Scorpion

Busch Gardens Tampa

Historical queue times (2025-11-06)

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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 queue time by month (2024)

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Month Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Jan 11 23
Feb 10 20
Mar 15 29
Apr 11 21
May 8 17
Jun 9 23
Jul 13 32
Aug 8 14
Sep 11 17

Average queue time by day (2024)

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Day Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
Sun 9 19
Mon 9 17
Tue 11 21
Wed 8 17
Thu 9 19
Fri 11 22
Sat 16 38

Top 10 longest queues (2024)

Day Queue time, mins
January 03, 2024 90
January 02, 2024 75
July 20, 2024 60
July 05, 2024 60
July 02, 2024 60
April 27, 2024 60
March 12, 2024 60
February 03, 2024 60
June 19, 2024 50
February 24, 2024 50

Average queue time by hour (2024)

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

Average queue time by week of year (2024)

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Average queue time by event (2024)

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Event Overall average queue time, mins Average maximum queue time, mins
🎆 Summer Nights Fireworks Spectacular 12 30
🍺 Red, White & Brews 11 29
👶 Kids' Weekends 12 26
🌙 Summer Nights 11 26
🍗 Bourbon & BBQ 13 26
🍷 Food & Wine Festival 11 23
🎃 Halloween Harvest 15 23
🧙 Kandy's Sweetactular Celebration 15 23
🇲🇽 Cinco de Mayo 9 20
🎵 Food & Wine Concert Series 9 20
👻 Howl-O-Scream 6 10
👩 Mother's Day 5 10