It was way worse than any time I have seen it before ...

and it was the same deal the previous two days in Virginia Beach. Many restaurants were closed or open for limited hours and many for carry out only. Several shops were closed. The restaurants we went to all warned us of long wait times due to staffing shortages ... and they were right. The struggle is real - feel bad for those business owners as they will be suffering for sure.

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Posted: 04/18/2022 at 10:32AM

Was at Busch Gardens on Friday for the first time in several years ... -- vt90 04/18/2022 09:49AM

It was common to only run 2 trains on several coasters before Memorial Day -- Synaesthesia 04/18/2022 3:42PM

Are you allowed to bring in your own food and drink there? -- Late 80s Hokie 04/18/2022 11:28AM

No - they have picnic areas in a few of the parking lots so you can leave -- vt90 04/18/2022 11:48AM

1) Do you have 6 pack abs or just act like you do? Walk of Shame? -- darnellm 04/18/2022 11:15AM

I drove past the Busch Gardens Exit around 10am on Friday -- HokiesChemicals 04/18/2022 11:10AM

Parking opens at 9:30, park opens at 10 ** -- 3011Cochrane 04/18/2022 2:56PM

Theme parks on holiday weekends - always a bad idea. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 04/18/2022 10:49AM

They use tons of Eastern European students to staff -- typed by ben 04/18/2022 10:30AM

It was way worse than any time I have seen it before ... -- vt90 04/18/2022 10:32AM

Same situation in VB oceanfront with geographic source of labor ** -- typed by ben 04/18/2022 10:36AM

No sooner than I reply to this do I start getting ads for Babolat tennis -- typed by ben 04/18/2022 10:43AM

We went to Kings Dominion on friday, same issues there -- BRVT 04/18/2022 10:28AM

We need hawt Russians to come over again ** -- FfxStationHokie 04/18/2022 10:15AM

Clicking on this just to start getting hawt Russian bride ads... ** -- Burruss Writer 04/18/2022 4:32PM

That sounds exactly like Disney was in January. We are going back in June.. -- Alan11 04/18/2022 10:03AM

I can't imagine Disney in June. Even longer lines, more people, hotter. -- HokieGator 04/18/2022 10:56AM

We went there last June and it wasn't as bad as I thought ... -- vt90 04/18/2022 10:59AM

How much is entry ? ** -- bigbadbird 04/18/2022 09:58AM

We bought some kind of mini season pass so I have no idea. ** -- vt90 04/18/2022 10:24AM

Without the discounts it looks to be about $100 ** -- Alan11 04/18/2022 10:09AM

I remember going when the kids were young -- bigbadbird 04/18/2022 10:12AM

Last time I was there in 2017 we had a .99 refillable cups that we paid.... -- Alan11 04/18/2022 10:22AM

Last time I went, all the labor was eastern European. Covid and war has -- dolph 04/18/2022 09:56AM

It rotates, or at least used to, with southeast Asia as well ** -- Synaesthesia 04/18/2022 3:29PM

Maybe some of the Ukrainians will want to come over even more. Apply for -- IB4TECH 04/18/2022 1:26PM

It was way worse than any time I have seen it before ...

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