The Tanganyika Tidal Waveclosed inApril 2016. In March 2018, SeaWorld Entertainment filed trademarks with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for the names "Tigris", "Twisted Tiger", and "Uproar". On June 26, 2018, an environmental resource permit was submitted to the Southwest Florida Water Management District revealing the location of the attraction to be within the confines of the section of Jungala and a tiger exhibit. In July 2018, documents were reported about upcoming developments where a previous attraction, Tidal Wave, once stood in Busch Gardens Tampa under the working title "Project TEEL". The project was proposed to construct a building within a area consisting of the attraction and paths and to remove within the existing area. On September 12, 2018, Busch Gardens Tampa revealed "Tigris", a Premier Rides Sky Rocket II, themed to the tiger to open in 2019 along with a development for a Gwazi area attraction in 2020. By January 2019, the park had the rides towers three-fifths complete. In February 2019, construction of the roller coaster was completed. Busch Gardens announced a media event to take place on March 1, 2019 to present the ride's vehicles alongside additional information on the Gwazi attraction. On March 1, the trains for the ride were revealed. The roller coaster's opening date was announced by the park on April 4, 2019, scheduled for mid-April. The roller coaster soft-opened on April 16, 2019, then officially opened on April 19, 2019.
Ride experience
Queue area
The queue area of the ride was repurposed from the previous attraction, Tanganyika Tidal Wave. The queue of the ride features educational pieces of the tigers living conditions in the wild and actions wildlife conservationists take with the species.
Layout
Tigris launches out of the station up into a partial twist. The train then falls back through the station, where it is accelerated backwards into another twist. Once again, the train falls back into the station and riders are accelerated to a top speed of. It then travels up to a height of where it completes a non-inverting half-loop, a heartline roll before exiting in a second non-inverting half-loop. It then enters a full non-inverting loop before returning to the station.
Characteristics
For the construction of the roller coaster, existing infrastructure in the land was reused for the purpose of the ride.
Track
The roller coaster features black grey supports with bright orange track.
