It's no secret I love doing "behind the scenes"' tours and for several years I'd been eying up the offerings at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, especially their coaster tours. For my birthday this year, I decided it was time to indulge myself and purchased the Ultimate Roller Coaster Insider Tour.
With a price tag of $80 per person it's not exactly cheap but for you coaster fans out there, it's something I'd highly recommend. With this tour you get a rather impressive line up of roller coaster goodies most people will never get to see. Busch Gardens Williamsburg certainly delivers your moneys worth!
On the website you can catch a glimpse of the line up but reading about it and actually doing it yourself are radically different things! The version of the tour we purchased also included the Verbolten behind-the-scenes tour.
Ours included all the following goodies:
Ours included all the following goodies:
-Riding the Griffon Trolley to the top of the 205" lift hill.
-Behind the Scenes tours of the mechanical areas of Griffio, Loch Ness Monster and Alpengeist.
-Rides on Griffon, Loch Ness Monster, Alpengeist and Apollos Chariot.
-A special quick queue to be used after your tour for a re-ride on each attraction
-Photo CD of your experience
-Free Preferred Parking the day of your tour
-Access to the Verbolten Ride Building
-Access to the Verbolten Control Room
-Photo Opportunities of the ride behind the second lift hill and ride building.
-One time priority access to ride Verbolten
So as you can see, you get a LOT for that plus the tour has different options for non-riders. You can chose to either be a participant or just an observer, which is a nice touch if you have a non-rider with your group.
On to the Tour!
