Skyride is a transportation attraction at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (in Tampa, Florida). It carries passengers from the Crown Colony section of the park to the Stanleyville section (or vice versa). During this experience, passengers get a bird's-eye view of several attractions at the park.
The ride consists of a single continuous cable, held up by evenly-dispersed supports. From this moving cable, dozens of cabins hang, each one carrying up to four...
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Skyride is a transportation attraction at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (in Tampa, Florida). It carries passengers from the Crown Colony section of the park to the Stanleyville section (or vice versa). During this experience, passengers get a bird's-eye view of several attractions at the park.
The ride consists of a single continuous cable, held up by evenly-dispersed supports. From this moving cable, dozens of cabins hang, each one carrying up to four passengers (or 680 pounds). These are open cabins with four seats (two rows of two, facing each other). At each station (one at Crown Colony, one at Stanleyville), a large wheel with a pulley-like groove rotates the direction in which the cable is moving. Incoming cabins are transferred from the moving cable to a stationary steel track, along which the wheels of each cabin glide. They are brought to a stop by two park employees. While one holds the vehicle in place, the other opens the cabin door as the passengers exit. The door is then...
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