Best Rides at Busch Gardens Tampa
The headline rides, ranked by typical wait time
These are the most popular rides at Busch Gardens Tampa, ordered by how long people typically queue for them. A longer typical wait is a good proxy for the must-do, headline attractions. Tap any ride for its live wait time, busiest hours and reliability.
Top rides by typical wait
21 rides ranked · longest typical queue first
- 1Congo River Rapids~60 min typical wait
- 2Gwazi Gliders~36 min typical wait up to 75 min at peak
- 3Cheetah Hunt~30 min typical wait up to 56 min at peak
- 4Cobra's Curse~29 min typical wait up to 48 min at peak
- 5SheiKra~23 min typical wait up to 40 min at peak
- 6Iron Gwazi~22 min typical wait up to 37 min at peak
- 7Tigris~17 min typical wait up to 34 min at peak
- 8Phoenix Rising~16 min typical wait up to 30 min at peak
- 9Serengeti Flyer~12 min typical wait up to 23 min at peak
- 10Montu~9 min typical wait up to 18 min at peak
- 11Kumba~7 min typical wait up to 9 min at peak
- 12Grand Caravan Carousel~5 min typical wait
- 13Ubanga-Banga Bumper Cars~5 min typical wait
- 14Serengeti Express (Nairobi Station)~5 min typical wait
- 15Serengeti Express (Stanleyville Station)~5 min typical wait
- 16Air Grover~5 min typical wait up to 6 min at peak
- 17Big Bird's Whirly Birdie~5 min typical wait
- 18Elmo's Safari Go-Round~5 min typical wait
- 19Snuffy's Elephant Romp~5 min typical wait
- 20The Count's Zambezi Rally~5 min typical wait
- 21Zoe-Patra's Hippos of the Nile~5 min typical wait
Ranking is by each ride's typical wait time, which we use as a popularity proxy — the rides people queue longest for tend to be the headline attractions. It isn't an editorial "best" score.