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Park News - (11/2/09) Busch Gardens Tampa has increased it’s ticket price to $74.95 this week for adults and $64.95 for kids. A Florida Resident “Fun Card” however can be purchased for just $69.95 if you buy them online.
    (10/27/09) A new video showing off Howl-O-Scream at BGT has been posted to YouTube.

    (9/9/09) I’m happy to report that we know just what those red brackets added to SheiKra are for. According to our source they are actually used to allow certain riders with leg amputations “over the knee” to ride safely with the aid of a harness. Previously the policy was that all amputations had to be “below the knee” to be allowed to ride.
    (9/8/09) JohnnyUpsidedown went by BGT the other day and while taking a few pictures of SheiKra, noticed something different. On the far right hand seat of Row 1 and Row 3 some kind of bright red metal bracket has been bolted to the backs the seats. Anyone know what this may be for?

2010 - Sesame Street: Safari Of Fun & Sesame Street 4D - (10/29/09) RCPro has posted a new construction update from the Safari of Fun.
    (10/15/09) A new construction update on the Safari Of Fun at BGT can be found at RCPro. Looks like the footers for the new coaster have been poured.
    (9/22/09)  A new construction update from the Sesame Street: Safari of Fun has been posted to RCPro.
    (8/28/09) Busch Gardens Tampa has confirmed plans to open Sesame Street: Safari of Fun which will replace the Land of the Dragon’s in 2010. The new rethemed kiddie play land will feature an all new roller coaster called Air Grover. Other rides to be included in the land include: Zoe-Patra & the Hippos of the Nile (flume ride), Rosita’s Djembe Fly-Away (swing ride), Elmo’s Safari Go-Round, Oscar’s Swamp Stomp (water play area) and Bert & Ernie’s Water Hole (more water fun). They say that the new Safari of Fun will be twice the size of Land of the Dragons when it opens. In addition to this new kiddie area, the park’s 4D Theater was also confirmed to be showing “Sesame Street presents Lights, Camera, Imagination!” as well next year. So far the construction walls have already gone up around the area, so the work has begun!
    (4/2/09) Screamsape sources tell us that BGT is on track to open  their own Sesame Street themed land, complete with a small kiddie coaster) that will replace the current Land of the Dragons area. According to our tipster, the new area is on track for 2010 and from the sound of things it will be mostly a quick retheme of the existing land and attractions, though a few new things will go in like a kiddie coaster (Behind the existing stack stand) as well as some kind of new water play area. This area will also be set up to be more of a formal entrance into the temporary concert stage that the park frequently sets up in the grassy lawn between here and Gwazi.

2011/2012 - The Next Coaster - Rumor - (11/9/09) I’ve been sent a report claiming that last week BGT had floated up some balloons over the park for a height check of a proposed new attraction.  Could the park be ready to finally deliver the long awaited B&M Hypercoaster project in 2011 or 2012?
    (1/23/08) According to the latest gossip, the timeline for the next big coaster for Busch Garden Africa has been pushed back to 2011. Sounds like they have other fish to fry in 2009 and 2010. 
    (10/19/07) All the rumors about a B&M Hypercoaster are still holding the same as always, claiming that it would be built to load near the Stanleyville area. The layout is expected to be similar to Apollo’s Chariot at Busch Gardens Williamsburg and is expected to run back towards the first drop of Kumba and the Congo River Rapids area where they will likely place a spiral helix to turn the ride around and head back to the station again.
    (10/18/07) I’ve got nothing solid to back this up, but we did get a short message claiming that construction on a new B&M Hypercoaster should begin somewhere in Florida by late 2008. Since a Hypercoaster isn’t really the kind of thing that would go into SeaWorld and Universal will have their hands full with Harry Potter in 2009, it sounds like Busch Gardens could be the prize winner. 
    (7/17/07) While it seems that 2008 will focus mainly on the kiddies we’ve heard once again that a B&M Hypercoaster similar in layout to Apollo’s Chariot will come to the backside of the park in 2009 as part of the park’s 50th anniversary. Sources place the station in the Congo area as a phase 2 development that will stretch towards the back of the park over the Rapids and towards Kumba’s lift hill where the turn around may be placed near the large water retention pond back there before making the run back to the station once again.
    (3/19/07) If the latest rumors are true, Busch Gardens Tampa may be thinking of adding their own version of Apollo’s Chariot, a fantastic B&M Hypercoaster. However it is likely that any work on this will have to wait a few years until they are done with any Congo and Sesame Street projects they have in the works.