Kumba (roller coaster)
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Kumba is a steel roller coaster located at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in Tampa, Florida. Manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard, the ride opened in 1993. It stands 143 feet (44 m) tall and has a top speed of 60 miles per hour (97 km/h). Kumba features a total of seven inversions across the 3-minute ride.
Kumba was the first Bolliger and Mabillard coaster to feature interlocking corkscrews, and is one of only five in the world to feature a vertical loop around the lift hill.
One of Kumba's trains exiting the second corkscrew
The zero-g roll, where riders experience a feeling of weightlessness
Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
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Busch Gardens Tampa Bay is a 335-acre (136 ha) animal theme park located in Tampa, Florida, United States, with the entire park landscaped and designed around themes of Africa and Asia. Owned and operated by United Parks & Resorts, the park opened on June 1, 1959. The park has an annual attendance consistently exceeding 4 million, often ranking second among United Parks & Resorts parks behind SeaWorld Orlando.
A view of the Serengeti Plains in 2006
The Busch Brewery in 1967
The Stairway to the Stars escalator outside the Busch Brewery
The monorail with the Old Swiss House in the background in 1977