Kumba

Busch Gardens Tampa Bay · Tampa, Florida, USA

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Height: 143 ft44 m
Drop: 135 ft41 m
Top speed: 60 mph97 km/h
Length: 3,978 ft1,212 m
Inversions: 7
Track: SteelLift hill
Opened: 1993
Status: Operating

About Kumba

Kumba is a steel roller coaster at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in Tampa, Florida, USA, open since 1993. The ride stands 143 feet tall, drops 135 feet and reaches 60 mph over 3,978 feet of track, with 7 inversions.

Kumba packs seven inversions into a relatively compact footprint, a dense, relentless layout that made it one of the most inversion-heavy coasters in North America when it opened.

Field note: its name means 'roar' in a Congolese language, matching the ride's growling, rattling soundtrack of steel wheels on track.