Attraction Existing Falcon's Fury

[Bill]

Link to Wiki page will go here...

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To view discussion during the construction before official opening, check out the News thread here: http://forum.parkfans.net/thread-1796.html

Originally scheduled to open May 1, 2014, the opening was delayed. Soft opens to the public on August 16, 2014, and the park announced it was "officially" open on September 2nd.

 

[I305Evan]

Falcon's Fury has officially opened! Link

Thread is now open.

 

[Zimmy]

I want to see photos of the Giraffe harnesses

 

[Nicole]

Can we have a serious conversation about the ride, before it devolves into nonsense? It is a major, new attraction.

 

[The Kid]

I know one thing is for sure, I will never ride that ride!! Too intense for moi.

 

[Bill]

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[I305Evan]

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[The Kid]

Falcon's Fuy is carrying on the family tradition.

 

[Jonquil]

^ Swiss families and Italian families are very, very different.

 

[I305Evan]

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[Bill]

I want to see photos of the Giraffe harnesses

Giraffes exceed the maximum height limit of 77 inches, so unfortunately they are prevented from riding.

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On a more serious note, it's an unfortunate start to the first week of Falcon's Fury being officially open. During the hard hat tour early this year, it was explained to us that the ride was designed with a safety system to deal with lightning strikes. It has been struck before according to several staff members I spoke with. No word on what the specific issue is, or how long the ride might remain closed.

There is a media event scheduled for Wednesday, the 10th. It will be interesting to see if that continues as planned.

 

[Jrbgwfan06]

If this can be a regular occurrence with a lightning strike, it could be very bad. This is a very tall metal structure, in Florida where there's a thunderstorm practically every afternoon.

 

[Zimmy]

During one of my countless tours of KSC at Merrit Island, they showed me the lightning instrumentation.  It seems that part of Florida gets hit by lightning more then anywhere else in the world!  Not like they have any tall metal objects there or anything...

 

[Bill]

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[Bill]

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[Bill]

We'll be at the park for today's media event for Falcon's Fury. Follow along on twitter: https://twitter.com/BGTFansOnline

 

[Bill]

Be sure to check out the article on the main site: http://bgtfans.com/2014/falcons-fury-media-day-busch-gardens-tampa/

The best part was our friend Austin's reaction while riding, you have to watch this video!

 

[Jonquil]

^ That video is amazing! Also thanks for the article and all your great coverage, Bill!

 

[basicallysam]

whats the wait time to ride looking at?

 

[Bill]

Wait times have varied between a few minutes up to an hour over the last few weeks. Hard to tell what it will be in the coming weeks. The next few weekends have Pass Member Previews scheduled in the mornings and there has been a lot of radio and television advertising this past week promoting it's opening.

Follow our twitter - we'll be posting the wait time when we're in the park.