(Redirected from Busch Gardens Tampa Bay)
Location | Tampa, Florida, USA |
Status | Operating |
Opened | June 1, 1959 |
Owner | SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment |
Area | 335 Acres (136 Hectares) |
Website | https://buschgardens.com/tampa/ |
Busch Gardens Tampa is an African-themed animal theme park located in Tampa, Florida, USA. It opened on June 1, 1959 as an admission-free hospitality facility for the Anheuser-Busch brewery on the grounds of the manufacturing plant.
Roller coasters
Present (10)
Name | Manufacturer | Type | Opened | Status |
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Air Grover | Zierer | Sit-Down | March 27, 2010 | Operating |
Cheetah Hunt | Intamin | Launched | May 27, 2011 | Operating |
Cobra's Curse | Mack Rides | Spinning | June 17, 2016 | Operating |
Iron Gwazi | Rocky Mountain Construction | Hybrid Hyper |
March 11, 2022 | Operating |
Kumba | Bolliger & Mabillard | Sit-Down | April 20, 1993 | Operating |
Montu | Bolliger & Mabillard | Inverted | May 16, 1996 | Operating |
Phoenix Rising | Bolliger & Mabillard | Inverted Family |
2024 | Operating |
Scorpion | Schwarzkopf | Sit-Down | May 16, 1980 | Operating |
SheiKra | Bolliger & Mabillard | Dive | May 21, 2005 | Operating |
Tigris | Premier Rides | Launched | April 19, 2019 | Operating |
Past (3)
Name | Manufacturer | Type | Opened | Closed | Fate |
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Gwazi | Great Coasters International | Wooden | 1999 | 2015 | Scrapped, parts of structure used for Iron Gwazi |
Python | Arrow Dynamics | Sit-Down | 1976 | 2006 | Scrapped |
Sand Serpent | Mack Rides | Wild Mouse | February 2004 | July 9, 2023 | Scrapped |
Attractions
Operating
Name | Manufacturer | Type | Opened |
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Big Bird's Whirly Birdie | Zamperla | Junior Ferris Wheel | 1995 |
Congo River Rapids | Intamin | River Rapids | 1982 |
Count's Zambezi Rally | Bradley & Kaye | Junior Track Ride | 1983 |
Falcon's Fury | Intamin | Drop Tower | 2014 |
Grand Caravan Carousel | Unknown | Carousel | 1979 |
Gwazi Gliders | Bradley & Kaye | Junior Jets | 1983 |
Serengeti Express | Crown Metal Products | Miniature Railway | 1971 |
Serengeti Flyer | S&S-Sansei Technologies | Screamin' Swing | 2023 |
Skyride | Von Roll | Ropeway | 1974 |
Snuffy's Elephant Romp | Zamperla | Junior Jets | 1995 |
Stanley Falls Flume | Arrow Dynamics | Log Flume | 1973 |
Wild Surge | Moser's Rides | Junior Drop Tower | 2008 |
Zoe-Patra and the Hippos of the Nile | Zamperla | Junior Log Flume | 1995 |
Closed
Name | Manufacturer | Type | Opened | Closed | Fate |
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Bush Flyers | Chance Rides | Junior Jets | 1980 | 2023 | Scrapped |
Crazy Camel | Chance Rides | Trabant/Satellite | 1979 | 2003 | Scrapped |
Desert Runners | Hampton Rides | Roundabout | 1983 | 2023 | Scrapped |
Monorail | Arrow Development | Monorail | 1966 | 1999 | Scrapped |
Monstrous Mamba | Eyerly Aircraft Company | Polyp | 1976 | 1995 | Scrapped |
Phoenix | Intamin | Looping Starship | 1984 | 2018 | Scrapped |
Sandstorm | Tivoli Manufacturing | Orbiter | 1979 | 2013 | Relocated to Sesame Place |
Swinging Vines | Intamin | Flying Dutchman | 1977 | 1990s | Scrapped |
Tanganyika Tidal Wave | Arrow Dynamics | Shoot The Chute | 1989 | 2016 | Scrapped |
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