Busch Gardens Tampa Bay

Busch Gardens Tampa Bay

A view of the Serengeti Plains in 2006
Location	Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Coordinates	28°02′16″N 82°25′18″W / 28.0379°N 82.4216°W / 28.0379; -82.4216
Status	Operating
Opened	June 1, 1959; 64 years ago (1959-06-01)
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	10
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), and Montu, which was the tallest and fastest inverted roller coaster in the world when it opened. 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.