Busch Gardens Tampa | Iron Gwazi | RMC Gwazi | 2022
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CrashCoaster
CF Legend
Bruh chill out will ya. I imagine RMC will have learned from Zadra, and this ride looks to have a better-designed structure than most (lots of steel bracing).
Dar
Hyper Poster
In that case, how on earth did OG gwazi survive hurricanes?
I heard it’s held together with Blu-Tack and string. An aggressive guff could level it.
Magic-Man
Mega Poster
Trust me, this guy is the doompost king. It's insane.
Hello. The year is halfway over.
I have been hearing that Iron Gwazi has been testing daily now. It would usually test Wednesdays early morning before the park openings.
I can understand the COVID impact was so huge on SEAS that an understaffed BGT won't be enough to open Iron Gwazi during the spring window.
Meanwhile, Ice Breaker was supposed to open Memorial Day, then it got delayed.
I think it is corporate's decision when they want to open the ride. And not opening it during the summer is a missed opprotunity.
When I was there, ride ops was understaffed on Cheetah Hunt when only one station is operating.
I am hoping it opens soon. But the constant delays and lawn ornament jokes is making lose faith. I guarantee at the next earnings call, they will say nothing about it, or they can silently delay it along with Ice Breaker, Pantheon, and Emperor until 2022 with no set date.
It could open in the Fall but it won't likely since BGT never opened any coasters during the fall in their history.
If Busch Gardens is still understaffed and those annual passes expire, it will be frustrating.
I have been hearing that Iron Gwazi has been testing daily now. It would usually test Wednesdays early morning before the park openings.
I can understand the COVID impact was so huge on SEAS that an understaffed BGT won't be enough to open Iron Gwazi during the spring window.
Meanwhile, Ice Breaker was supposed to open Memorial Day, then it got delayed.
I think it is corporate's decision when they want to open the ride. And not opening it during the summer is a missed opprotunity.
When I was there, ride ops was understaffed on Cheetah Hunt when only one station is operating.
I am hoping it opens soon. But the constant delays and lawn ornament jokes is making lose faith. I guarantee at the next earnings call, they will say nothing about it, or they can silently delay it along with Ice Breaker, Pantheon, and Emperor until 2022 with no set date.
It could open in the Fall but it won't likely since BGT never opened any coasters during the fall in their history.
If Busch Gardens is still understaffed and those annual passes expire, it will be frustrating.
Intamin Forever
Mega Poster
I'm just going to say it:
Iron Gwazi will be DEMOLISHED by the end of the year.
Iron Gwazi will be DEMOLISHED by the end of the year.
CrashCoaster
CF Legend
What a credible source of information you have for that.
Yeah it got damaged - trains launched into the air and one of them even landed on Falcon’s Fury, like Noah’s Ark.
What remains is being shipped to Canada’s Wonderland where I’m told it’ll be constructed as Iron Gwaziz.
UP87
Mega Poster
The trains would be the part I'd have the least concerns about in a hurricane. Once a storm comes up they should be able to put in a shed. Usually coasters are not running with higher wind speeds. Except... maybe we're all wrong and "hurricane test" is an insider term we just don't know.
"Hurricane test" 
Gonna rock your guy's boats here - it turns out when tropical storms and hurricanes roll through, Floridians do actually close the doors, board up windows, and batten down the hatches.
No, of course they didn't just have thousands of dollars worth of coaster train sitting out in the open on the track.
Gonna rock your guy's boats here - it turns out when tropical storms and hurricanes roll through, Floridians do actually close the doors, board up windows, and batten down the hatches.
No, of course they didn't just have thousands of dollars worth of coaster train sitting out in the open on the track.
CanobieFan
Strata Poster
12 year Floridian here, never done such a thing
(Although I did conveniently plan a trip to Cedar Point during a hurricane)