Wild Oasis opens at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in Tampa, Florida on June 6, 2025. Credit: Photo via buschgardenstampabayf/Facebook

Busch Gardens Tampa Bay‘s new kid-friendly experience finally opens next month.

This kid-friendly region of the park offers an immersive experience for families and is replacing Jungala’s Treetop Trails attraction that had been untouched at the park for five years.

Along with the grand opening of Wild Oasis—happening Friday, June 6—the park has made some additional upgrades including a new drone show “Wild Skies,” a BMX and motocross show “Moto-Motion” and an all-new meerkat habitat in the Edge of Africa section.

As previously reported, Wild Oasis included a 35-foot tall Tree Top Drop ride and new animals like capybaras, giant anteaters, squirrel monkeys and tropical birds.

Busch Gardens Tampa Bay reveals new details about upcoming kid-friendly area, Wild Oasis, opening spring 2025

With Busch Gardens’ Summer Nights set to return on May 23, families can visit these new additions to the park, along with everything else it has to offer, until 10 p.m. on select days.

The theme park has also revamped its dining experiences and opened two new places to sit back and relax.

Toma at Orang Café (stylized “TOMA”) offers a Latin-inspired menu and is complete with a view of the park’s orangutan habitat, just steps away from Wild Oasis.

For the moms and dads who just had a long day at the theme park there is the new Casbar—an outdoor full-service bar that is located in the Moroccan Village.

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This article appears in May 15-21, 2025.