Scorpion

Busch Gardens Tampa

Historical wait times (07-22-2024)

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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 (2023)

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Month Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
Jan 15 26
Feb 8 11
Mar 12 25
Apr 10 23
May 8 16
Jun 9 22
Jul 15 34
Aug 7 12
Sep 6 8
Oct 7 10
Nov 8 15
Dec 13 24

Average wait time by day (2023)

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Day Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
Sun 11 21
Mon 8 15
Tue 9 16
Wed 8 14
Thu 9 16
Fri 10 20
Sat 14 31

Top 10 longest wait times (2023)

Day Wait time, mins
December 30, 2023 120
December 29, 2023 105
March 16, 2023 90
January 02, 2023 85
July 27, 2023 75
March 14, 2023 75
January 22, 2023 75
December 27, 2023 70
March 15, 2023 65
December 26, 2023 60

Average wait time by hour (2023)

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Hour Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
0 6 12
9 5 5
10 5 5
11 5 6
12 7 9
13 11 13
14 14 17
15 15 18
16 14 16
17 13 15
18 13 17
19 10 12
20 9 10
21 8 10
22 7 8
23 7 10

Average wait time by week of year (2023)

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Average wait time by event (2023)

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Event Overall average wait time, mins Average maximum wait time, mins
👻 Howl-O-Scream 6 9
🍷 Food & Wine Festival — —
🇲🇽 Cinco de Mayo — —
👶 Kids' Weekends — —
🎵 Food & Wine Concert Series — —
👩 Mother's Day — —
🎆 Summer Nights Fireworks Spectacular — —
🌙 Summer Nights — —
🍺 Red, White & Brews — —
🍗 Bourbon & BBQ — —
🎃 Halloween Harvest — —
🧙 Kandy's Sweetactular Celebration — —