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Cheetah Hunt is a steel launched roller coaster currently open and operating at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in Tampa, Florida. It opened to the public on May 27, 2011 alongside a new cheetah exhibit - Cheetah Run.HistoryBefore the ride was officially announced, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay ran a teaser campaign which slowly revealed details of the attraction across Summer 2010. Five teaser videos were released which featured cut scenes of the ride's point of view video. The attraction was officially announced on October 13, 2010 by park president, Jim Dean. Construction of the ride began almost immediately. By November 18, some supports for the ride were already in place. By mid December, the supports for the 102ft tall figure 8 element were complete with some pieces of track also installed. Cheetah Hunt was named the 2nd Best New Ride for 2011 by the Golden Ticket Awards.

- It will stand at a soaring 335 feet and riders will soar at 60 mph straight down. - Riders will pivot 90 degrees to a face-down dive position at 3.5 Gs. Are you ready for Falcon's Fury? (THIS IS A NON-OFFICAL PAGE) (FALCON'S FURY® IS A SOLE COPYRIGHT OF SEAWORLD PARKS AND ENTERTAINMENT LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED)

Falcon's Fury is a free-standing Sky Jump drop tower attraction at the Busch Gardens Tampa amusement park in Tampa, Florida, United States. Manufactured by Intaride (a subsidiary of Intamin), the ride reaches a maximum height of 335ft making it North America's tallest free-standing drop tower. Riders experience about five seconds of free fall, reaching a speed of 60mph. The ride's name was chosen to invoke a falcon's ability to dive steeply at high speed to capture prey.The project was originally planned to begin in 2012 with the ride opening in 2013, but it was delayed by one year. Construction began in 2013 with a scheduled opening date of May 1, 2014; however, the opening was delayed due to mechanical and technical issues. Following a preview opening to park employees in early August and a soft opening on August 16, 2014, Falcon's Fury officially opened to the public on September 2, 2014. Public response to the ride has been positive, praising the height of the tower and the drop experience.

Scorpion is a steel looping roller coaster located at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in Tampa, Florida, United States. It opened in 1980 as a part of the newly added Timbuktu section that gave the park a complete circuit, linking the Congo section to the Nairobi section of the park. Scorpion, to this day, remains one of the most popular rides in the Pantopia section. In 2004,Before it was Pantopia as a part of the park's Timbuktu renovation, Scorpion was repainted from its original paint scheme of orange track and black supports to red track with blue supports (a paint scheme similar to SheiKra).The ride was designed by Anton Schwarzkopf as one of his Silverarrow model looping coasters. Only three of these exist today, this coaster, Twist n' Shout at Loudoun Castle in Scotland (which has closed as of 2010), and the other is known as "Looping Star" owned by the travelling fair Magic World in Africa.LayoutScorpion has a fairly simple and twisted layout involving a single Vertical Loop as the signature element. After the train is carried 60 feet into the air, riders twist down a drop and pass through the single Vertical Loop element. Following the loop, the train goes through a pretzel turnaround and threads the vertical loop. The train circles around a 900° helix and enters the brake run.

Air Grover is a steel roller coaster at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay. The roller coaster opened with the "Sesame Street Safari of Fun" play area on March 27, 2010. The ride simulates a biplane flight with the Sesame Street character Grover.Ride layoutOnce the coaster train exits the station, It makes a left hand, 180 degree turn then climbs the 24ft, tire driven lift hill. Once at the top, the train travels a few feet of straight track before dropping at a 45 degree angle. The train then travels up a tight, left banked, 540 degree, upwards helix, traveling through a Sesame Street-style desert. The train then enters a hill that crosses over a guest pathway. After that the train travels through a tight, right banked, 360 degree, downwards helix. The train then re-enters the station and is stopped by the magnetic brakes.

Cheetah Hunt is a steel launched roller coaster currently open and operating at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in Tampa, Florida. It opened to the public on May 27, 2011 alongside a new cheetah exhibit - Cheetah Run.HistoryBefore the ride was officially announced, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay ran a teaser campaign which slowly revealed details of the attraction across Summer 2010. Five teaser videos were released which featured cut scenes of the ride's point of view video. The attraction was officially announced on October 13, 2010 by park president, Jim Dean. Construction of the ride began almost immediately. By November 18, some supports for the ride were already in place. By mid December, the supports for the 102ft tall figure 8 element were complete with some pieces of track also installed. Cheetah Hunt was named the 2nd Best New Ride for 2011 by the Golden Ticket Awards.

Scorpion in Busch Gardens Tampa (Tampa, Florida, USA) ist eine Stahlachterbahn vom Modell Silverarrow des Herstellers Schwarzkopf, die am 16. Mai 1980 zusammen mit dem neuen Timbuktu-Themenbereich eröffnet wurde. 2004 wurde Scorpion im Rahmen der Renovierung des Themenbereichs von Orange/Schwarz in Orange/Blau umlackiert.Von dieser Art Achterbahn existieren weltweit nur noch drei Exemplare. Neben Scorpion existiert noch eine namens Twist and Shout in Loudoun Castle und eine mobile Variante in Europa.LayoutScorpion hat ein einfaches verdrehtes Layout mit einem 12 m hohen Looping als Hauptelement. Nachdem der Zug den 19 m hohen Lifthill hochgezogen worden ist, fährt er den First Drop hinab in den Looping. Nach dem Looping folgt eine Kurve in Form einer Brezel (ein so genannter Pretzelturn) und die Schiene führt durch den Mittelpunkt des Loopings. Eine anschließende 900°-Helix führt in die Endbremse.ZügeScorpion wird von zwei Zügen mit jeweils fünf Wagen befahren. In jedem Wagen können vier Personen (zwei Reihen à zwei Personen) Platz nehmen. Als Rückhaltesystem werden Schoßbügel verwendet.Weblinks Scorpion auf der Parkwebsite (englisch) Daten und Bilder auf RCDB

Sand Serpent is a Wild Mouse roller coaster located at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in Tampa, Florida. The ride originally operated at sister park Busch Gardens Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Virginia as Wild Izzy in 1996 and as Wilde Maus from 1997 to 2003.The ride, when it was first installed at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, was meant to be a temporary attraction. It was named Izzy, after the mascot of the 1996 Summer Olympics, since Busch was a sponsor of the games. The ride was only supposed to be there for the 1996 season. But, the ride had a consistent line and became popular. Busch decided to keep the ride and gave it a European theme in 1997 with the new name Wilde Maus. The ride operated until 2003, when it was replaced with The Curse of DarKastle and moved to Busch Gardens Tampa Bay.Sand Serpent replaced the defunct Crazy Camel flat ride, a Chance Trabant flat ride that opened up with the Timbuktu section of the park back in 1980. In 2011, the ride was rethemed from Cheetah Chase to become Sand Serpent. This was done to reduce confusion with their new attraction, Cheetah Hunt.

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