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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.
[3] [4] Busch's widow offered the gardens to the city of Pasadena on multiple occasions for use as a public park, but the city never accepted the offer. [3] [4] Busch Gardens closed in 1937 and the land was later subdivided. [3] The area is now a residential neighborhood, though some of the landscape features of the Busch Gardens era remain. [5]
The three points of Colonial Virginia's Historic Triangle, Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown, which are linked by the scenic Colonial Parkway A sign for the Historic Triangle on U.S. Route 60 just west of Grove, Virginia near Busch Gardens Williamsburg theme park in James City County, Virginia
Capitol Landing Road from Williamsburg to Magruder was added to the state highway system in 1932 [10] [11] as State Route 542. [12] Later that year, both SR 510 and SR 524 became State Route 31, connected by Francis Street in Williamsburg (U.S. Route 60, formerly State Route 39).
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Apollo's Chariot was announced on September 5, 1998, as the tallest and fastest roller coaster at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. [2] An article in the Daily Press on January 23, 1999, mentioned that the ride was nearing completion with approximately 20 pieces of track left to be installed. [ 3 ]
Escape from Pompeii is a shoot-the-chutes water attraction designed by Intamin located at Busch Gardens Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Virginia.. The attraction is based on the ancient city of Pompeii when it was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
The Busch Gardens Railway is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge amusement park heritage railroad located within Busch Gardens Williamsburg amusement park in Williamsburg, Virginia. Opened in 1975, the railway is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long, and has stations in the Heatherdowns , Festa Italia , and New France sections of the park.