Folks who knew me from my youth might remember that my absolute favorite ride at Busch Gardens Williamsburg growing up was the giant spinning swing in the Germany section.
Did you know about 1/2 of the Oktoberfest grounds is a carnival that would rival most state fairs? I mean, imagine our state fairs with German engineering! Imagine my excitement seeing that Oktoberfest has a 90 meter tall swingset!! (Actually there are two of them — there are multiples of many of the most popular rides). The one we rode was called the “Kettenflieger Bayern Tower.” (Kettenflieger translates to “chair-o-planes”.)
Dave wouldn’t ride with me, but a young lady in our group — Sara from Lansdale, PA — was willing to. Talk about a thrill for this now-51-year-old! It was a sight to see flying over the entire lit-up Oktoberfest grounds but there was NO WAY I was going to pull out my phone and film it — maybe the video the girl in front of us was taking is out there somewhere…
Dave filmed our ride from down on the ground and that’s what you see in this post. Look REALLY CLOSELY around the 8 second point — you see Sara and me coming around from the left waving at Dave.
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