TR Cypress Gardens 12/11/07

[coastersue]

Last time we were at Cypress Gardens in 2004, we only had an hour or two to spend there.  This time we planned to spend half the day there before catching our flight home.  It turns out that even that wasn't enough as we would've liked to stay longer to ride Starliner some more and to see their Christmas lights at night.

The sad thing is that there weren't very many people at the park at all.  Almost all of the rides that we went on were just myself, Rich, and our friend Scott riding.  The employees were very friendly and unlike other FL parks, gladly encouraged rerides.  We were able to ride Starliner 26 times with most of them being in the front row since no one was ever waiting.  We had ridden Starliner when it was at Miracle Strip in Panama City.  We enjoyed it then, but it's running even better now.  The only thing missing is the tunnel.

It was a great half day at the park and we look forward to returning in the near future.



Is anyone here???



Starliner:





Triple Hurricane:



Since it was Scott's first visit to Cypress, he needed to get the "awesome" Fiesta Express credit:


Flyers and Galaxy Spin Crazy Mouse:


One of the parks original rides--the Sunshine Sky Adventure which is one of only 3 in the world:


The Gardens:

[Dubya91]

You always manage to take awesome pictures with any trip report you post!

Its so weird seeing Christmas things in Florida but the warmth cant be beat

[peterpjr]

Were you guys the only ones on the coaster?

[coastersue]

You always manage to take awesome pictures with any trip report you post!

Thanks!  I'm glad that you like them.

Were you guys the only ones on the coaster?

Yes, we were.  It was totally deserted.  Most rides we went on was just the 3 of us riding by ourselves.

[GADVwow]

The place looks much better than the last time I was there...especially the gardens, which were then literally falling apart.  I wish the park all the best but fear for its future....

[Millennium Force 44]

Were you guys the only ones on the coaster?

Yes, we were.  It was totally deserted.  Most rides we went on was just the 3 of us riding by ourselves.
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That sounds awesome!

[coastersue]

It was very neat basically having the park to ourselves.  However, it does make me worry about the future of the park if they have too many days like that.  I definitely want them to do well so they remain open for many years to come.