Busch Gardens Tampa

Tampa, FL

SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment

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(9/12/20) New Howl-O-Scream 2020 Details (MORE...)

(8/31/20) Busch Gardens Tampa To Host Bier Fest Event (MORE...)

(8/25/20) Busch Gardens Tampa Names New Park President (MORE...)

(8/12/20) Busch Gardens Tampa To Host Howl-O-Scream 2020 (MORE...)

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General Park News - (9/12/20) Busch Gardens Tampa have revealed new details for their Howl-O-Scream 2020 plans. According to the press release the park will feature “TEN TERRIFYING SCARE ZONES WITH LIMITED CAPACITY COVER”. All the scare zones will be open-air zones spread out across the theme park property as part of an 18-night separately-ticketed event. The list will include several returning Scare Zones from the past few years and four brand new ones:

Lycan Landing: It’s always a full moon at this campground and the park rangers can’t hear you scream. When the campfires burn out, will you escape the glowing eyes leering through the trees or will you share their cursed fate?

The Shortcut: Cutting through the cemetery may seem like an easy way out, except when the corpses rise from the ground to invite you into their graves

The Junkyard: You’ll find more than spare parts as you explore this surly scrap site. Will you make it out in one piece or be devoured by the haunted rubble?

The Escape: In this treacherous realm, chaos reigns and rules are made to be broken. The escaped inmates of Grey Echo Penitentiary seek their own twisted form of justice and they’re ready to deliver your sentence.



SeaWorld Entertainment has just announced they are letting 90% of their work-force go as part of a "temporary leave"... You can read the statement they sent to their staff here, leaving them without pay, without medical benefits, etc... pic.twitter.com/ZveOS8alq8 — Screamscape (@screamscape) March 27, 2020

2020 - Iron Gwazi - (6/16/20) It might be a little longer until Iron Gwazi opens at Busch Gardens Tampa. Much like the story we ran the other day about how there is a $3+ million construction lien lawsuit filed against SeaWorld San Diego for non-payment for work on their Emperor coaster, we’ve been sent confirmation that RMC / Rocky Mountain Amusements, Inc has now filed their own lien against Busch Gardens Tampa for the unpaid sum of “$3,536,854.39 excluding interest, attorney fees, and costs” for the “Iron Gwazi” Hybrid Coaster Project.

While I’m no legal expert, I believe the filing of this construction lien would prevent the park from opening the ride, as RMC isn’t about to sign off that the ride is complete and ready to go until they get paid. I’m also curious if we will hear yet another similar story soon from the local news in Williamsburg and Orlando regarding those park’s Pantheon and IceBreaker coasters.



This billboard is just rude ?? what a tease. #irongwazi pic.twitter.com/mKl96eQ5Sy — Corey (@real_N1COR) March 25, 2020

2020 - Solar Vortex @ Adventure Island - (2/26/20) Busch Gardens Tampa has confirmed that the new Solar Vortex waterslide will open on March 14th, with a pass member preview taking place on March 13th. Check out the video teaser below because the footage of the “aqualucent elements” in the tube slide sections is stunningly beautiful.



Get ready to make a splash... Solar Vortex will officially open on MARCH 14! ????

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Can't wait until then? Become a Pass Member and enjoy an EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW on March 13! Learn more at https://t.co/zlMSekXWKo. pic.twitter.com/ZTPrgxx9JZ — Adventure Island (@AdventureIsland) February 25, 2020

u/mEntormike posted these blueprints for Adventure Island Project 90 on Reddit. Appears to show a constrictor slide. The user also said that Whitewater West is the manufacturer. @androckb @Midway_Mayhem @screamscape @AdventureIsland #AdventureIsland2020 pic.twitter.com/MEKUMUIey5 — Roller-Coaster Runaway (@TJLAllen) July 25, 2019

2021 - New Ride - Rumor - (3/4/20) I’m told that construction work has started at Busch Gardens Tampa on the former Rhino Rally load/unload site. According to the report sent in, much of the site has been dug up and demolished, with trenches dug in the area presumably to install new underground utilities. From the look of things, they may be working on water lines here, as I’ve been told that the old water reservoir under the section of Cheetah Hunt here has been dry for over a year or more, so perhaps they are working to establish some kind of new water feature here to service the new rumored attraction (S&S Screamin’ Swing) in development as well as get the water flowing under Cheetah Hunt again. The same contractor doing work here was also spotted scouting out some sites to the north of the Rhino Rally area in the Serengeti, again possibly for underground utilities and water supply line work.



(1/14/20) Early plans for what Busch Gardens Tampa is planning for 2021 are being rumored, along with the leaked location pulled from documents filed with the city. What what I’m seeing the park’s 2021 attraction will be installed in the general area where the former Rhino Rally loading station was located.

All we know so far about the new ride is that it wont be a coaster and is expected to be some kind of new flat ride able to toss riders about in the air to make up for the closure of the Phoenix which has never reopened. Making an educated assumption, based on projects installed at other parks in the chain, Busch Gardens Williamsburg actually just installed a ride that perfectly fits the bill last year called Finnegan’s Flyer, an S&S Screamin’ Swing ride. These are typically quick to reload and have a decent capacity when installed with two swinging arms that run at the same time, and is generally a well liked ride by most. The Screamin’ Swing takes the concept of what it feels like to be a small child ahead, and getting pushed higher and higher on a swing set in a playground… except this swing set stands about 100 feet tall and you get pushed back and forth at up to 45mph in each direction. Click here to check out the S&S stat sheet on the Screamin’ Swing if you’ve never seen one in real life.

Now, other than the location, this is just speculation and rumor… so take it with a grain of salt until we learn a little more, because 2021 is still many months away and the park will be busy finishing up Iron Gwazi for 2020 before they begin any serious work on this new project.

