Cobra's Curse at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
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Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, Tampa, Florida

Cobra's Curse

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2,100ftNo. 248 longest of 398 US coastersThe Beast 7,361 ftFury 325 6,602 ftCobra's Curse3:30ride time70fttall
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What riders love
  • It's genuinely so fun going through those horseshoes spinning.
  • The spinning sections are for sure the highlight as you dive into trenches, over, and under walkways.
  • While free-spinning, this element is a ton of fun with the forces and disorientation.
  • While I can imagine the queue is not fun on crowded days, I enjoyed its tight, winding passages that evoke feelings of being inside an old Egyptian tomb.
  • The cobra at the top of the elevator lift is one of my favorite theming pieces.
  • This is also the best themed non disney coaster in florida, its beautifully themed.
  • Pleasantly surprised with how wild and intense it feels.
  • I definitely slept on this ride, I didn't expect it to be as fun as it was.
  • This thing was probably the biggest surprise of my trip to Busch Gardens Tampa.
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Performance

Vs. other coasters at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay

If you sit in the front row of the back car you can get a decent pop of airtime on the backwards helix.

@Rct3Mike

The drop doesn’t offer much airtime but the pull-out at the bottom offers some surprisingly good positives.

Jack Jack J.

it does spin and is very smooth, also that hairpin-banked turn is probably one of the best banks i have experienced on a coaster.

Carter Smith

Great family coaster, fairly smoothe and not super intense but plenty enough for me!

Rainbow Trees

It is smooth for a coaster but they are a lot of dead spots.

Sam M.

When you board the comfortable Mack trains you dispatch into a small themed section with glowing snake eyes.

Jack Jack J.

So recently this coaster has developed an annoying rattle.

@BrycenIsGoated

The track profiling is smooth, but like seemingly so many other Mack coasters, there is a very prevalent rattle that you can both feel and hear.

Michael M.

I think the forwards section of the ride is quite good and surprisingly intense, but the backwards section is pretty lame and the spinning one is hit or miss.

MapleFlakes

...middle- of- the- road coaster which happens to be strikingly original.  While tame enough to be suitable for young children, it’s nevertheless enjoyable enough to appeal to seasoned veterans.   In...

Coaster Critic

Pretty much forceless, your typical family coaster in terms of intensity without a doubt.

Anthony DeNight Jr.

It’s a long ride with some nice theming and set pieces and the final section has solid spinning and speed but at the end of the day it’s just a family coaster.

Carter Eckhart

A lift elevator AND a lift hill make it so most of this coaster is spent not going fast.

am

...I can actually remember loving, but looking at POVs, it seems to have a few good elements - like the horseshoe over the path - but is broken up a bit too much by trims to be a cohesive experience.

I'm NotHere

I didn’t get to watch much of the preshow, as my wait was only around 5 minutes, but what I could see was an interesting projection sequence of dramatic music and blinking lights.

Kw6sTheater

This ride does draw some of the longest lines in the park, so if you’re riding just for the credit you might be waiting awhile.

Gage M.

Slow operations, especially when they add a train at 1030 on a busy day which should have opened with max trains… but real belly laughs with the spinning effect, and reverse drop.

Simon C.
Height fear

I’ve been on this ride before, the scariest part of it is the first drop, it really kicks in the Adrenalin.

@shutterpro4178

...more than a week ago when I went to Busch Gardens with my friends and I have an intense fear of heights it was so scary but fun if your debating whether or not to go on it I definitely recommend...

@Itz_KC_The_Creator
Motion sickness risk

I got dizzy afterwards but I was like: I don’t care I’m going again

@HondaFit2010

I did get a bit nauseous after I got off but I attribute that to not pacing myself during the day.

Max S.

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Specifications

70 ftHeight
206 Iron Gwazi 200 SheiKra 150 Tigris 150 Montu 102 CheetahHunt 70 Cobra'sCurse
40 mphTop speed
Iron Gwazi76 SheiKra70 Tigris62 Montu60 Cheetah Hunt60 Cobra's Curse40 076 mph
0Inversions

What riders say

Praised for

FunGreat themingNo motion sickness

Criticised for

Long waitsToo shortOften closedMade riders sick

it does spin and is very smooth, also that hairpin-banked turn is probably one of the best banks i have experienced on a coaster.

Carter Smith, Captain Coaster review

I don’t really like spinning coasters, but this was pretty enjoyable and certainly unique.

Sean Reardon, Captain Coaster review

The forward-facing part isn’t particularly novel, and the backward-facing part is too short, but the spinning part, that’s where it’s at.

Matheus Castello, Captain Coaster review

The ride was really fun as a guy that’s is scared of the big roller coasters I think this is the most fun ride I’ve been in.

Gerson Herrera, Captain Coaster review

This was better than I thought except it gave me an upset stomach due to motion sickness when I wasn’t facing the direction of motion.

David, Captain Coaster review

Got two rides on it and on one of them the lap bar tightened a lot, to the point of being uncomfortable, throughout the layout.

Lucas Tikkala-Cutler, Captain Coaster review

Photos

Cobra's Curse theming inside queue area at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
Adog, CC BY-SA 4.0
Cobra's Curse theming inside queue area at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
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View of Busch Gardens Tampa's elevator lift for the roller coaster Cobra's Curse
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View of Busch Gardens Tampa's elevator lift and layout for the roller coaster Cobra's Curse
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View of Busch Gardens Tampa's elevator lift for the roller coaster Cobra's Curse
Adog, CC BY-SA 4.0
Cobra's Curse at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
Paulo Guereta from São Paulo, CC BY 2.0

6 photographs. Swipe or drag sideways.

Planning your ride

History

June 17, 2016Opened

Built by Mack.

Sources

Restraint types: Captain Coaster. History, incidents and awards: Wikipedia. Specifications and status: Coasterpedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. From the park and maker: Busch Gardens Tampa Bay guide. Also read: Captain Coaster (converted to feet and mph). Rider sentiment and performance scores: rider reviews on Captain Coaster, coastercritic.com, read and scored by AirtimeFever.

Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: Michel Curi (CC BY 2.0), Adog (CC BY-SA 4.0), Paulo Guereta from São Paulo (CC BY 2.0). Video thumbnails remain the property of their channels and link back to them.

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What riders love, by theme (themes in the order riders pick them most on Captain Coaster): Your Coaster Friend, rider review on Captain Coaster: “So fun to be facing the car behind or…”; Matheus Castello, rider review on Captain Coaster: “It's genuinely so fun going through those horseshoes spinning.”; Chris Jones, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The spinning sections are for sure the highlight as…”; Jack Jack J., rider review on Captain Coaster: “While free-spinning, this element is a ton of fun…”; Mike Davis, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The quality of the queue house actually gives this…”; Kw6sTheater, rider review on Captain Coaster: “While I can imagine the queue is not fun…”; Sena Coasters, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The cobra at the top of the elevator lift…”; Liight ., rider review on Captain Coaster: “This is also the best themed non disney coaster…”; Max S., rider review on Captain Coaster: “Once you hit that mid-course brake run, spin around,…”; Fjårt Lorin V, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Pleasantly surprised with how wild and intense it feels.”; Brendan Keller, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I definitely slept on this ride, I didn't expect…”; Nathan F, rider review on Captain Coaster: “This thing was probably the biggest surprise of my…”.

The photo slider at the top and the fading stills: Midway Mayhem's back row POV, Cobra's Curse Back Row POV in HD Busch Gardens Tampa! (YouTube), and the page's Wikimedia Commons photographs.