Gwazi wooden roller coaster POV at Busch Gardens Tampa

This dueling wooden coaster at Busch Gardens Tampa opened in 1999. By the time the park closed this coaster on Feb. 2, 2015, only one side of the coaster was running. This was filmed just before it closed.
Special thanks to Robb Alvey from Theme Park Review.
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[@troymeredith521]

RIP. I didn't realize this ride closed. So many memories of it being the roughest ride I have ever been on, but loved it anyways. If you didn't leave with a bruise, you rode it wrong. lol.

[@paulfromdonmills]

The Florida weather destroyed the wood.. sad, I LUV-ed it so.

[@MikeNaples]

I'm a roller coasteraholic and the wooden Gwazi was the only one that ever intimidated me. The vibration was enough to give you a headache and once I was holding on so tight I broke a rib. I visited Busch Gardens two years ago and asked a park attendant why the ride was closed. He told me too many people were getting hurt. I smiled being reassured maybe I'm not such a wuss after all.

[@ArrowThrills]

@@MikeNaples damn lol.

[@nataliatobarez9730]

Therer is an improved gwazi now!! a mix of wood and iron

[@AlisonAlisonAlison55]

They re opened it but made it 10x scarier

[@Sam-ow3zo]

Got over my fear of coasters with this one, thanks for the memories c: Iron gwazi is awesome but i'll always miss my rough-housing!

[@FanimationXV]

I got a feeling that they are going to enhance this coaster by replacing the original track with steel track containing tight turns and barrel rolls (like what Magic Mountain is doing with Colossus).

[@Bloo2406]

The prophecy has come true

[@ArrowThrills]

I predicted that they was going to combine the ride.

[@jenniferosores8538]

Yo you called the future

[@joerandom]

Aged like fine wine

[@ericreid3540]

Woah

[@strategicgamingwithaacorns2874]

Rode this in 2012, didn't know, notice, or remember it was a dueling coaster.

[@exotik4123]

I rode this about 5x in a row when the ride still existed there was no line compared to the other rides 😂

[@AdmiralPreparedness]

Great way to go through your journey through life!! Thank you for sharing it with us!

[@becca2938]

This was the first roller coaster I had ever gone on and I was like ten. I was with my aunt, who was a pretty big woman at the time, and I remember being squished like a freaking tomato twenty times over. Good times!

[@spongebobcryptpants7345]

Hey what’s up Becca

[@eugenepark]

Same. First roller coaster I have gone on when I was in middle school

[@vjaxisaeagleisaaccelerator3938]

Nice did you You go on the RMC recreation?

[@KevinLeroyGrant]

I remembered this was the first roller coaster I ever went on, the second one being Sheikra. I think this definitely prepared me for the latter lol

[@Drivehead103]

Got my mom to ride this because I figured it would not be as intense as the other coasters with the Steep drops and loops. But this coaster has a different level of intensity and if you've been on a wooden coaster you know what I mean. Surprised they don't give out body armor and helmets! You better be tough.

[@lockerbb4946]

I love wooden coasters, it sucks to see them being fazed out

[@TrainsWow]

The coaster closes TODAY the 1st!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@melissagreer4738]

This ride was so fun but so painful as an adult! Just about killed me last time

[@almaelam8729]

Rip Gwazi

[@joshsoo23]

It was reborn and better then ever

[@memetrones8340]

Hello Iron Gwazi

[@EricTimOh]

Goodbye coaster I've never been on. Lol

[@cup_and_cone]

Guy filming sounds like he's struggling to breath...

[@JackSimmers]

I gave my head a good smash when I was on it!! Didn’t stop me going again though 🤣

[@derisleybrittain]

Excellent 👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️💕💕💕😍😍😍😍

[@GenesisPepetheFrog]

I can say I rode the original. It was tough but there was this cool guy who just let us stay on the ride until we got sick of it because there was no line when I went.

[@Tacotrain333]

the only ride i wanted to do in busch gardens and it was closed.

