No more free beer at Busch theme parks

[mikelan6]

The Miami Herald is reporting that they will discontinue to serve complimentary beer at the Busch theme parks including SeaWorld and Busch Gardens in Central Florida.

http://www.miamiherald.com/business/story/839104.htmlz

Now, while most people are thinking this is because of the bad economy and trying to get more profits, I'm thinking this probably has a lot to do with the fact that the Anheuser Busch company was sold off to Belgium's InBev. This may be a way to start to sell off the parks to a more "family friendly" company ... cough cough.

 

[drakethib]

The humanity of it.

Once beer was free and now no longer.

This is a sad day for us beer drinkers.

 

[wishspirit]

Dang! That places was a great place to rest up whilst me and my sister were trying to locate our stomachs after that hurl-inducing (well not quite) Arctic ride! For some reason my parents are never effected, and just kept sampling the beer!

 

[exwdwcm]

What- oh no!!! We loved the free beer at SeaWorld TX this summer. We made multiple stops to uh, cool off!

 

[MODisFan]

InBev getting rid of the beer in the themes parks is most likely a way to save money (and make more money by adding the cafes and restuarants). They will still serve free beer at the Brewery in St. Louis and Grant's Farms.

I think it's a mistake to cut the free beer. IMHO people are more willing to try a new or different product for free than go to the store and buy a 6 pack to try.