Negative-G - Busch Gardens Tampa Bay 2020 Page Twenty-Six

Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
Tampa, Florida
December 21, 2020
Page Twenty-Six

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The Bolliger & Mabillard designed SheKra dive roller coaster at Busch Gardens Tampa, Tampa, Florida

After what seems like an eternity waiting in the blink of an eye time speeds up and SheiKra takes its plunge.

The Bolliger & Mabillard designed SheKra dive roller coaster at Busch Gardens, Tampa, Florida

SheiKra opened in 2005 with trains that had a floor. In 2007 Busch Gardens Tampa wisely decided to plus this ride by adding floorless trains so riders really feel like they are hanging out there on the edge.

You can really tell in this photos who is relaxed and who is tense. Just take a look at the guy in the back row who is so loose he is almost folded in half.

SheiKra is appropriately named after the "Accipiter badius" or sheikra as the bird is called in Urdu. The sheikra is a bird of prey that dives vertically when attacking prey which makes the name perfect for a dive coaster.

It is so much fun just plunging straight down as the world fills up your view.