Busch Gardens Tampa - Cheetah Hunt POV & Action

[861Melina]

@elbertivory2006: it'scalled Cheetha, bcause. it's as fast as the big cat cheetha! A cheetha can run over 100 kilometers! And It's the fastest mammalian in the world!!!!!!

[Cheetree1]

save the endangered cheetah!

[alex6634]

This ride was so amazing! Me and my dad were in the front seats & it took off so fast! And I was amazed how fast it went over those hills. Haha. It was a little intense at times but I liked it. And it was my first ride with an inversion (I think that's what it was?)

[SuperBamboy]

Havent rode thise one yet but then again i only go to bushgardens now durring howloscream

[kaledean1]

cant wait to ride it. does any one know how fast and how high the first hill?

[dgkxa11xday]

I'm so happy that it's open :D

[carlos0128892]

bad quality



[zachevan1]

It is a great ride; it would be a better ride if the seats were larger and softer.

[carlos0128892]

@zachevan1 it is softer now they updated that s**t its awsome

[distantlandmusic]

sucked because they kept opening it at 2pm... lines were 4 hours wait.

[shatchett0]

I still love the simplicity of Sheikra.

[ltgrandmaps3]

I was confused because I thought it was cheetah chase.

[Ohheyyyjessie]

Going memorial weekend when it opens to ride it. :)

[Jemini42]

I rode it, its intresting, the only diffrnce is the launch pad. And the reason why they changed the name is because they thougt the name would be to confusing to pronounce

[TrainsitFan]

I think they should change the cheetah chase ride's name. I keep getting them mixed up x(

I also hope the restraints are similar to the softer ones like what Intimidator 305 has. I don't want the hard plastic ones especially since there will be a lot of 'side to side' motion ['neck choppers'].

[gostboy56]

@TrainsitFan they did its actually sand surpant

[TrainsitFan]

@gostboy56 Oh, ok, thanks. If they did that, then wouldn't cheetah chase make more sense than 'hunt'?

At least there won't be any confusion now.

[nicki2456]

@TrainsitFan they didnt name it cheetah chase cuzz theres already a ride in the park named that

[pacman836]

I SO WANNA RIDE IT

[akb123penguin]

I'm sooooo friggin excited to go on this ride!!!!!!!!!!! look like soooo much fun!!!!

[SoulSilverEevee14]

@JFromBaugh xD that would be a good pokemon :3 I can see it now :D

[RainbowPoptartNinja]

it opens may 1st i think.

Thats what i hurd i went their today.

[sis124]

@RainbowPoptartNinja no it opens later than may 12 but before june u should check out the website

[beyblader002]

it hasnt opened yet :( i went today

[WhatTheHorde]

@beyblader002 Opens on Sunday.

[mrscottish1993]

can some one explain why on wikipedia it says the ride is 103ft high, but thne says the drop is 130ft?

[rktinc]

@mrscottish1993

Because the ride drops down into a 20+ foot deep trench

[rktinc]

@mrscottish1993

Because the ride drops down into a 20+ foot deep trench

[mrscottish1993]

@rktinc Thanks, did not realise that, looks like an amazing ride :)

[biggriff71]

@mrscottish1993

Simple. The ride goes 27 more feet underneath the ground or 27 more ft before it straightens out

[Hieagandaus]

Ello mate!

it's over the sky ride and they got a bit of a fix they need right they are!

Busch Gardens plz re name it to Duma.

Duma=Cheetah in African/.

[JFrombaugh]

I was also really hoping for "Cheetaka". It sounds like a Pokemon name or something. "Cheetaka. The Cheetah Pokemon."

[AllllllllRightyThen]

@JFrombaugh

MayB they thot it sounded too much like "Kingdaka" (~480 ft. coaster in New Joyzee). Busch's major coasters are ALWAYS unique and custom designed, so maybe they didn't want to sound like it had anything to do with Kingdaka. I'm guessing that the word "ka" means "hunt" or something like that in some African language - probalby does.

You may not like the name "Cheetah Hunt", but it fits since the Cheetahs will be hunting the slower 60 MPH coasters and eating the riders.

[ryanneb2010]

@JFrombaugh Lmaooo

[AllllllllRightyThen]

I wonder why they took out the Crocs that used to Lurk about 5 feet below our dangling feet on Montu. That was the scariest part of that great coaster. I wonder it they jumped up and ate a rider or smptn. Crocs can jump the entire length of their bodies, straight UP. And they, like all of Busch's aMiNals, are quite rude!

[rktinc]

@AllllllllRightyThen

Idiots on the ride were deliberately dropping things into the pit with the hopes of hitting one of the Crocs or hoping the Crocs would eat what ever it was they dropped into the pit. Like cups and other crap, I've even heard of someone sneaking in a piece of raw meat in there clothes threw it in and sent the Crocs into a frenzy. The parks just claims the Crocs were never suppose to be permanent

[AllllllllRightyThen]

@rktinc

Yeah, I heard a couple LOOOSERS smuggled their legs on the ride. They taunted the crocs by dangling them gleefully. Then the crocs jumped up and ate their legs. Bunch o' LOOOSERS! Well, all I can say is that bed of rocks they put there instead of the crocs is pretty scary too! It's thrilling to slowly coast over them. You never know if some kid is going to jump in there and start throwing rocks at you. It might even be MORE scary than hungry crocs snapping 5 ft below you!

