New water attraction at Busch Gardens
A City of Tampa building permit describes removing an existing water ride and building a new water attraction with related guest amenities at Busch Gardens. The permit calls it DriftWood.
Building permits describe planned work. They don’t guarantee that a business will open or when.
What we spotted
- Activity
- New attraction
- Category
- Things to do
Where
3605 E Bougainvillea Ave
Tampa, FL 33612
City of Tampa neighborhood: Terrace Park. Open in a map
The evidence
| Permit | Type | Filed | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLD-26-0525043 | Commercial New Construction and Additions | May 12, 2026 | Issued |
Permit numbers link to each record on the City of Tampa’s permitting site. Status is as the City listed it on Sept. 25, 2026.
When we spotted it
This permit was already active when Tampa Thinks started watching City permits on Sept. 25, 2026. We found it in the existing permits. That isn’t when it was filed, and it doesn’t make it new.
What this means
A building permit is the City’s record of planned construction work. It doesn’t mean a business will open, and it doesn’t say when. Plans change, tenants change, and some permitted work is never finished.
The sentence above is written from the permit’s details by fixed rules. Where the permit leaves something out, such as the tenant, we say so rather than guess. We don’t republish the permit’s own text. How Spotted works.