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 A view of the Serengeti Plains in 2006 | |
| Location | Tampa, Florida, US |
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| Coordinates | 28°2′15″N 82°25′21″W / 28.03750°N 82.42250°W |
| Status | Operating |
| Opened | June 1, 1959 |
| Owner | United Parks & Resorts |
| General manager | Neal Thurman |
| Theme | Africa Asia |
| Operating season | Year-round |
| Attendance | 3,210,000 (2021)[1] |
| Area | 335 acres (136 ha) |
| Attractions | |
| Total | 29 as of 2023 |
| Roller coasters | 9 |
| Water rides | 2 |
| Website | Official website |
Busch Gardens Tampa Bay is a 335-acre (136 ha) animal theme park located in Tampa, Florida, United States, with the entire park landscaped and designed around themes of Africa and Asia. Owned and operated by United Parks & Resorts, the park opened on June 1, 1959. The park has an annual attendance consistently exceeding 4 million, often ranking second among United Parks & Resorts parks behind SeaWorld Orlando.[2]
Busch Gardens Tampa Bay features many roller coasters and thrill rides, including a Dive Coaster called SheiKra, a "family-style" thrill coaster themed around cheetahs called Cheetah Hunt, a launched roller coaster called Tigris, a classic seated steel roller coaster called Kumba, a wood-steel hybrid hypercoaster called Iron Gwazi, Falcon's Fury (the second-tallest free-standing drop tower in North America, and one of few to tilt and face riders towards the ground), Montu, which was the tallest and fastest inverted roller coaster in the world when it opened, and Phoenix Rising, North America's tallest and longest family inverted roller coaster. The park also features several rides and attractions aimed for children under the age of nine, as well as two water rides — a river rafting ride and a classic log flume.
- ^ "TEA/AECOM 2021 Global Attractions Report" (PDF). Themed Entertainment Association. 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 24, 2023. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
- ^ Brezina-Smith, Veronica (May 24, 2019). "Busch Gardens, Adventure Island attendance grows". Tampa Bay Business Journal. American City Business Journals. Archived from the original on September 9, 2020. Retrieved August 26, 2020.