employees were friendly and helpful.

The Better:
Not crowded!

The Best:
The Park's cleanliness was most impressive.

The So-So:
Lunch: We had sandwiches (His: Italian Sausage, Mine: Corned Beef) at the Desert Grill.  The food was so-so, typical theme park fare, not as good as some of the WDW counter-service places. The servers were friendly.

It was hot and humid and the lush foliage added to it (like at DAK), so the animals were lethargic (just like us after lunch!).

Will we go back?
You betcha!
We missed all of Jungala, and will do that next time.

WWWD?

The Disney Company just spent about $4 Billion to acquire 5,000 Marvel characters.

Some of them (Spider-Man, The Hulk, Dr. Doom) can already be seen as rides / attractions up the road at Marvel Super Hero Island, Islands of Adventure, Universal Orlando.
I have two problems with this.

#1 That $4 billion could have been spent upgrading ALL of WDW's parks, building a new moderate resort and upgrading the others, re-opening River Country and Discovery Island (both of which are just moldering away), creating a new land at DAK (how about Australia!), adding a new country to Epcot's World Showcase, keeping the parks cleaner, or how about this: extending the monorail to run all over WDW and get rid of the buses.


#2 Marvel characters are NOT Disney characters. I admit to being somewhat of a 'traditionalist'; I just can't see Captain America (for example) and Mickey together.

So, What Would Walt Do?
Well, I'm pretty sure he'd be spinning at about Warp 6.