[AllllllllRightyThen]

I always get attacked by aMiNals everytime I go to Busch Tampa. Those HUGE white birds with the LONG orange beaks always attack me while I'm eating Pizza. They jump on your table and before you can shoo them away, they snag your pizza and fly off with it. Sucks BOOTay! I wish they didn't take out the break-away bridge/raft on Rhino Ralley. I wonder if someone got attacked by a Rhino or smptn - wouldn't surprise me. Their aMiNals are kinda rude there.

[rktinc]

@AllllllllRightyThen

How in the hell can an animal be rude? It doing all it knows and that's being an animal.Busch doesn't put them through so kind of animal etiquette course lol Also no one got attacked by a Rhino on Rhino Rally that bridge was a major problem with not working as it should and created a lot of down time for the ride.

[AllllllllRightyThen]

@rktinc

Go to Busch & when they steal ur pizza, bite ur legs, & ram ur jeep as it floats down the river on a raft . . . u'll see how they can be rude. And when the Cheetahs catch up to the slower Cheetah Hunt coasters, jump on, & then attack u when ur trying to have fun . . u'll see. Cheetahs like Cheetos, so I'm going to take some w/ me & when they attack me, I'll stick a bag in their mouths so they won't bite me. & I'll tie a bag to 1 of their tails so the others will chase & attack HIM.

[fromwkfsmouth]

I'm about to take a one-year break from theme parks in a matter of weeks. I can't wait until Muetti and I get Fun Cards in 2012, like over a year after that ride actually opens!

[MEareCAT]

A cheetah can actually run faster than this coaster :)

[MioRaem]

@MEareCAT Yeah, but not that long :D

[AllllllllRightyThen]

@MEareCAT

I know . . . Totally GAY that Busch built a 60 MPH coaster. Cheetahs can run 70 MPH. The scary thing is . . . they're going to have WiLd Cheetahs all around it. If one of the Cheetahs gets mad from not being able to sleep all day because of all the noise and goes CrAzY, they can catch the coaster and eat the riders. Busch didn't think this through very well.

[ryanneb2010]

Damn im jealous of the unreal people on the virtual ride lol

[etheChris]

Ah i can't wait for the construction to be complete so we can get real POVs of this!

[THOMASRCT3FAN35]

DANG THESE ROLLERCOASTERS FOR 2011 ARE GETTING FIERCE!! I guess their trying to beat Cedar Point and Six Flags Magic Mountain for their records and their rollercoaster capital of the world... :D

[XBOX360KTrembs]

i went there last march break the shiekra was INSANE! sit in the front middle and shit your pants

[Hieagandaus]

They're making pretty good progress with this ride.Except it will probably have a delayed opening becuase of techincal difficulties.

Some one should ride Gwazi (Tiger) and look to the left and you should be able to see a pretty good view of Cheetah Hunt. 90ft. high and your right by the counstruction site.(almost)

[crossbones64]

not to sound like a pooper but i was kinda expecting something a little more stunning and loopy like a launched version of Farenheit or Stormrunner at Hershey Park. still good and im happy they chose intamin for this project

[roberto33097]

@crossbones64 i think it will make up on the loops, with thos three launches.

[dodgyhingst]

What was Bush Gardens thinking? If they wanted a name that sucked, just take the tilte from some random movie and stick *-The Ride* after it.

[Rct3Mad300]

I can see this having some kinda techinical problem's threw out the year. because from many intamin ride's i have scene only have 1 runway. and have so many problems, but they are cable launch unless Busch Garden's has Lim Launch then we wont have much of a problem because soon as you hit the Lim launch you pushed straight out or if they use friction wheels.. I.E Hulk Launch then it would work better. not shore how they are gonna manage with Cable though.

[billgatesisevil]

@Rct3Mad300 it will use LIM'S like iSpeed

[dodgyhingst]

@Rct3Mad300 I can't let this go.

There is NO APOSTROPHE in *problems*, *rides*, or *Gardens*.

Only use an apostrophe and the letter S to show ownership of something by the word which contains the apostrophe and the S.

A word which ends with an S; to begin with, gets an apostrophe AFTER the S to show ownership.

The other times to use an apostrophe is to show missing letters in words, contractions, and when mentioning numbers or letters.

Ignorance is not knowing. Stupidity is not caring.

[roberto33097]

@dodgyhingst WTF

[coasternut3091]

@Rct3Mad300 It's an LSM launch, so theoretically, they can never fail

[maddancer1002]

im inlove with that ending with the actual cheetah overlooking its magnificent roller coaster.

[elbertivory2006]

Simply beautiful I love the ride concept but I hate the name. I liked the rumored name "Cheetaka" much better

[rudancer85]

@elbertivory2006 I don't understand why they would buy everything fro CheetaKa and then change the name to Cheetah Hunt. Even though it means we are the Cheetah and we are on the hunt for prey, I think the message is a little hazy. People prolly think we are hunters hunting cheetahs. I think they should have kept it to the mythical creature names they have used for the other coasters in the park...

[RocketRodder]

@rudancer85 Not too much y'all can do about the name at this point.

[coasternut3091]

@elbertivory2006 They wanted it to go with Cheetah Chase. Why I'm not sure, but that's where it came from; though I do agree with your statement