Last October, two of my children and I were evacuated from the Expedition Everest ride at WDW. The fire department had me go out 8 flights of stairs in a wheelchair. I just saw that on the last day of operation, there was an evacuation of the Dinosaur ride

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I live about an hour south of Busch Gardens in Tampa. My son has a pass, so we go often.

Last year, they announced they were closing the Scorpion ride, one of their oldest. It’s not the biggest or wildest, but we liked it, and rode the hell out of that ride on the last day (I think I rode 7 times and he went another couple when I hit the restroom or to refill our water thingie).

Now, it’s just a gravel area where they’re putting another ride—eventually.

They also closed the Stanley Falls flume (now just dry but haven’t started tearing it apart yet). That leaves a lot of kiddie rides and a few rollercoasters, with a lot of repetitive junk shops in between. Given the massive amount of walking, it’s becoming less enticing, for sure (I shattered my knee years ago, so walking that far can be an issue, and my son’s missing a leg, though he’s far more agile on crutches than I am walking). They’re going to have to really offer something worthwhile to entice us into another year pass.

The Indiana Jones ride fits in better with the new theme of this part of Animal Kingdom

Kind of weird to replace it with Indiana Jones, though. I guess I haven’t been to the movies in forever, but isn’t there a newer franchise to capitalize on?

When I rode the ride back in October, there were lights out and areas that needed maintenance. I saw that there were at least two stoppages.