Construction crews worked into the evening on Monday to install the final piece of track that completes Cheetah Hunt’s epic 4,429-foot run – a record length among Busch Gardens Tampa’s coasters.
The final section, which completes the “jump” over the Skyride’s cables, was bolted into place just before 9:30 p.m.
Even with the completion of the track, however, the work is far from over in preparing the new mega-attraction for its May 27th grand opening.
Crews will spend the next two months finishing the intricate sculpting – or “theming” – of the coasters’ surrounding architecture. Construction also continues on innovative Cheetah Run habitat, which will house more than a dozen of the highly endangered cats and offer guests unique opportunities to get up-close and witness a cheetah’s speed first-hand during daily sprints.