The oldest reamaining coaster at Busch Gardens Tampa may have the smallest footprint of any non-junior coaster in Florida. Scorpion lives up to its name with its winding steel maze look.
Opened: 1981
Track: Standard steel
Designer: Schwarzkopf
Duration: 2:15
Train/car capacity: 20 passengers
Top speed: 50 mph
Inversions: 1
Max height: 65 feet
Total distance: 1,805 feet
Ride Height Limit: 42 inches
Theme: In the Timbuktu section, this coaster has a signature verticle loop and circles around a helix.
Theme Park Rangers rating: 3.7
More Roller Coasters:
Disney: Big Thunder Mountain Railroad | Expedition Everest | Goofy’s Barnstormer | Primeval Whirl | Rock ‘n Roller Coaster | Seven Dwarfs Mine Train | Space Mountain
Universal: Dragon Challenge | Flight of the Hippogriff | Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit | Incredible Hulk | Pteranodon flyers | Revenge of the Mummy | Woody Woodpecker’s Nuthouse
SeaWorld: Journey to Atlantis | Kraken | Mako | Manta | Shamu Express
Legoland: Coastersaurus | Dragon | Flying School | Project-X
Busch Gardens: Air Grover | Cheetah Hunt | Cobra’s Curse | Kumba | Sand Serpent | Scorpion | SheiKra
