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C. Leon King High School

C. Leon King High School is a public high school named in honor of C. Leon King, a distinguished and respected member of the Hillsborough County Board of Public Instruction for 18 years. It opened in 1960 with 58 faculty members and 960 students. It is located at 6815 North 56th Street in Tampa, FL 33610. King High School is a traditional/hybrid magnet school. It has one of the four International Baccalaureate programs in Hillsborough County, Florida. The IB program of King began in July 1994.

Located at 28.0156, -82.4039 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Educational institutions established in 1960, High schools in Tampa, Florida, Public high schools in Florida

Busch Gardens Tampa Bay

Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (formerly known as Busch Gardens Africa) is a 335-acre 19th century African-themed animal theme park located in the city of Tampa, Florida. It opened on March 31, 1959 as an admission-free hospitality facility for Tampa Anheuser-Busch; in addition to various beer tastings they had, a bird garden and the Stairway to the Stars which was an escalator that took guests to the roof of the brewery.

Located at 28.0379, -82.4216 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Adventure Island (water park)

Adventure Island is a water park located northeast of Tampa, Florida across the street from Busch Gardens Tampa Bay. The park features 30 acres of water rides, dining, and other attractions. The park opened on June 7, 1980, and is part of SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, a division of The Blackstone Group.

Located at 28.0417, -82.4131 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Kumba (roller coaster)

Kumba is a Bolliger & Mabillard sit down roller coaster located at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, in Tampa, Florida. Built in 1993, it stands 143 feet tall and has a top speed of 60 mph. Kumba is one of the first in a line of multi-inversion coasters (that is, those having six or more inversions) built by B&M, and featured B&M's first ever diving loop and interlocking corkscrews.

Located at 28.0397, -82.4231 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Roller coasters in Tampa, Florida, Roller coasters introduced in 1993, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, Amusement rides introduced in 1993

Montu (roller coaster)

Montu is an inverted roller coaster at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in Tampa, Florida. Built by Bolliger & Mabillard of Switzerland, it is the park's second roller coaster designed by the company after the success of Kumba. When the ride opened on May 16, 1996, it was the world's tallest and fastest inverted roller coaster. The ride stands 150 feet tall and reaches speeds of 65 miles per hour . Previously, that record was held by the Raptor at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio.

Located at 28.0347, -82.4175 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Roller coasters in Tampa, Florida, Roller coasters introduced in 1996, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay

Gwazi

Gwazi is a dueling wooden roller coaster at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in Florida. The name Gwazi originates from a fabled creature with the head of a tiger and the body of a lion. Accordingly, the two sides are named "Lion" and "Tiger". Often, the two tracks are called "yellow" and "blue", (yellow being the primary color of the Lion trains, blue being the primary color of the Tiger trains). It includes almost 7,016 feet of combined track and reaches speeds of 51 m.p.h.

Located at 28.0339, -82.4231 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Roller coasters in Tampa, Florida, Roller coasters introduced in 1999, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, Amusement rides introduced in 1999

Scorpion (roller coaster)

Scorpion is a steel looping roller coaster located at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in Tampa, Florida, United States. It opened in 1980 as a part of the newly added Timbuktu section that gave the park a complete circuit, linking the Congo section to the Nairobi section of the park. Scorpion, to this day, remains one of the most popular rides in the Timbuktu section.

Located at 28.0375, -82.4234 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Roller coasters in Tampa, Florida, Roller coasters introduced in 1980, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, Amusement rides introduced in 1980, Roller coasters manufactured by Anton Schwarzkopf

Sand Serpent

Sand Serpent (formerly Cheetah Chase) is a Wild Mouse roller coaster located at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in Tampa, Florida. The ride originally operated at sister park Busch Gardens Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Virginia as Wild Izzy in 1996 and as Wilde Maus from 1997 to 2003. The ride, when it was first installed at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, was meant to be a temporary attraction. It was named Izzy, after the mascot of the 1996 Summer Olympics, since Busch was a sponsor of the games.

Located at 28.0385, -82.4224 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Roller coasters in Tampa, Florida, Roller coasters introduced in 2004, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, Amusement rides that closed in 2003

Howl-O-Scream (Busch Gardens Tampa Bay)

Howl-O-Scream is an annual Halloween event which takes place at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in Tampa, Florida. This event primarily competes with another central Florida Halloween event, named Halloween Horror Nights, held at Universal Orlando Resort, also known for its grotesque and macabre themed haunted houses and scare zones. The event takes place during select nights in October (typically on the weekends).

Located at 28.0379, -82.4216 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Air Grover

Air Grover is a steel roller coaster at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay. The roller coaster opened with the Sesame Street Safari of Fun play area on March 27, 2010. The ride simulates a biplane flight with the Sesame Street character Grover.

Located at 28.0345, -82.4253 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Roller coasters introduced in 2010, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, Amusement rides based on television franchises

Cheetah Hunt

Cheetah Hunt is a steel launched roller coaster currently open and operating at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in Tampa, Florida. It opened to the public on May 27, 2011 alongside a new cheetah exhibit - Cheetah Run.

Located at 28.0342, -82.42 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Busch Gardens Tampa Bay

SheiKra

SheiKra is a steel Dive Coaster roller coaster manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard at the Busch Gardens Tampa Bay theme park. The roller coaster was proposed by Mark Rose, vice president of design and engineering for the park. The ride was planned to be 160 feet high, but this was rejected by the park's executives and the height was changed to 200 feet . SheiKra reaches a maximum speed of 70 miles per hour and has a total track length of 3,188 feet .

Located at 28.0367, -82.4244 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Roller coasters in Tampa, Florida, Roller coasters introduced in 2005, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay