Volume 3, No. 10. May 23, 2003
Coaster Con XXVI Preview
Water
works
If American Coaster Enthusiasts feel they are being bounced around at co-host
Busch Gardens Williamsburg, it’s for good reason. The theme park is providing
Coaster Con participants a three-day Bounce Ticket that allows guests unlimited
visits to both Busch Gardens and Water Country USA.
“Many of the ACE members don’t get to visit Water Country because
they’re so enthralled in coasters,” said Cindy Sarko, Busch Gardens
Williamsburg’s public relations manager. “I think it gives ACE members
and potential new ACE members the chance to experience another side of Busch
Gardens Williamsburg.” Water Country USA is a landscaped jewel among waterparks,
in the tradition of Busch Gardens itself, and provides a variety of water slide
experiences. New this year is Hubba Hubba Highway, an interactive waterway
(THE LOOP, May 9, 2003).
Water seems to be a key theme of Busch’s portion of the Coaster Con events.
The keynote event for the park is the unveiling of an ACE Landmark Plaque at
Loch Ness Monster, the interlocking looping steel coaster. The opening of that
still-popular coaster prompted the club’s very first Coaster Con 25 years
ago. For the occasion of the dual 25th anniversaries, the park has “some
surprises planned,” Sarko said. “We want them to think about all the
fun Loch Ness Monster has created for them for 25 years.”
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