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Phoenix reviews

Theme Park Insider readers offer their ratings and reviews for Phoenix, a swing ride at Busch Gardens Tampa. (The minimum height to ride is 48 inches.)

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Posted: June 19, 2010

Phoenix is an inverted-swinging ship ride located in the Timbuktu section of Busch Gardens Tampa. This ride is one of the best swinging rides and sometimes if you're lucky, it will stop completely at the top. Great ride. Always have to ride it when at Busch Gardens.

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Lapbars are painful but I suppose they have to be on a ride were you can feel the blood rushing to your head. Torturous but fun! Every time I get on I say to myself "Why am I doing this to myself"! 8/10 - D H

love it good ride hurts when the harness locks but fun - Manny Rodriguez

It's fun to watch people across from you scream there heads off and I am laughing mine off. The lap bars are very tight on this ride. - Erik Cobbs

busch gardens needs more flatf]rides like this, although you feel a little bit quessy after getting off it is very thrilling and the suspense when they are pulling you up is immense, but the lapbars can squash you a bit, 8/10 - Rob Chandler

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