Timbuktu
In the heart of Busch Gardens lies Timbuktu. Although it is one of the smallest areas of the park, Timbuktu is packed with action. Timbuktu features more rides than any other area of the park with eight. The main ride of the area is the Schwarzkopf single looper, Scorpion. The screams of the Scorpion riders add to the festive environment. Timbuktu also features thrill rides such as the Phoenix and kiddie rides such as the Carousel Caravan.Want something to eat and some high quality entertainment? The Desert Grill is home to exciting dinner show and excellent food. For lunch, the Oasis is a wonderful food stand featuring real lemonade and chicken fingers.
Continuing the new construction from 2003, a new roller coaster, Cheetah Chase, is being constructed in 2004. This wild mouse roller coaster will make the second in Timbuktu and the seventh at the park.
Cheetah Chase
The newest addition to Busch Gardens Tampa is Cheetah. The family, wild mouse ride is being relocated from the other Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, Virginia. The ride is going to be located within Timbuktu, capping off the improvements to the area. To make room for the new ride, the Crazy Camel, a spinning ride, is being removed. What exactly is a wild mouse coaster? A wild mouse is compact, hairpin turn ride, with abrupt drops and stops. The train consists of one car with four seats, which is perfect for a family.
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R.L. Stine's Haunted Lighthouse
New for 2003 was the new fourth-dimension attraction, R.L. Stine's Haunted Lighthouse. From the mastermind behind the Goosebumps series and other books, comes the terrorizing tale. Immerse yourself in an exciting adventure and experience the effects of the film. In a fourth-dimension simulator, different effects are sprayed onto the guests along with the rest of the 3D film. These effects include water and rattling at riders feet.
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The Phoenix
Looping high over Timbuktu is the Phoenix, an exciting thrill ride. On the Phoenix, you are slowly pulled up an imaginary circle, released, fall back the opposite direction, and then swing back again. Each time the train progresses higher until the ride does complete loops. |
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Scorpion
Rising sixty-five feet above Timbuktu is the arachnid, Scorpion. Four years after constructing the Arrow corkscrew Python, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay contacted Anton Schwarzkopf to build them a new roller coaster. In 1981, the orange and black Scorpion opened to the public.
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