Busch Gardens Tampa Bay is making changes Pt. 1

Busch Gardens, Tampa Bay

Since it’s grand opening in 1959,  Busch Gardens Tampa Bay has had it’s up and downs as a theme park. It struggled its first few years to find it’s identity and integrate more attractions along with the wildlife conservation platform. For years, it served as a petting zoo on steroids that also served great beers. for several decades, Busch Gardens was owned and operated by the Anheuser-Busch Company. When Anheuser-Busch sold the theme park to Seaworld Entertainment, a lot of new life blood was pumped into the park. It seemed like overnight the park added several new roller coasters and attractions, all while staying true to its conservation and wildlife preservation staples. As of September 12, 2018 Busch Gardens Tampa Bay has announced two more attractions that hopefully will keep attendance up.

The Tigris

Busch Gardens will open Florida’s tallest launch coaster in spring 2019, company officials announced Wednesday. The triple-launch, tiger-themed roller coaster called Tigris will hurl riders 150 feet into the sky, turn them upside down and swirl through curves at 60 miles per hour. Project manager Andrew Schaffer commented on the Tigris: “It’s going to launch you forward out of the station, up the tower. It’s going to stop and then come backward through the station and launch you backward up the other tower. You’ll get about three-quarters of the way up that tower and then come back down again and launch over 60 miles per hour one last time, forward through the station. And that will take you one last time up to the top of the ride, 150 feet in the air. Then you will have a slow inversion called a heartline roll.”

There are several similar types of these launch coasters scattered throughout the states, and they don’t seemed to disappoint the roller coaster enthusiasts. It’ll be a great addition along with the newly added Sheikra, Falcon Fury, The Cobra’s Curse, The Montu, and the legendary Kumba. Busch Gardens Tampa understands that people come for the animals, but come back for the roller coasters. We’ll Touch based on what else is being added by Busch Gardens in the next installment…