SorcererMickey
November 2nd, 2006, 13:08
Changes at Busch Gardens Tampa
Posted by Scott Powers on Oct 30, 2006 1:06:36 PM
Python - one of Busch Gardens first roller coasters - stops running Tuesday after 30 years.
Busch Gardens Tampa plans to tear down Python and redevelop much of the park's Congo area to make room for what a officials say will be a major new, undisclosed attraction -- one said it would be the park's biggest expansion ever. Park officials won't say what's coming, though it'll be under construction into 2008.
You have to think it'll be worth waiting for, considering Busch Garden's last big addition, the SheiKra roller coaster, has been a huge hit. In fact, among Central Florida theme parks, only Busch Gardens and Disney's Animal Kingdom have bothered to add major new attractions from scratch in the past couple of years.
Other Busch attractions being affected include the ViVi Restaurant, which is now closed, and the Claw Island White Tiger Exhibit, which will be lost to public view once the construction walls start going up later this week. Python, a 1,200-foot double-corkscrew coaster that opened in 1976, was the first steel, looping roller coaster in Florida.
Source: http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/business_tourism_aviation/2006/10/changes_at_busc.html
Posted by Scott Powers on Oct 30, 2006 1:06:36 PM
Python - one of Busch Gardens first roller coasters - stops running Tuesday after 30 years.
Busch Gardens Tampa plans to tear down Python and redevelop much of the park's Congo area to make room for what a officials say will be a major new, undisclosed attraction -- one said it would be the park's biggest expansion ever. Park officials won't say what's coming, though it'll be under construction into 2008.
You have to think it'll be worth waiting for, considering Busch Garden's last big addition, the SheiKra roller coaster, has been a huge hit. In fact, among Central Florida theme parks, only Busch Gardens and Disney's Animal Kingdom have bothered to add major new attractions from scratch in the past couple of years.
Other Busch attractions being affected include the ViVi Restaurant, which is now closed, and the Claw Island White Tiger Exhibit, which will be lost to public view once the construction walls start going up later this week. Python, a 1,200-foot double-corkscrew coaster that opened in 1976, was the first steel, looping roller coaster in Florida.
Source: http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/business_tourism_aviation/2006/10/changes_at_busc.html