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Gwazi
Busch Gardens Tampa
Gwazi is Busch Gardens Tampa Bay's mammoth double wooden coaster. It is also the Southeast's largest and fastest double wooden roller coaster, boasting more than 1.25 million board feet of lumber and more than 2 million bolted connections. Named after a fabled lion with a tiger's head, Gwazi races riders through almost 7,000 feet of track and six "flyby" maneuvers in which trains pass within feet of each other at crossing speeds of 100 mph. Gwazi is in reality two distinct coasters intertwined: Gwazi Tiger has an element that gives riders a slalom sensation, more like a bobsled than a wooden coaster. Gwazi Lion's highlight is a seemingly continuous number of spirals.
Roller Coaster Details
| Year | Track | Type | Designer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Wood | Dueling Twister | Great Coasters, Int. |
Roller Coaster Stats
| Height: 95 feet | Drop: 90 feet |
| Top Speed: 50 mph | G-force: 3.5 G's |
| Length: 3,400 feet | Trains: 4 - 24 passenger |
| Train Mfg: Great Coasters | Ride Time: 2 minutes, 30 seconds |
Gwazi Facts
Elements: Dual-Track, Six Near Miss Dueling Passes
January 2011 – Four GCI Millennium Flyer trains replace the original 24-passenger, six-car PTC trains.
Estimated cost: $10 million
Train has twelve cars with one row each, seating two abreast per row.
Ride capacity: 2,880 passengers per hour
Height requirement: Riders must be less than 49 inches tall
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