SeaWorld Orlando announces details on Manta, a flying coaster

Posted | Contributed by Jeff

SeaWorld Orlando announced details today for its new roller coaster, Manta (in SeaWorld artist's rendering at left) which park officials said will seamlessly take guests from the awe of encountering rays in underwater flight into the sensation of actually being one. Swooping over water and sky, Manta will show riders underwater animal habitats, then soar them face-down aboard a manta-inspired flying coaster, donned in hues of dark purple, ultramarine blue, and cobalt.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leug1VMAtLU

I count 4 inversions and the ending part looks similar to the concept art so this could be the real layout.

Could be. Or maybe someone made a coaster in No Limits with 4 inversions and an ending that looks similar to the concept art. ;)

Worst.

No Limits.

Sim.

EVAH!

The thing that makes me wonder about the YouTube animation is that it was put up well over a month ago - I believe I even saw it before the concepts were leaked. Either way, it's very similar to the concepts and nobody should have known four inversions until now.

So, it's either a lucky guess or it's the actual layout that Sea World might have been using internally. A lot of companies have gone to using the commercial version of No Limits the past few years.

When Kraken was announced, Sea World never came out with an offical layout for it if I remember right. We pretty much just had to wait until it was built until we saw how was going to be.*** This post was edited by Cory Patrick 6/3/2008 8:16:42 PM ***

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