Pro Sports. Tampa is also home to some of the finest teams in professional sports. The Tampa Bay Rays were Eastern Division & American League Champions in 2008. Tropicana Field is the only Major League ballpark with an artificial surface and all-dirt base paths, and is the world's only professional sports facility that features a 10,000-gallon fish tank in the outfield, which is filled with Rays that fans can swim with and touch. Tropicana Field features the world's second-largest cable-supported domed roof (after the Georgia Dome). The Tampa Bay Buccaneers were Super Bowl Champions in 2003. The Bucs joined the NFL in 1976. Led by Coach John Gruden and the league's top defense, the 2002 Buccaneers won the NFC South title with the team's best ever record, 12-4, and went on to rout Gruden's former team, the Oakland Raiders who had the league's number one offense, by a score of 48-21 in Super Bowl XXXVII.
The Museum of Science and Industry is a scientific playground of over 450 hands-on activities in the largest science center in the southeastern United States, where you can also enjoy an astronomy show in The Saunders Planetarium. MOSI also houses Florida's only IMAX Dome Theatre. MOSI is a not-for-profit, community-based institution and educational resource dedicated to advancing public interest, knowledge, and understanding of science, industry, and technology. MOSI offers over 400,000-sq.-ft. of permanent interactive exhibits and is the largest science center in the southeastern United States, and home of the only IMAX Dome Theatre in the state of Florida. Disasterville, featuring Bay News 9 WeatherQuest, MOSI's newest permanent exhibition combines education and 10,000-sq.-ft. of interactive exhibits on the remarkable science behind natural disasters. This dramatic and engaging public exhibition invites guests to walk through interactive towns and experience the impact of a variety of simulated natural disasters. Disasterville covers nine types of disasters: floods, hail storms, hurricanes, lightning, tornadoes, wildfires, volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis. Then pedal a high wire bicycle balanced on a 98-foot-long, 1-inch steel cable, suspended 30-feet above the ground! It's the longest high wire bike in a U.S. museum and as death defying as it sounds, it's actually quite safe as the bike is counterweighted as the laws of physics make it impossible to fall off. Next is the Ropes Course. You can conquer your fears and experience an adrenaline rush like no other on MOSI's new Sky Trail Ropes Course, featuring 35 elements on a 12- to 36-ft. high, multilevel structure. The course is designed with challenging high-energy feats ideal for all ages. Then try the Zip Line. Daring riders will zip over a building to a tower more than a football field away. They then turn around and do it all over again for the return trip, launching from 65 feet above the ground and traveling more than 700-feet altogether.
Adventure Island is a 25-acre waterpark with loads of twisting and turning slides and water attractions. The Water Moccasin is a 6-story-high twisting, high-speed, extra-wide water slide. Tampa Typhoon has a 76-foot near free-fall drop. Splash Attack is a 12-level tree house with more than 50 slides, water jets and rope climbs. Visitors young and old will entertained for hours. Paradise Lagoon is a giant swimming pool for the whole family with waterfalls, jumping platforms, cannonball slides, and translucent water tubes. Riptide is a four-lane mat slide with a 55-foot drop inside your own enclosed tube. Aruba Tuba is a twisted slide ride that is fast, wet, and a whole lot of fun. Calypso Coaster flume ride will get you soaked then spill you into the calm Rambling Bayou River. Caribbean Corkscrew swirls you through 230-feet of intertwined translucent tubes giving you the tumbling of your life. The last blast is a wet, whirling ride through the 47-foot decelerator lane. Everglides is a floating toboggan ride that speeds down a 72-foot watery incline then skims you across the pool's surface while you hydroplane up to 20 yards before coming to a stop. Gulf Scream propels you down a massive 210-foot body slide at speeds exceeding 25 miles per hour till you make one big splash in the pool below.
J.B. Starkey's Flatwoods Adventures offer eco-tours on safari buggies with trained guides who will introduce you to the Starkey family history and show you the workings of a genuine Florida cattle ranch. You'll learn about how the land sustained earlier inhabitants such as Native Americans and about the wide variety of animals that call the ranch their home.
Fabian's Fun Port is sized just right for smaller hands and kid-size courage with a mini wave pool, plus bubbly springs and jumping jets for spraying and playing. Paradise Lagoon is so tropical, you may find yourself happily lost in every moment of action-packed adventure where you can jump off a cliff (a 20-foot platform) or swing on a vine (a sturdy cable) in this 9,000-sq.-ft. cool pool with slides and waterfalls. Rambling Bayou gives you a break from the excitement and still keeps you cool on this calm, half-mile tube trip through a colorful rain forest featuring lush landscapes, tropical waterfalls even rain and fog. Splash Attack empties a 1000-gallon wooden bucket every seven minutes to get you really wet and the 500-ft. twisting open flumes and closed tubes are gushing with swirling water. Plus a huge tree house with more than 50 water play toys like jets, levers, and rope pulls, plus twisting slides, bridges, cargo nets and web crawls add to the fun. Spike Zone has white-sand volleyball courts that would impress the pros. Play or watch the action from under funbrellas on the grass-covered seating area.
