Busch Gardens Tampa Bay Announces Launch of Iron Gwazi for 2020

In March, Busch Gardens, Tampa Bay, announced that Gwazi, the park's pair of old wooden glass mountains, would be converted to become the fastest and steepest roller coaster in the world. With the mountains currently under the Rocky Mountain Construction knife, we now have a name for what Gwazi will become: Iron Gwazi.

With a height of 200 meters, a fall of 91 degrees and a top speed of 76 km / h, Iron Gwazi will be the tallest North American hybrid coaster and the fastest and steepest in the world. It will also be the highest and fastest mountain in Florida. (Also announced today, the 100-degree tip on the icebreaker at SeaWorld Orlando will be the steepest.)

"Iron Gwazi is going to be the best roller coaster in Florida," boasted Jonathan Smith, director of rides and engineering for SeaWorld Parks, to Arthur Levine in an article for USA Today. "We are building what could be one of the best submarines in the world."

Photo: Busch Gardens Tampa Facebook

The coaster will include 4,075 tracks, including 3 inversions and 12 instants of diffusion. In total, the roller coaster will be fast and will last only one minute and fifty seconds. It will be the tenth roller coaster of Busch Gardens in Tampa and, according to Fred Grubb, owner and CEO of Rocky Mountain Construction (via Levine), it is estimated that RMC will retain about 40% of Gwazi's original wooden structure. of origin, which closed in 2015..

Under the nickname Gwazi, the wooden coaster, characterized by two faces, a lion and a tiger. Iron Gwazi will be inspired by a crocodile. The new logo and the new carousel bear witness to this.

Iron Gwazi is scheduled to open in the spring of 2020. For more information, do not miss to visit the Busch Gardens website in Tampa Bay and follow the park's directions. twitter and Facebook.