We're tentatively planning a trip to BGT in October, so we'll have to wait a few more months to experience Iron Gwazi first - RMCs all have similar seat belt/lap bar systems, and most parks are similarly doing a 2-stage restraint check process - once down the train to check belts, and then a second check after bars have been locked. I wish we had time to check this out for ourselves this weekend when we're in the area, but since we're basing in Orlando, a half-day trip to Tampa just won't work, though we might hop over to Sea World to see if we can get a ride on Ice Breaker. Maybe since so many of the early reviews are coming from Cedar Point and general coaster fanboys that the opinions are very tempered.
IMHO, the videos make Iron Gwazi appear to be a sure-fire winner that trades the intensity of Steel Vengeance for excitement and fun. This ride is approaching 50 years old and here’s three votes that it sticks around for a long time to come.I'm so thrilled that you were able to make it on Iron Gwazi Bobbie!! It does look like a pretty amazing ride, but I find it strange that most of the early reviews are not overwhelmingly putting it on par with Steel Vengeance. We can’t wait for our next trip in June for “More Boat!” when the weather will be a bit warmer and the line probably a bit longer. Neither, he was crying because he didn’t want to get off.
As we were drying off a woman asked if Thomas was crying because he was scared or cold. In talking to the staff we were surprised to hear they kept operating all the way down to about 40 degrees… Yikes! Exiting the ride for the final time Thomas was in tears. No one was in line, we could just stay in our boat and keep going around as many times as we wanted. It was cold, but I guess loving your kid makes you do silly things. The first day we had no ponchos or any type protection, but a shivering Thomas still wanted “More Boats!” He would recount his adventures, “Up the hill, down the hill, Splash!” The second day it was on the colder side, but we were a bit wiser and wore some ponchos. Over two days there were easily a half dozen rides and no lines… go figure. On our most recent trip in January 2019 the temp only averaged 55-60 degrees, but guess what we did. Thus also began one of our first family things, we love riding the log flume together! I think in these moments our love affair with Busch Gardens began. We got to the station and out of the boat and he started yelling, More Boat! More Boat!” So we got back in line and went on it again and he had the same joyous reaction and wanted to go again. Then came the big hill, the drop and the splash and the smiles didn’t stop. We went up and down the first little hill and still all smiles. From the moment the boat left the station he he giggled and smiled, he was having the time of his life. Thomas seemed pretty excited about riding a boat, so we just went for it not quite knowing how he’d react. Thomas may have actually been closer to 23 months on his first ride, but the staff essentially told us “if they can walk they’re good to go”, so we were good to go! Before the trip I had researched to find the rides we could all go on and this wasn’t on the list until we saw the sign by the ride that said “2 years or older” with no minimum height. Online Stanley Falls has a 46″ minimum, but many of the rides at Busch Gardens have different minimums for unaccompanied and accompanied kids. We were shocked he could ride something with such a big drop since he was too short (under 36″) to ride the “Hippos of the Nile” kiddie boats in the Sesame Street area with its ~3 foot drop. This was our toddler son Thomas’s first “real” ride. I was even more thrilled that my 2 toddler son could ride it! Many of these classic flume rides have unfortunately been demolished and replaced with newer thrill rides the last few years, so I was thrilled that Busch Gardens still had one of these classics. I’ve been a fan of flume rides since I used to ride The Loggers Run and The Yankee Clipper as a kid during our yearly treks from Wisconsin down to Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, IL. There’s also a camera on the drop, so it’s a great chance to catch some fun family pictures. Stanley Falls is fit nicely into some hills and contours in the Stanleyville area, so you never feel all that high in the air, but the last drop at 43 feet is no joke. Arrow was the creator of our modern incarnation of this ride type and built a ton of them in the 1960’s and 1970’s. Stanley Falls Flume opened in 1973 as the park’s first “thrill” ride and was built by the famous roller coaster company Arrow Dynamics.
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