Welcome to this week’s (delayed) episode on Busch Gardens Williamsburg! I worked hard to get this one out on time, but alas, I did not. It in fact had a bit more research required than what I expected (oops) but here it is! Enjoy the episode as well as the chat after the history, where I discuss my trip this past summer to the park for the first time and how much I truly loved it (I need to be on Apollo’s Chariot again ASAP)

The next episode of my Park History series will release in a few weeks after a brief holiday pause and will be about the first Disney park, Disneyland! I have a lot to research by then so please be with me as I really don’t know when I will release that episode. In the meantime, this next episode will be a simple Chit-Chat episode to keep the conversation going, so lookout for that one in the coming week or so. Have a fantastic listen!

Sources:

• Back to Williamsburg - Kerry A. O'Brien - Google Books

• Busch Gardens History « BGW Memories

• Busch Gardens Williamsburg - Wikipedia

• Roman Rapids - Wikipedia

• Escape from Pompeii - Coasterpedia - The Amusement Ride Wiki

• Alpengeist - Wikipedia

• Story of Curse of Dark Kastle - YouTube

• Curse of DarKastle - Wikipedia

• Griffon - Coasterpedia - The Amusement Ride Wiki

• Verbolten - Wikipedia

• DarKoaster: Escape The Storm - Wikipedia

• Big Bad Wolf: The Wolf's Revenge - Wikipedia

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Welcome to this week’s episode where I chat about SeaWorld San Diego! This episode what a complicated one to research, as there is really not a lot of information out there about the park. I also made the decision to include a bit about the controversy that SeaWorld has been included in over the years, but tried to keep it as neutral as possible. Thank you for your understanding, and please excuse me rambling on about nothing at the end. Regardless, enjoy the episode and thank you for those who alerted me that I MADE YOUR SPOTIFY WRAPPED! That is so amazing and wild since this is such a new podcast. I love you all and thank you for supporting this little dream of mine!

Sources:

• https://www.themeparkinsider.com/flume/201307/3552/

• https://www.biographies.net/people/en/george_millay

• https://www.gmtoday.com/travel/timeline-how-seaworld-grew-from-a-22-acre-park-to-a-nearly-200-acre-tourist/article_34f54172-fb3b-11ee-99e5-c323ebadc427.html

• https://www.themeparkinsider.com/art/news/seaworld-sd-1960s.jpg

• https://behindthethrills.com/2019/03/seaworld-san-diego-from-1964-to-2019/

• https://allthatsinteresting.com/shamu

• https://populartimelines.com/timeline/SeaWorld-San-Diego/full

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SeaWorld_SkyTower

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission:_Bermuda_Triangle

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Arctic

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_to_Atlantis

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manta_(SeaWorld_San_Diego)

• https://theconversation.com/blackfish-how-captive-killer-whale-documentary-ended-seaworlds-orca-breeding-programme-161775

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Eel_(roller_coaster)

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_(roller_coaster)

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SeaWorld_San_Diego

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Hello everyone! I am back with this week’s episode on Knott’s Berry Farm. In this episode I discuss the history of this iconic park and the history of the boysenberry. So sit back and listen to this week’s stories! Thank you for hanging on while I have been away at Dollywood (as usual) and I will have plenty more episodes coming up soon as we dive deep for the second season of my podcast and the next lap around the carousel of theme parks.

Sources:

• Knott’s Preserved by Christopher Merritt and J. Eric Lynxwiler (ISBN-13: 978-1-99-1-883318-97-0)

• Knott's Berry Farm - Wikipedia

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