[@Fryinpansvols]

Back in 2008, my wife and I waited for awhile to ride this. It started raining and they closed it. So we didn’t get the coaster credit. I did get Iron Gwazi last year.

[@jackgenest6892]

This used to be so good!

[@smoothiebunz7637]

I wish I had the chance to ride this. I never been on a roller coaster went there yesterday and hit everyone of them and I remember my dad telliume about a wooden coaster to go on he hasn't been there in forever he didn't know so I'm looking around and come across the new iron gwazi and in in awe. This is crazy looking tallest one yet shikra is 200 ft while gwazi is 207 now. It's not open yet but boy I can't wait it looks intense.

[@2ndbiggestbirdh]

You had a seizure writing this

[@smoothiebunz7637]

@@2ndbiggestbirdh so everyone that makes mistakes is considered having a seizure? Dog you're so fuckin ignorant 🤣

[@rodfarva5107]

Those upset about the ride being closed it w was being turned into a Rocky Mountain Construction hybrid coaster meaning its being revamped and made more intense it recently just opened under the new name Iron Gwazi

[@aljones75]

This ride was so rough it hurt my teeth, thought they were going to rattle out. Like being in a boxing match

[@davidthedragon274]

Iron gwazi opening 2021

[@judesbizarretimes9175]

The cool thing is that the new ride at Busch gardens is called iron gwazi

[@judesbizarretimes9175]

And iron gwazi is at the spot where that ride once was

[@ashleighwoodcock9988]

I've been on this 😝

[@Kloyysterr]

Went here in 2012 and still having back problems to this day from this ride lol

[@ET-oq7gt]

AntSmithee same..it was a fun coaster but the twist and turns made your back crack lol...ot felt like you were getting a real brutal massage 😂

[@ArrowThrills]

Mybe they should tear down gwazi and replace it with a itamin hypercoaster?

[@Blasting_Blaze]

@@ArrowThrills dude, their RMCing it you dumbo

[@ArrowThrills]

@@Blasting_Blaze I know.

[@embry4117]

@@ArrowThrills they replaced it with a hybird. W Busch Gardens

[@erika.m814]

me too is, it the cheetah hunt that one is always down. I went there to the cheetah hunt three times and I got too ride one time. it was so anoying

[@EKing91]

The.... Potential.... 🤤🤤🤤

[@kjm52093]

A real bruiser but I love that ride cause it feels death defying I know sounds weird life on the edge lol rip

[@SeizeTheDay95]

Just watching it gives me sore ribs :/

[@manuelpineda8035]

Busch Gardens Dice adiós a Gwazi

[@janiceulate4315]

I wanna ride it

[@danielledewitt1]

You can’t. They replaced it with fake gwazi.

[@memetrones8340]

@@danielledewitt1 better**

[@danielledewitt1]

@@memetrones8340 No, fake gwazi.

[@JohnFleming-sw7hn]

Sucks it's not a dueler!

[@vjaxisaeagleisaaccelerator3938]

Long ride,lol

[@stringfellowhawke247]

Coaster wasn't even that old.

[@paulfromdonmills]

The Florida weather destroyed the wood.. sad, I LUV-ed it so.

[@ArrowThrills]

Mybe they should replace gwazi with a itamin or Mack rides hypercoaster

[@coasteraddict_]

They’re RMCing it

[@Augusto_Salomao7.]

a tora e o lobo

[@VovoWoahwoah]

MOIST

[@erin22222]

I knew someone else would be here

[@chewy5563]

Bone Shaker

[@danielledewitt1]

This is real gwazi. What is that fake rmc came up with get rid of fake gwazi.

[@minkym0m000]

so blinded by nostalgia you can’t recognize iron gwazi’s awesomeness

[@danielledewitt1]

@@minkym0m000 It’s supposed to race.

[@minkym0m000]

@@danielledewitt1 gwazi wasn't even racing for like a third of its time at the park

[@JohnFleming-sw7hn]

Wish iron gwazi was still a dueler or a mobius like twisted Colossus into a single track! But it is what it is!

[@rysiteamrysi7036]

Let's Skin All Me Scat Cat