Busch Gardens Tampa is taking guests behind the scenes of their world-class coasters in a new Roller Coaster Experience Tour. From Sheikra to Cheetah Hunt, guests can learn what makes these rides so dynamic and then take a seat and experience the design and engineering in action. This new early morning tour takes you behind [...]

Last Friday night, April 27, 2012, Busch Gardens Tampa kicked off their first ever 12th grade Grad Nite. The event featured performances by pop rock band Cobra Starship and comedian Gabriel Inglesias, DJ’s throughout the streets, riding coasters at night and more. Elmo was on hand in his graduation attire to take photos with grads. [...]

Within the next year, the 10 theme parks of SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment will be going green by eliminating plastic shopping bags and replacing them with paper shopping bags. Park gift shops will offer paper bags made from 100 percent recycled paper or guests can choose to purchase reusable bags. This move will keep an estimated [...]

The annual Viva la Música is back at both SeaWorld Orlando and Busch Gardens Tampa. The fiesta takes place at SeaWorld on Saturdays and Busch Gardens on Sundays through May 6, 2012. We are going to start off with SeaWorld’s event which runs each Saturday through May 5, 2012. There are lots of vendors selling Latin [...]

It may seem like an unlikely pair, but its been a year since Busch Gardens Tampa park guests got to see an 8-week-old male cheetah cub and 16-week-old female yellow labrador puppy play together. They were first revealed to guests on Monday, April 16, 2011. Busch’s animal experts expect their friendship to last a lifetime. [...]

Busch Gardens recently debuted it’s newest resident, an adorable baby aardvark. The young aardvark was born on Monday, March 26, 2012. He currently lives at Jambo Junction located in the Nairobi area of the park. The healthy baby weighs about 4.8 pounds and is expected to grow to more than 120 pounds within its first [...]

While the holiday season is still a long ways off, Busch Gardens Tampa is getting ready to launch an all-new Christmas celebration, Christmas Town. Christmas Town will be a separately ticketed night event held this holiday season. Few details have been released but it will be held every Friday, Saturday and Sunday night from Nov. 30 to [...]

Join the fiesta at SeaWorld on Saturdays and Busch Gardens on Sundays from April 14 through May 6, 2012. Viva la Música brings together award-winning Latin artists, authentic arts and crafts and Latin cuisine. At SeaWorld, enjoy Latin cuisine provided by SeaWorld Orlando’s own Executive Chef, Héctor Colón. The menu will include pork and yellow rice, [...]

After a long refurbishment, The Emporium has now reopened and is better than ever with an all new design, merchandise and more. Check out the brand new vibrant sign above the entrance above.  The new store features tons of new merchandise along with a sleek new look. 2012 themed merchandise is now for sale too. [...]

On April 27, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay will host its first annual 12th Grade Grad Nite. This event is for graduating high school seniors and will take place at night inside the theme park. Seniors can experience live entertainment, ride roller coasters in the dark, and participate in dance parties on the streets of Busch [...]

Last month we announced our new monthly time lapse video series. It’s time now for the release of our newest one which features clips of various spots at Busch Gardens Tampa.  Rides featured include Cheetah Hunt, Sandstorm and Montu. This video is different from the rest of them in the sense that there are live [...]

During the busy times of the year, Busch Gardens adds a variety of special entertainment for guests to enjoy. This Spring Break season guests can experience “Spring Breakers”, a breakdancing street show that will run five days per week through April 1, 2012. The new show takes place multiple times per day in Gwazi Plaza [...]

Busch Gardens’ newest animal residents, the cheetahs, ran across the field at St. Petersburg’s Tropicana Field, home to the Tampa Bay Rays baseball team. It was a part of the Saving a Species program which is a video series for Shamu TV which is broadcasted by local educational cable channels, ITV and PBS stations throughout [...]

Adventure Island, Busch Garden’s water park, kicks off another season of fun on Saturday, March 10, 2012. There will be extended hours all summer long this year too, not just during Island Nights. Race down Ridetide slides, splash along in the wave pool, and kick back and relax on the white sanded beach, all in [...]

The baby boom continues at Busch Gardens Tampa with the birth two emu chicks. They were born just a few weeks ago, one is a male and the other is a female. These are the first emu chicks to be hatched at Busch Gardens Tampa. Emus belong to a group of flightless birds which are [...]

This year’s Bands, Brew & BBQ is bigger and better at Busch Gardens Tampa than ever before. The event takes place on Saturdays and Sundays through March 4, 2012. While the food and beer festival take place on both Saturdays and Sundays, the concerts only take place on Sundays. The whole event takes place in [...]

Two months ago we debuted a first for “Orlando Attractions Magazine”, a time lapse video. The video, a Jaws ride tribute, was well received by viewers and we will be doing a monthly video series of time lapse videos. First up is Disney’s Magic Kingdom. Rides featured in the video include Splash Mountain, Tomorrowland Speedway, Jungle Cruise [...]

Busch Gardens Tampa Bay welcomed a new baby female reticulated giraffe on Monday, Jan. 27, 2012. At six foot, two inches tall and weighing approximately 176 pounds, the newborn is the calf of father, Jafari and mother, Cupid. This is Jafari’s second calf, and cupid’s fifth. This new addition brings the park’s reticulated giraffe population [...]

A brand new show started today at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay. Iceploration continues the theme park’s tradition of broadway style shows and ice shows in one. A cast of 20 brings to life a new adventure filled with world-class skaters, more than 75 original costumes, aerial performances, puppetry and live animals, with shows daily in [...]

By Nick Lepa Some of the top creative minds behind Central Florida’s theme parks will gather to talk to fans, answer questions and auction off theme park memorabilia for charity on the evening of Friday, Feb. 24 at the Orange County Regional History Center. If you’re interested in how some of your favorite attractions, events [...]