Gwazi (roller coaster)
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| Gwazi | |
 A view of Gwazi's entrance and the Lion lift hill. |
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| Location | Busch Gardens Africa |
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| Park Section | Bird Gardens |
| Type | Wood - Dueling |
| Opened | June 18, 1999 |
| Manufacturer | Great Coasters International |
| Model | Duelling |
| Track layout | Blue/Tiger and Yellow/Lion |
| Height | 90 ft (27.4 m) |
| Length | 3400 ft (1036.3 m) |
| Max speed | 50 mph (80.5 km/h) |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Duration | 2:30 |
| Capacity | 2880 riders per hour |
| Cost | $10,000,000 USD |
| Max G force | 3.5 |
| Height Restriction | 48 in (121.9 cm) |
| Gwazi at RCDB | |
| Pictures of Gwazi at RCDB | |
Gwazi is a dueling roller coaster at Busch Gardens Africa (Busch Gardens Tampa Bay) in Florida. Its maximum speed is 50 mph and includes 6 fly-bys (portions of the ride where the trains pass each other in opposite directions). The name Gwazi originates from a fabled creature with the head of a tiger and the body of a lion. Gwazi includes almost 7,000 feet of combined track and both the Lion and Tiger have different track layouts.
Gwazi opened in 1999, only a few months after Dueling Dragons at Universal Studios' Islands of Adventure. Dueling Dragons and Gwazi are currently the only true dueling roller coasters in the world. There is a difference between racing roller coasters and dueling roller coasters. Gwazi, however, holds the record for most fly-bys on a dueling roller coaster.
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[edit] Lion
The Gwazi Lion's highlight is a seemingly continuous number of spirals. The Gwazi Lion side features yellow trains.
[edit] Tiger
The Gwazi Tiger has an element that gives riders a slalom sensation more like a bobsled than a wooden coaster. The Gwazi Tiger side features blue trains.
[edit] Awards and Trivia
Gwazi is the largest and fastest double wooden roller coaster in the southeast.
[edit] See also
| Roller coasters at Busch Gardens Africa |
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Cheetah Chase - Gwazi - Kumba - Montu - Python - Scorpion - SheiKra |
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