It doesn’t get much more intense than SheiKra. When built in 2005, it was the nation’s first dive coaster, taking riders up 200 feet before sending them down a 90-degree drop. It is also one of the ...

One of the most popular features of Busch Gardens' Howl-O-Scream, the annual scarefest that opens next Friday, is that you never know when a ghoul will show up next to you on the roller coasters. Some ...

Busch Gardens Tampa Bay is building what it calls the country’s first “dive coaster.” SheiKra, scheduled to open in spring 2005, will carry riders up 200 feet before heaving them straight down at 70 ...

TAMPA (FOX 13) - Dozens of passengers aboard the Sheikra roller coaster at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay had to be rescued from 200 feet up after the ride became stuck on the tracks Thursday afternoon. A ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – A Busch Gardens ride SheiKra got stuck briefly Saturday afternoon, the park representatives confirmed. According to the park representative, the ride shut down due to a mechanical ...

With 10 rides under her belt, Brittany Asher assessed SheiKra, Busch Gardens Africa's 2-year-old dive coaster, now without a floor. "This is a lot better," said the 20-year-old University of South ...

Sixty-four people spent nearly two hours on a stuck roller coaster at Busch Gardens in Tampa, Florida. The Sheikra suddenly stopped mid-ride Thursday. Passengers had to be evacuated from the ride.

Busch Gardens Tampa Bay opened its first roller coaster in 1976 and touted its six-story maximum drop and 40-mile-an-hour speed. Since the introduction of Python, Busch Gardens has cultivated the art ...

The Sheikra roller coaster at Busch Gardens Tampa unexpectedly stopped mid-ride Thursday afternoon, leaving 64 guests stuck on board for two hours. WFTS reports that there was no indication of any ...

TAMPA (FOX 13) - Dozens of passengers aboard the Sheikra roller coaster at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay had to be rescued from 200 feet up after the ride became stuck on the tracks Thursday afternoon. A ...