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Scorpion reviews

Theme Park Insider readers offer their ratings and reviews for Scorpion, a roller coaster at Busch Gardens Tampa. (The minimum height to ride is 42 inches.)

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Posted: January 4, 2007

Busch Gardens Tampa Bay’s Scorpion roller coaster hurtles guests at speeds exceeding 50 mph through maneuvers including a 360-degree vertical loop. Pulling three G’s, the “sting” of the Scorpion can be felt during the “carousel” maneuver in which riders are taken through three 360-degree horizontal loops in a spiral design. The Scorpion is located in the park’s Timbuktu area

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34 votes, so far

Reminded me of silver bullet at frontier city. - Steven D

Very long wait time and short ride. Only for kids experiencing their first loop really. 5/10 - D H

one of my first loopers love it - Manny Rodriguez

This is one of my favorite rides at busch Gardens it was my first roller coster that went up side down, after the first time i rode it several times after that. - josh morgera

This coaster has a loop with only a lap restraint. It has enough quickness to whip you around a small footprint to make it an enjoyable ride. - Carl Stovall

Great ride for kids! Low height limit let my 4 year old ride his first real coaster. - Joseph Easter

Pretty rough and fairly fast. The loop is pretty cool and this would be a good first coaster, not worth a very long wait though. Didn't feel very safe as you are only held in by the lap belt. - Emily G

It's not as thrilling as SheiKra, but it's a great coaster with inversions (just one) if you are young and you are just warming up for the bigger ones - I rode it at age 6 and it was thrilling, and rode it again in July (Brazilian tour group invasion) and it was STILL thrilling, and will ride it again as part of my self-made challenge to ride ALL six coasters in BGTB! - Tiffany Alfonso

not the best looping coaster. maybe good for beginners for their first looper, but other than that i wouldnt waste your time on it. we waited twenty minutes for this ride, and it wasnt very smooth or thrilling. - Jake Gould

8/10. My first looping roller coaster. It still packs a punch. - Nicholas Gammon

I really enjoyed this ride. The loop was intense, as was the final helix. other than that the ride did not have much to offer, but still a fun starting coaster. - Patrick Gorham

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