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I had my fingers crossed the delay wouldn't be too long. I'll be at Busch Gardens Tampa on Sunday (and could visit again anytime next week with our Flexticket). Sadly, it looks like I won't be riding Falcon's Fury. Now my only hope is some kind of unannounced soft opening.

And a soft landing.

"We open no ride before it's time. It's not good if they debut with a thud."

Terp, keeping his eyes peeled for Big Droppy Thing....north of Orlando. Way north.

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From a Coaster Crew post on Facebook:

An update from Busch Gardens Tampa about Falcons Fury:

Busch Gardens’ new thrill ride Falcon’s Fury includes first-of-its kind design elements, systems and parts. Due to a delay in the fabrication of key component parts, neither the manufacturer nor Busch Gardens are able to complete the lengthy testing processes needed to open the ride to the public. The safety of our guests and team members remains Busch Gardens’ top priority and none of these delays involve safety systems. The ride has been safely operated in the initial stages of the testing process, and all other elements of the park’s newest re-imagined land Pantopia are now open to guests. Busch Gardens will provide updates on the ride opening as events warrant. We are committed to delivering world-class thrills and the best possible ride experience, and we look forward to the launch of Falcon’s Fury, North America’s tallest freestanding Drop Tower, later this summer.

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If nothing else, it seems all the downtime provided the tower with a really cool paint job that it wasn't originally planning to get. I only say so because concept art shows it half blue, half yellow, period, and it was those two colors alone when testing started. Probably while they were waiting for that replacement part, they decided to keep people occupied on it. It looks great.

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Definitely the lesson to learn here (and from the horrendous "Year of the Tower" when every WindSeeker and Mach Tower stalled) is to not set opening dates or even seasons for prototype rides. Not sure how that works from a marketing point of view, but man is it better than a whole lot of disappointed guests when spring 2014 passes with no drop t0wer... Then summer. The new rumor, I guess, is that it might manage a soft-opening in late August, and hopefully will be running for Howl-o-Scream.

At least Pantopia looks incredible!

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