Don't forget to mark your calendars for these annual festivals: the Gasparilla Pirate Fest in January, The Florida State Fair in February, the Florida Strawberry Festival in March, the Ruskin Tomato & Heritage Festival in May, and the Ruskin Seafood Fest in November. Visit Tampa now and discover how historic Old Florida blends well with the modern, upscale style of some of the most beautiful, master-planned communities for families and retirees. Yes, climate, dining and shopping, cultural attractions, educational and business opportunities, and the beautiful beaches help make Tampa home to a wonderful lifestyle. Tampa is a lot more than beautiful sunsets! Make it your home, too.
The Museum of Science and Industry is a scientific playground of over 450 hands-on activities in the largest science center in the southeastern United States, where you can also enjoy an astronomy show in The Saunders Planetarium. MOSI also houses Florida's only IMAX Dome Theatre. MOSI is a not-for-profit, community-based institution and educational resource dedicated to advancing public interest, knowledge, and understanding of science, industry, and technology. MOSI offers over 400,000-sq.-ft. of permanent interactive exhibits and is the largest science center in the southeastern United States, and home of the only IMAX Dome Theatre in the state of Florida. Disasterville, featuring Bay News 9 WeatherQuest, MOSI's newest permanent exhibition combines education and 10,000-sq.-ft. of interactive exhibits on the remarkable science behind natural disasters. This dramatic and engaging public exhibition invites guests to walk through interactive towns and experience the impact of a variety of simulated natural disasters. Disasterville covers nine types of disasters: floods, hail storms, hurricanes, lightning, tornadoes, wildfires, volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamis. Then pedal a high wire bicycle balanced on a 98-foot-long, 1-inch steel cable, suspended 30-feet above the ground! It's the longest high wire bike in a U.S. museum and as death defying as it sounds, it's actually quite safe as the bike is counterweighted as the laws of physics make it impossible to fall off. Next is the Ropes Course. You can conquer your fears and experience an adrenaline rush like no other on MOSI's new Sky Trail Ropes Course, featuring 35 elements on a 12- to 36-ft. high, multilevel structure. The course is designed with challenging high-energy feats ideal for all ages. Then try the Zip Line. Daring riders will zip over a building to a tower more than a football field away. They then turn around and do it all over again for the return trip, launching from 65 feet above the ground and traveling more than 700-feet altogether.
Adventure Island is a 25-acre waterpark with loads of twisting and turning slides and water attractions. The Water Moccasin is a 6-story-high twisting, high-speed, extra-wide water slide. Tampa Typhoon has a 76-foot near free-fall drop. Splash Attack is a 12-level tree house with more than 50 slides, water jets and rope climbs. Visitors young and old will entertained for hours. Paradise Lagoon is a giant swimming pool for the whole family with waterfalls, jumping platforms, cannonball slides, and translucent water tubes. Riptide is a four-lane mat slide with a 55-foot drop inside your own enclosed tube. Aruba Tuba is a twisted slide ride that is fast, wet, and a whole lot of fun. Calypso Coaster flume ride will get you soaked then spill you into the calm Rambling Bayou River. Caribbean Corkscrew swirls you through 230-feet of intertwined translucent tubes giving you the tumbling of your life. The last blast is a wet, whirling ride through the 47-foot decelerator lane. Everglides is a floating toboggan ride that speeds down a 72-foot watery incline then skims you across the pool's surface while you hydroplane up to 20 yards before coming to a stop. Gulf Scream propels you down a massive 210-foot body slide at speeds exceeding 25 miles per hour till you make one big splash in the pool below.
J.B. Starkey's Flatwoods Adventures offer eco-tours on safari buggies with trained guides who will introduce you to the Starkey family history and show you the workings of a genuine Florida cattle ranch. You'll learn about how the land sustained earlier inhabitants such as Native Americans and about the wide variety of animals that call the ranch their home.
Fabian's Fun Port is sized just right for smaller hands and kid-size courage with a mini wave pool, plus bubbly springs and jumping jets for spraying and playing. Paradise Lagoon is so tropical, you may find yourself happily lost in every moment of action-packed adventure where you can jump off a cliff (a 20-foot platform) or swing on a vine (a sturdy cable) in this 9,000-sq.-ft. cool pool with slides and waterfalls. Rambling Bayou gives you a break from the excitement and still keeps you cool on this calm, half-mile tube trip through a colorful rain forest featuring lush landscapes, tropical waterfalls even rain and fog. Splash Attack empties a 1000-gallon wooden bucket every seven minutes to get you really wet and the 500-ft. twisting open flumes and closed tubes are gushing with swirling water. Plus a huge tree house with more than 50 water play toys like jets, levers, and rope pulls, plus twisting slides, bridges, cargo nets and web crawls add to the fun. Spike Zone has white-sand volleyball courts that would impress the pros. Play or watch the action from under funbrellas on the grass-covered seating area.
Don't forget to mark your calendars for these annual festivals: the Gasparilla Pirate Fest in January, The Florida State Fair in February, the Florida Strawberry Festival in March, the Ruskin Tomato & Heritage Festival in May, and the Ruskin Seafood Fest in November. Visit Tampa now and discover how historic Old Florida blends well with the modern, upscale style of some of the most beautiful, master-planned communities for families and retirees. Yes, climate, dining and shopping, cultural attractions, educational and business opportunities, and the beautiful beaches help make Tampa home to a wonderful lifestyle. Tampa is a lot more than beautiful sunsets! Make it your home, too.
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