Sand Serpent
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| Manufacturer | Mack Rides | ||||||||
| Product | Wild Mouse (compact mobile) | ||||||||
| Designer / calculations | Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH | ||||||||
| Type | Steel - Wild Mouse | ||||||||
| Riders per train | 4 | ||||||||
| Hourly capacity | 1,120 | ||||||||
| Propulsion | Chain lift hill | ||||||||
| Area | 144.3 feet × 62.3 feet | ||||||||
| Height | 45.9 feet | ||||||||
| Top speed | 28 mph | ||||||||
| Length | 1213.9 feet | ||||||||
| Inversions | 0 | ||||||||
| Duration | 1:50 | ||||||||
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Sand Serpent (formerly called Cheetah Chase) is a wild mouse roller coaster located at Busch Gardens Tampa in Tampa, Florida, USA. The ride originally operated at sister park Busch Gardens Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Virginia. It first opened on April 12, 1996 as Wild Izzy and was renamed Wild Maus in 1997, operating until 2003.
History
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The roller coaster originally opened at Busch Gardens Williamsburg on April 12, 1996.[1] In its opening year, it was named "Wild Izzy" after the mascot of the 1996 Summer Olympic Games which were held in Atlanta Georgia. The following year, it was renamed "Wild Maus". After the 2003 season, Wild Maus was dismantled.[2]
In February 2004, the roller coaster reopened at Busch Gardens Tampa and was called "Cheetah Chase". For the 2011 season, it was renamed "Sand Serpent", presumably to reduce confusion with new roller coaster Cheetah Hunt which opened that same year.
In June 2017, Busch Gardens Tampa filed a permit to build a building around the ride and its queue area, hinting that the ride could have become an enclosed roller coaster for 2018. However, this was later shelved for unknown reasons.
Design
Trains
Single car trains. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows, for a total of 4 riders per car. Riders are held in by lap bar restraints.
References
External Links
- Sand Serpent on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
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