Scorpion

Busch Gardens Tampa

Historical wait times (10-28-2025)

Loading...

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 (2021)

Loading...
Month Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
Jan 24 42
Feb 18 33
Mar 26 48
Apr 19 35
May 16 28
Jun 28 50
Jul 29 49
Aug 12 22
Sep 10 15
Oct 15 24
Nov 17 29
Dec 24 43

Average wait time by day (2021)

Loading...
Day Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
Sun 26 48
Mon 18 31
Tue 13 23
Wed 14 24
Thu 15 26
Fri 17 29
Sat 34 60

Top 10 longest wait times (2021)

Day Wait time, mins
December 30, 2021 120
November 27, 2021 120
April 02, 2021 120
April 01, 2021 120
January 02, 2021 120
December 28, 2021 100
December 29, 2021 90
December 27, 2021 90
December 26, 2021 90
December 22, 2021 90

Average wait time by hour (2021)

Loading...
Hour Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
0 30 30
10 7 7
11 9 9
12 16 19
13 23 27
14 28 32
15 29 34
16 28 32
17 28 32
18 31 37
19 26 31
20 23 29
21 17 22
22 35 35
23 32 35

Average wait time by week of year (2021)

Loading...

Average wait time by event (2021)

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