NewsPlusNotes: New Splash Ride Opening at Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo in 2018

Thursday, November 16, 2017

New Splash Ride Opening at Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo in 2018

© Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo

Visitors to Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo will find an all-new water ride in 2018, named Roaring Springs. The new splash ride will "allow guests of all ages to discover a hidden part of Florida full of adventure and thrills. Explorers will board a boat and gently drift along a crystal-clear spring, surrounded by native landscape and wildlife. The journey takes a sudden turn when the elevation drops. Guests will feel a rush of adrenaline as they experience a 3-story splashdown."

Exact details on the type of water attraction, including manufacturer, that is being added were not available just yet, though the concept art above looks like it will be either a modern version of a flume ride, or perhaps a small shoot-the-chutes. The ride will also come with a Canopy Walk, which will oversee the attraction. The project is the largest for the Lowry Park Zoo in the past decade.

According to the park's press release, visitors will also "get back to nature and see a hidden part of Florida that remains untouched - a Florida that requires no filter. Explorers will catch a glimpse of black bears, alligators, panthers, Key deer and other native species as they trek along the winding Florida Trail."

© Google Maps

To make way for Roaring Springs, the Zoo will retire their existing log flume. That ride can be seen above... not a very big ride and from various videos on YouTube it doesn't look all that old, either. I'm not coming up with much on the ride's history, or even who manufactured it.

Regardless, that's still the 4th flume announced to be closing this year in the name of expansion and progress.

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