Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Busch Gardens Tampa's Tigris Track Arrives + The Ride Goes Vertical!


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In the past couple weeks Busch Gardens Tampa has made exciting progress on Tigris, the park's new launched roller coaster for the 2019 season.  The ride will be the tallest launched roller coaster in the state of Florida when it opens, featuring three launch sequences that hit a top speed of more than 60 miles per hour.

Standing 150 feet at its maximum height, Tigris will tower over the park when it is completed.

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These photos, taken last week, show the first sections of Tigris track showing up at Busch Gardens Tampa.  The coaster's track will be the bright orange color seen here, set atop black supports - continuing the tiger theme.

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Now just yesterday the park has already taken Tigris vertical, placing the first piece of track and supports in place.  How wonderful to see the theme park so anxious to get the ride built and opened!  It looks like this section of track is located just after the station area, where the three launches, two forward and one backward, will take place.

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This view shows not only the track in place, but also the foundation work underway for the station area - you can see that in the back of the photo.

One of Tigris' highlight elements is a slow heartline roll that takes place at the top of the ride, slowly inverting riders around 150 feet in the sky!  Look forward to more photos of Tigris going up soon!


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