Sixty-four riders were stuck on the Sheikra roller coaster for two hours Thursday afternoon after it shut down at Busch Gardens in Tampa. Park spokeswoman Karen Varga says two of Sheikra's trains ...

Busch Gardens Tampa Bay is building what it calls the country’s first “dive coaster.” SheiKra, scheduled to open in spring 2005, will carry riders up 200 feet before heaving them straight down at 70 ...

Sheikra remains closed on Friday while inspectors and engineers work on the roller coaster a day after it was shut down for nearly two hours at Busch Gardens.

TAMPA (FOX 13) - Dozens of passengers aboard the Sheikra roller coaster at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay had to be rescued from 200 feet up after the ride became stuck on the tracks Thursday afternoon. A ...

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Busch Gardens evacuated 64 people from it's roller coaster, Sheikra on Thursday. I toured the White House to see Melania Trump's Christmas decorations. The East Wing is no more, but the display was ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – A Busch Gardens ride SheiKra got stuck briefly Saturday afternoon, the park representatives confirmed. According to the park representative, the ride shut down due to a mechanical ...

Busch Gardens is testing SheiKra, its dive coaster, with the intention of working out any bugs before the ride opens to the public on May 21. The Swiss design firm Bolliger & Mabillard Consulting ...

It doesn’t get much more intense than SheiKra. When built in 2005, it was the nation’s first dive coaster, taking riders up 200 feet before sending them down a 90-degree drop. It is also one of the ...

Busch Gardens staff evacuated people from its roller coaster, Sheikra, on Thursday. According to a spokesperson, Sheikra suffered a mechanical malfunction around 3:45 pm. 64 passengers were stuck on ...