Rating:
* * * * *
Type: Steel roller coaster
Time: Just under 3 minutes
Kelly says: Yet another supurb roller coaster
Before Montu opened (see Egypt, below), Kumba was Busch Gardens’ blockbuster ride. It’s still pretty amazing and is the largest of its kind in the southeastern United States. "Kumba" means “roar” in a Congolese dialect, the P.R. people say, and it’s well named. Riders are braced with shoulder restraints into 32-seat vehicles (eight rows, four abreast) that roar along almost 4,000 feet of blue steel track that winds up, around, over, and through the surrounding scenery. There are loops, camelbacks, and corkscrews to terrify or thrill you, as the case may be. One of the more disorienting maneuvers takes you on a “cobra roll” around a spectator bridge, which is a great place for the faint of heart to get an idea of what they’re missing. Remember to wave to Aunt Martha as you whiz by.
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