Rhino Rally with the original water section at Busch Gardens Africa

This is a on-ride POV of the Rhino Rally safari ride with the original water section at Busch Gardens Africa in Tampa, FL. The water section on this ride is now home to part of the Cheetah Hunt roller coaster from Intamin.

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[broadwaybabycrw2]

the water wasnt working when we went:( i was really REALLY bummed

[woodencoasterfan]

@broadwaybabycrw2 Well, the water section has now been removed and is going to be reused for the new roller coaster from Intamin called Cheeta Hunt. Were you able to get a ride on the water section before it was permanently closed.

[amandawonderboy]

this ride never broke down when i went, sorry so many had a bad experience.

[woodencoasterfan]

@amandawonderboy Well the water part broke down a few times when I rode it. Ironically, it broke down the last time I rode it before they permanently closed the water portion. Th problem was that I was in th water part when we rounded th corner 2 approach th exit point only 2 find that another truck was already stuck there so everything came 2 a quick halt. It turns out the clamp wouldn't release the truck stalled the truck on the pontoon and the driver kept cranking it which killed the battery.

[greengoblin200]

i was really peed off coz when i went the river bit broke down so we only had a 5 min trip around the elephants... :L

[woodencoasterfan]

@greengoblin200 That happens quite often as it's the only ride of it's kind. Rumor has it that the water portion of the ride will give way to a new launched roller coaster, possibly from Premier Rides. They also might be adding to the land portion to compensate for the loss of the water part.

[MrJamers3]

Our tour guide was more funny. When we was about to go down the water full she said everybody raise your right hands and say goodbye to row 4 it was lol

[BackFromTheDead]

looks well good

[stelthykid47]

i went on this but i dont know if they had the water section or not

[MrMorganOBrien]

Major props to you for getting such a great video of this now extinct ride : ( I got to ride it a few years ago and thought it was really, really cool. I guess though, if they just had so many problems with it, it makes total sense to get rid of it. Oh well, that's progress, and I'm sure Cheetah is going to be awesome.

[broadwaybabycrw2]

@woodencoasterfan really?? thats so cool, i cant wait fdor cheetah hunt to come in spring(: no i never got to ride it with the water:( oh well.

[bluethunder25]

For just a split second, I didn't think this ride was real.

[woodencoasterfan]

@LeeClaxton Sorry about the picture quality, it was shot with my old camera which was a Sony Cybershot 7.0 mega pixel. You might want to try watching it in 480p on your computer. I now have a much better Cannon FS100 camcorder which I wanted to use to this ride again, but they permanently shut down the water part about a week before my visit to BGA.