Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
Tampa, Florida
December 21, 2020
Page Sixteen



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The Anton Schwarzkopf designed Scorpion Roller Coaster at Busch Gardens Tampa, Tampa, Florida

After ascending to the top of Scorpion's lift you have a few to take in Pantopia (or as it was known back in 1981 as Timbuktu) before spiraling on down.

The Anton Schwarzkopf designed Scorpion Roller Coaster at Busch Gardens, Tampa, Florida

At the bottom of Scorpion's twisting plunge a classic vertical loop is there to send you and the world...

The Anton Schwarzkopf designed Scorpion Roller Coaster at Busch Gardens Tampa, Tampa, Florida

...looping three hundred and sixty degrees around.

The Anton Schwarzkopf designed Scorpion Roller Coaster at Busch Gardens Tampa, Tampa, Florida

Even though Scorpion isn't that big of a ride especially by todays standards it certainly packs a punch with some pretty intense G forces especially through the loop.

The Anton Schwarzkopf designed Scorpion Roller Coaster at Busch Gardens Tampa, Tampa, Florida

Here I am enjoying a moment of pure bliss in my happy place.
 



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