Scorpion

Busch Gardens Tampa

Historical wait times (11-03-2025)

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Ride statistics

Opened 1980-05-16
Duration 1 minutes, 30 seconds
Maximum height 19m
Maximum speed 66km/h
Maximum G-force 3.5G
Number of inversions 1
Number of vehicles 1
Riders per vehicle 20
Average hourly throughput 1800
Ride type Silverarrow coaster
Ride manufacturer Schwarzkopf
Length 554m
Minimum rider height 1.07m
On ride photo available No
Coordinates (OSM) 28.0378, -82.4233

Average wait time by month (2016)

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Month Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
Jan 15 22
Feb 14 22
Mar 20 40
Apr 17 31
May 16 28
Jun 14 30
Jul 23 41
Aug 13 25
Sep 7 12
Oct 9 18
Nov 12 22
Dec 17 30

Average wait time by day (2016)

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Day Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
Sun 17 35
Mon 14 26
Tue 12 22
Wed 12 21
Thu 13 22
Fri 14 26
Sat 20 38

Top 10 longest wait times (2016)

Day Wait time, mins
March 22, 2016 90
March 21, 2016 90
March 05, 2016 90
December 28, 2016 75
December 26, 2016 75
March 20, 2016 75
March 14, 2016 70
July 17, 2016 65
July 16, 2016 65
March 19, 2016 65

Average wait time by hour (2016)

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Hour Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
0 35 35
9 16 17
10 9 11
11 6 7
12 9 10
13 14 17
14 18 21
15 20 22
16 20 22
17 21 24
18 26 29
19 26 29
20 22 26
21 20 24
22 22 25
23 21 23

Average wait time by week of year (2016)

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Average wait time by event (2016)

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Event Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins