Busch Gardens has extended their annual calendar once again to include Winter Weekends, Mardi Gras, and St. Patricks Day. We recently attended the Mardi Gras event and caught the Carnaval Imaginique, a sort of daredevil talent show, and we caught the Mardi Party DJ, who was actually spinning 90's tunes.
The lines for rides were excellent, but the lines for food were very long. There were several specialty items for the Mardi Gras event, but we were not able to try any. Open for kids is Oscar's Wiggly Worm, Prince Elmo's Spire, Der Autobarn Jr, Flutter-Sputter, Bug-A-Dug, Kinder Karussel, The Little Gliders, Li'l Clydes, Der Roto Baron, plus the playground at Sesame Street Forest of Fun and Land of the Dragons.
There are other shows, and I'd like to see the Samba Jamboree, but we didn't have time while we were there. The Mardi Gras event goes until February 27th, so get there before time runs out. The next event will be St. Patrick's Day from March 4-27.
