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Cobra's Curse
Steel Spinning Coaster at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, Tampa, Florida. Opened 2016.
- Height
- 70 ft
- Drop
- n/a
- Top speed
- 40 mph
- Length
- 2,100 ft
- Inversions
- 0
- Ride time
- 3 min 30 s
- Designer
- Mack Rides
Cobra's Curse is a spinning roller coaster in the Egypt area of Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in Tampa, Florida. Built by Mack Rides, it opened on June 17, 2016. The park revealed the project in May 2015, and the former King Tut's Tomb exhibit was reused as part of the queue. The ride's centerpiece is an 80-foot statue of a snake king.
The ride starts with a 70-foot vertical lift, an elevator that raises the train straight up. The trains then run along 2,100 feet of track at up to 40 mph, with a second, booster-wheel lift along the way and no inversions. The cars spin freely, and how often and in which direction they turn depends on how the riders' weight is distributed. The park gives the ride time as three and a half minutes.
Busch Gardens calls Cobra's Curse Florida's first family spin coaster. Riders must be 48 inches tall to ride alone, or 42 inches with a companion who is at least 14.
Sources
- buschgardens.com/tampa/roller-coasters/cobras-curse (Park page: 70-foot vertical lift; 40 mph on 2,100 feet of track; three-and-a-half-minute ride; trains spin randomly based on rider weight distribution; snake king figure; 48-inch minimum alone, 42 inches with a responsible person 14 or older.)
- buschgardens.com/tampa/rides (Park ride list: Cobra's Curse operating, Florida's first family spin coaster.)
- rcdb.com/12781.htm (RCDB: operating since June 17, 2016; Mack Rides custom spinning coaster; length 2,100 ft, height 70 ft, speed 40 mph, 0 inversions; elevator lift and booster wheel lift hill; Egypt area.)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra%27s_Curse (Plans revealed May 28, 2015; opened June 17, 2016; Mack Rides; Egypt section; King Tut's Tomb exhibit reused as part of the queue; 80-ft statue of the snake king Venymyss.)
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