Height Requirements For Each Attraction at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay

If you're traveling with little ones, a common question is how tall do you have to be for certain rides. Some rides don't have a restriction but many do. Here is a breakdown of height requirements at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay.

Any Height:

  • Elmo’s Treehouse Trek
  • Elmo's Safari Go-Round
  • Grand Caravan Carousel
  • Jungle Fliers (38" to ride alone)
  • SkyRide (56" to ride alone)
  • Serengeti Railway

42 inches or UNDER:

  • Rosita's Djembe Fly Away

48 inches or UNDER:

  • Desert Runners

56 inches or UNDER:

  • Big Bird's Whirly Birdie
  • Bush Flyers
  • Cookie Monster Cloud Bounce
  • The Count's Zambezi Rally
  • Elmo's Safari Go Round
  • Gwazi Gliders
  • Kiddie Train
  • Snuffy's Elephant Romp (unless accompanied by a child)

Between 36 and 56 Inches:

  • Zoe-Patra and the Hippos of the Nile

38 Inches or Taller:

  • Air Grover  (42" w/adult under 56" w/child)        

42 Inches or Taller:

  • Cobra’s Curse (with responsible person)
  • Congo River Rapids
  • Phoenix Rising (opening Spring 2024)
  • Ubanga Banga Bumper Cars

46 Inches or Taller:

  • Stanley Falls Flume

48 Inches or Taller:

  • Cheetah Hunt
  • Cobra’s Curse (42" min. height with responsible person)
  • Iron Gwazi
  • Serengeti Flyer
  • Scorpion

        

54 Inches or Taller:

  • SheiKra
  • Kumba
  • Montu
  • Tigris
  • Falcon's Fury

About Busch Gardens Tampa Bay:

  • Busch Gardens first opened in 1959 as a hospitality center and brewery in Tampa, Florida. It was designed to bring in guests so they could taste different beers.
  • When they first opened, it had four employees and four parts, and soon grew in popularity.
  • They started welcoming birds, which began the thought of having animals.
  • By 1965, they had expanded so much that there was now a 70-acre area where animals could roam freely.
  • It was named "Serengeti plain" after Serengeti National Park in Tanzania and became the largest free-roaming enclosed habitat outside Africa.
  • In 1968, it became the number one tourist attraction in Florida, with up to three million visitors a year.
  • Busch Gardens added its first roller coaster in 1976, which was Scorpion.
  • It was the world's first roller coaster to incorporate an inversion and have it back-to-back.
  • Fast forward to 2015, when it became accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. The park was now hosting 4.2 million guests and was ranked 11th as the most visited theme park in the United States. It has 10 unique areas with distinctive themes and animals.
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Tricia Kennedy
As a huge Disney fan Tricia enjoys having Walt Disney World basically in her backyard. When she's not at the theme parks she is either playing drums or with her dog Yoda. She is a lifelong Star Wars fan and has ridden Star Tours over 270 times.