Hi Eileen,
I googled your questions:
- hotel to BG: 10 miles
- travel time: 20 minutes
- parking: $12 per car
- accessible parking: front of lot A (first come/first served)
- hours: not posted yet for February...but Fridays in December are 10am - 6pm
- tickets: $60 if purchased on-line (group tickets at reduced price if group of 15+...must call to get details)
- number of roller coasters: 6 (newest built in 2005 sounds TOTALLY awesome...description below
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Can you tell that I'm excited about the BG outting???
ela
SheiKra: Busch Gardens Tampa Bay reinforced its reputation as Florida's premier thrill-packed adventure park on May 21, 2005 by unveiling SheiKra, the nation's first dive coaster. Set among the jungle ruins of a once-mighty African civilization, SheiKra carries riders up 200 feet at 45 degrees, then hurtle them 70 mph back toward the ground at a 90-degree angle. It is the first coaster of its kind in the Americas and only the third in the world. Similar diving coasters in England and Taiwan can't match the height, speed and intensity SheiKra offers. SheiKra is also the first dive coaster to incorporate an Immelmann loop, a water feature, and a second 90-degree, 138-foot drop through an underground tunnel. The ride also includes a 360-degree climbing carousel. SheiKra's 3,188 feet of steel track offers a total ride time of just over three minutes.
Bring it on!!!!!!