Phoenix at Busch Gardens Africa

[ItsNoelMulkey]

when i rode this the restraints hurt soooo bad!! i couldnt feel my legs, and at the beginning when they first closed i panicked a little cause i was like dammmmmn, these are tight! i was like 7ish at the time....

[nibbles20831]

I LOVE IT WHEN IT HOLDS YOU UP THERE!

[CoasterRyder88]

Do They Still have this there? I'm Going next month and i want to ride this (:

[woodencoasterfan]

@CoasterRyder88 They shure do. It's been there now for many years now. They did a major refurbishment last year so it's likelay to be here for some time to come. It's one of the few Looping Star rides that are still around.

[hannahbabe99xxxxxx]

i done it wiv my sister yesterday and we were the only people on it lol

[harrypotterXD71]

this is the craziest ride ive been on... next to the ring of fire at the fair....

[theinternetbangers]

i love this ride i am going to go busch gardens for a field trip and i am going on this ride like a hundreds times........ yepeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[tlbrady1]

Love this ride! So relaxing!!!

[harold3663]

that rides awesome but the restraints r 2 tight

[woodencoasterfan]

@harold3663 They do a bit of a"SqueezE" on you. But then they do let up a bit before the ride gets going.

[deadkitn]

@harold3663 True they are way too tight dont eat then go on this!

[SGarv04]

it felt like my head was going to explode when i rode this!

[cuddleycube2]

that looks so fun



[ahmedafrto]

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[TheThundercoaster]

This looks scarier then any coaster ill ever ride.

[woodencoasterfan]

@TheThundercoaster It's really not that bad if you can bear the initial squeeze when the restraints lock in.

[amtrakdud101]

its very scary

[03drp]

I love this ride but the things that hold u down on your legs and chest hurt

[Jordanrox12341]

is it scary?

[bananzza726]

i love this ride, its hurts your legs a little but if it was any looser we would fall! lol, but it was amazing. love the video too

[angelskid22221]

i went on this it was amazing

[spaceroller09]

This is an Intamin Looping Starship :)

Huss make the non looping ships. Both are powered by wheels underneath. Great ride.

[avejajed]

I will go on any roller coaster you think of, but I will never again ride a ride like this. It was pure torture.

[woodencoasterfan]

I agree with you. I especially don't like how the restraints squeeze just before they lock into place.

[pocodfe]

Nice vid! I live in Orlando, and the ride has been there for 20 years + as you noted. At one point, this was THE ride at Busch Gardens, and in my opinion, it's the most unique ride in the park. I LOVE IT! Sure, the restraints come down, but the ride instructors announce that to all riders. Then they losen up after a few seconds. The blood rush you get in your head and the immense pressure are just unreal, not to mention this ride is REALLLLLLLY tall and much more intense than it looks!

[deadkitn]

@avejajed It is! lol

[SamuelH105]

If its powered by a wheel underneath then its made by huss

[woodencoasterfan]

Thanks rof the info. I'll make the nesecary changes.

[RanHam335]

Im not 100% positive, but I think this was built by Intamin

[woodencoasterfan]

I wouldn't be suprised, Intamin builds many things for the amusement park industry.

[kathleeniswaycool]

I hate this ride, it hurts, and it gave me a nose bleed, lol.

[pcgator2]

this ride hurts. i hope they replace it in 2013 with like a screamin' swing (if that is fun) or something else

[Pieishman]

lol a balloon pops at around 2:18.I remember my dad brought me on one of these when I was 4.You can imagine how this could scare the **** out of a 4 year old.

[woodencoasterfan]

I was riding it some time ago and I can remember there were two kids that couldn't have been any older than six sitting in the same row. Well the ride opp said there will be a slight squeeze on the restraints as they lock them in. Well the squeeze was so strong that one of those two kids got sick and had to leave before he had a "protien spill" on the ride. This ride does give quite a squeeze when locking the restraints in (LOL).

[Pieishman]

I sure wasnt one of those kids!I never actually went here but I went on something like it

[michael10107]

I was about to ride that, until it went upside down.

[cultofepcotcenter]

I was just on that

[BinkieMcFartnuggets]

They named it well, because as we all know the phoenix is the mythical bird that rises from the ashes and proceeds to swing back and forth until everyone vomits.

[jman1948]

I feel sick looking at, why would you want to ride this thing?

[jman1948]

I feal sick looking at it

[FREEECANDY]

F THIS RIDE.