Are the Clydesdale Horses gone?

[Emma1987]

^ as the title says

 

[NotUrsula]

AFAIK there never were any at USIOA; were you thinking of Busch Gardens in Tampa?

If so, the answer is that the matched white-stockinged bay Clydesdales owned by Anheuser-Busch left BG when the park was sold, but the new owner replaced them with a smaller herd of black Clydesdales. There are not enough for an 8-hitch, but they are still pretty.

 

[damo]

There were some at SeaWorld weren't there?

 

[Sehsun]

There were some at SeaWorld weren't there?

Yes, there were (Clydesdale Hamlet).

They are no longer there. I'm not sure when they were taken out, but when I visited SW in December 2007, they were still there. It was my first and last time seeing them. =/

Looking at a current map, it looks like the "Sea Garden" has taken its place (if I remember correctly where Clydesdale Hamlet used to be).

 

[Metro West]

This belongs on the SeaWorld board.

 

[chicagoshannon]

Is the free beer gone too?

 

[Emma1987]

Sorry guys I got a bit confused and posted it in the US/IoA forum! My bad!

I meant to post it in the Seaworld forum. I used t love visiting this part of Seaworld when I was younger. Too bad it's gone!

 

[Emma1987]

Sorry guys I got a bit confused and posted it in the US/IoA forum! My bad!

I meant to post it in the Seaworld forum. I used t love visiting this part of Seaworld when I was younger. Too bad it's gone!

 

[KBF]

The Clydesdale Horses are owned by Anheuser Busch (AB). When AB sold Seaworld to Blackstone, AB took the horses with them. The horses now reside on a farm in St.Louis and are still owned by AB. That is also the reason why there is no longer free beer at the park.

 

[Cruisebound]

They are still at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, VA if you ever go.

 

[jdragr]

We were there today and were so sad to see them gone. We were last here in 2008. I also didn't realize the park had been sold. So sad...we loved visiting the horses.

 

[CarolineB]

The area in front of the Clydesdale barn has a meet and greet exotic animals and a sea life garden. The restaurant that used to serve the free beer, sell yummy sandwiches, and have the beer making tour has a (not so good) pizza and pasta buffet.

 

[Belle & Ariel]

They are at BG Williamsburg but they are not the brown ones we are used to seeing. They have been exchanged for black ones. I asked the worker why the coloring was different--never having seen black Clydesdales--and she said it was to get away from the Anheuser Busch association.