Jambo Junction has been open intermittently, so doesn't seem like that closing was a permanent thing. Maybe they didn't like the AP backlash?
Every time this thread pops up in my feed:
I mean, some of us grew up at Busch Gardens sooooEvery time this thread pops up in my feed:
I mean, some of us grew up at Busch Gardens soooo
Well, it's in Tampa. It's tough to be relevant with the cool Orlando kids when you're an hour and a half away.I was supposed to perform on the stage that Montu was built over in my school choir but instead rode it during the opening week, no performance, because Busch wanted us tweens in the park for the press to photograph.
I grew up with it too, but it still doesn't mean it's doing much to be particularly relevant lately.
Probably a good possibility that better days are ahead. :thumbsup: and I'm hoping the new guys return Tampa's sister park, BGW, to it's glory days when it was one of the best theme parks in the country.Well, it's in Tampa. It's tough to be relevant with the cool Orlando kids when you're an hour and a half away.
But you're right, they aren't doing much to help entice people over there lately and many of their recent projects have had delays.
You are correct, but consider who's running the parks right now..When AB was in charge they took pride in themselves...I think they are heading into better times - I hopeI was supposed to perform on the stage that Montu was built over in my school choir but instead rode it during the opening week, no performance, because Busch wanted us tweens in the park for the press to photograph.
I grew up with it too, but it still doesn't mean it's doing much to be particularly relevant lately.
Well, it's in Tampa. It's tough to be relevant with the cool Orlando kids when you're an hour and a half away.
Attacks[edit]
Starting in 2008 the Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb began kidnapping groups of tourists in the Sahel region.[37] In January 2009, four tourists were kidnapped near the Mali-Niger border after attending a cultural festival at Anderamboukané.[38] One of these tourists was subsequently murdered.[39] As a result of this and various other incidents a number of states including France,[40] Britain[41] and the US,[42] began advising their citizens to avoid travelling far from Bamako. The number of tourists visiting Timbuktu dropped precipitously to around 6000 in 2009 and to only 492 in the first four months of 2011.[36]
Because of the security concerns, the Malian government moved the 2010 Festival in the Desert from Essakane to the outskirts of Timbuktu.[43][44] In November 2011 gunmen attacked tourists staying at a hotel in Timbuktu, killing one of them and kidnapping three others.[45][46] This was the first terrorist incident in Timbuktu itself.
On 1 April 2012, one day after the capture of Gao, Timbuktu was captured from the Malian military by the Tuareg rebels of the MNLA and Ansar Dine.[47] Five days later, the MNLA declared the region independent of Mali as the nation of Azawad.[48] The declared political entity was not recognized by any local nations or the international community and it collapsed three months later on 12 July.[49]
On 28 January 2013, French and Malian government troops began retaking Timbuktu from the Islamist rebels.[50] The force of 1,000 French troops with 200 Malian soldiers retook Timbuktu without a fight. The Islamist groups had already fled north a few days earlier, having set fire to the Ahmed Baba Institute, which housed many important manuscripts. The building housing the Ahmed Baba Institute was funded by South Africa, and held 30,000 manuscripts. BBC World Service radio news reported on 29 January 2013 that approximately 28,000 of the manuscripts in the Institute had been removed to safety from the premises before the attack by the Islamist groups, and that the whereabouts of about 2,000 manuscripts remained unknown.[51] It was intended to be a resource for Islamic research.[52]
On 30 March 2013, jihadist rebels infiltrated into Timbuktu just nine days prior to a suicide bombing on a Malian army checkpoint at the international airport killing a soldier. Fighting lasted until 1 April, when French warplanes helped Malian ground forces chase the remaining rebels out of the city center.
Believe what you want.Oh please, if you really think it has to do with the liberal fantasies of "cultural appropriation" you're severely misguided. Go talk to Epcot and Animal Kingdom about "cultural appropriation" and get back to me.
Hour and a half? :look: Usually only takes me about 45 mins (sans traffic) from Universal :whistle: