Safety should be of the utmost to Bush Gardens and it falls on the company to implement and take steps as necessary. Looking at what other parks do such as at Universal should guide them to what is needed and how to implement. To many lawsuits nowadays and they also need to realize this since it’s a costly item to deal with.
I had to pay for a locker at SeaWorld or could not ride Penguin Trek, it was pay for the locker or don’t ride, you still have the choice to not ride if you don’t want to pay. Admission price to SeaWorld and Bush Gardens is cheaper than admission to Disney or Universal, so I don’t mind paying a couple extra dollars for a locker when riding a ride that I want to ride.
Visiting last night 12/13/2025 the new rules for No Phones and No Keys for Iron Gwazi was in full effect.
With the park cashless and passes digital – you have to walk in with a phone, and few can arrive without driving – so you are going to have car keys.
With no options other than a paid locker at $4 per two hours – you’ll need to plan to pay several times if you ride a few times in the day.
I feel this is a money grab. No problem leaving these things behind, no problem at putting them in a locker, but a big problem when you pay to park, pay to get in, pay for subpar food at high prices, but paying to have the very things you need to arrive and to buy products, just to ride the rides?
Way over the top – if this continues it will be my last year of passes. I love the rides and enjoy the park, but it is notoriously understaffed, the food options not so great, the landscaping in constant decline and their inability to communicate to the public what is they expect, is always a problem. No clue when certain eateries are or are not open.
Staff, when questioned, mirror the same “not sure” feeling about so much. The park has issues, it certainly doesn’t need to make those of us who will overlook so much on our way in and while we are there, to also overlook that this policy requires you pay if you walk in with items that you are required to have, to visit.
I hope they find a solution. Hopefully people will speak out about it.
Comments for Guests in Uproar After Busch Gardens Implements Mandatory Roller Coaster Upcharge
Rroe
Safety should be of the utmost to Bush Gardens and it falls on the company to implement and take steps as necessary. Looking at what other parks do such as at Universal should guide them to what is needed and how to implement. To many lawsuits nowadays and they also need to realize this since it’s a costly item to deal with.
Crystal
I had to pay for a locker at SeaWorld or could not ride Penguin Trek, it was pay for the locker or don’t ride, you still have the choice to not ride if you don’t want to pay. Admission price to SeaWorld and Bush Gardens is cheaper than admission to Disney or Universal, so I don’t mind paying a couple extra dollars for a locker when riding a ride that I want to ride.
Rich Dugger
Visiting last night 12/13/2025 the new rules for No Phones and No Keys for Iron Gwazi was in full effect.
With the park cashless and passes digital – you have to walk in with a phone, and few can arrive without driving – so you are going to have car keys.
With no options other than a paid locker at $4 per two hours – you’ll need to plan to pay several times if you ride a few times in the day.
I feel this is a money grab. No problem leaving these things behind, no problem at putting them in a locker, but a big problem when you pay to park, pay to get in, pay for subpar food at high prices, but paying to have the very things you need to arrive and to buy products, just to ride the rides?
Way over the top – if this continues it will be my last year of passes. I love the rides and enjoy the park, but it is notoriously understaffed, the food options not so great, the landscaping in constant decline and their inability to communicate to the public what is they expect, is always a problem. No clue when certain eateries are or are not open.
Staff, when questioned, mirror the same “not sure” feeling about so much. The park has issues, it certainly doesn’t need to make those of us who will overlook so much on our way in and while we are there, to also overlook that this policy requires you pay if you walk in with items that you are required to have, to visit.
I hope they find a solution. Hopefully people will speak out about it.
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