What's next for Busch Gardens Tampa??

[UniversalRBLX]

Seems like its a result of staffing versus cost-cutting. Could have sworn there was an image on twitter of people working on the towers

 

[AnyNameYouWish]

Supposedly one of the Skyride towers was still being painted today, so I guess we'll see...

It didn't appear to be being painted from what I saw, it looked more like electrical inspection work.

Either way, I'm under the impression this was a very, very recent decision. Personally, it doesn't makes sense to me to remove literally all references to it everywhere (online, in park, etc) for a simple rebrand.

 

[Speed]

To add to the rumor that all of these rides are going back to BGW, the Bush Flyer, train, and motorcycles are all also closing on the 9th

 

[GAcoaster]

Yep, that area is all walled off today:


We’ll see whether the Busch Flyer and Train come back either there or somewhere else in the park. They’d both fit easily in the Bird Gardens.

 

[Speed]

Some other little things
- Kumba now has lights lining the tunnel before the helix
- Shade structure is coming to the Cheetah exhibit, looks like it should be finished within the next 2 weeks.
- I've seen them continue to work on the Sky Ride towers, last saw them Friday

 

[GAcoaster]

Well, I guess Sand Serpent is not being moved...

It just seems a little odd to me that they're ripping it apart rather than disassembling it since it's all designed to be portable and easily taken apart.

 

[AnyNameYouWish]

Well, I guess Sand Serpent is not being moved...

It just seems a little odd to me that they're ripping it apart rather than disassembling it since it's all designed to be portable and easily taken apart.

I mean... it is being moved to a scrapyard...

 

[Speed]

Came down pretty fast

 

[AnyNameYouWish]

Came down pretty fast

Indeed it did.

 

[Speed]

So what are we realistically thinking for this space? Feels weird knowing nothing about this.

 

[AnyNameYouWish]

So what are we realistically thinking for this space? Feels weird knowing nothing about this.

I'm standing by some kind of inverted family coaster- whether that be B&M or Vekoma, I haven't the foggiest lol.

 

[Speed]

I'm standing by some kind of inverted family coaster- whether that be B&M or Vekoma, I haven't the foggiest lol.

Yea I think whatever is coming will be Vekoma, I just hope whatever they put there will draw more attention to that area in the park to bring the crowds off Cobra and Cheetah Hunt

 

[Magic-Man]

So what are we realistically thinking for this space? Feels weird knowing nothing about this.

Vekoma family boomerang

 

[BuschAfrica]

Vekoma would be interesting. Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe the original Rhino Rally water section was the only time BGT worked with Vekoma. Like for like would be cool using the rest of the land. I just can't see this coaster staying confined to pantopia. Definitely taking a right over the service road into prime serengeti real estate Rhino rally has left over for an attraction.

 

[SkiBum]

I might have the wrong perspective but a family boomerang doesn't seem like a good fit due to the low capacity of those types of rides. A full circuit family coaster would be a better addition but I don't have a good understanding of how much room is available.

 

[UniversalRBLX]

I might have the wrong perspective but a family boomerang doesn't seem like a good fit due to the low capacity of those types of rides. A full circuit family coaster would be a better addition but I don't have a good understanding of how much room is available.

Have you been to Busch lately? They don't care about capacity.

 

[Magic-Man]

I might have the wrong perspective but a family boomerang doesn't seem like a good fit due to the low capacity of those types of rides. A full circuit family coaster would be a better addition but I don't have a good understanding of how much room is available.

A family boomerang would have the same amount of capacity as Tigris and probably more than Sand Serpent, so they'll be fine.

 

[Speed]

The park needs something to actually bring people back there, instead of people just strolling in hours after they’ve waiting at least 30 mins+ for either Cobra, Cheetah, or IG because of 5 minute dispatches

 

[AnyNameYouWish]

Vekoma would be interesting. Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe the original Rhino Rally water section was the only time BGT worked with Vekoma. Like for like would be cool using the rest of the land. I just can't see this coaster staying confined to pantopia. Definitely taking a right over the service road into prime serengeti real estate Rhino rally has left over for an attraction.

Yes.

 

[HandsomePete]

The park needs something to actually bring people back there, instead of people just strolling in hours after they’ve waiting at least 30 mins+ for either Cobra, Cheetah, or IG because of 5 minute dispatches

BG definitely suffers from the layout of the park being a massive loop. Similar problem to Islands of Adventure but at least they’ve mitigated that a bit with the Velocicoaster path to skip basically a land and a half.

Except IOA is somewhat balanced with attractions all the way around the loop - BG is now very front of the park heavy.