A Day at SeaWorld Orlando

Hello all,

Today, we had a 4:00 flight to catch back home, and what better way to spend a half day than at SeaWorld! For many years, SeaWorld was primarily known for its aquatic shows and animal exhibits. However, in the early 2000s, they expanded their attractions by adding thrilling rides like Journey to Atlantis and Kraken. By the late 2010s, SeaWorld significantly increased its rollercoaster offerings, positioning itself as the emerging rollercoaster capital of the Orlando area as they shift focus away from traditional animal shows. With that, lets dive into the trip report!

We Have Arrived! On A Bit of a Time Crunch, Luckily the lines are not long today.

For some reason this year, the water is stagnant in the Seaworld Entry lagoon

Pipeline is down for the morning, So a walk over to Ice Breaker will have to do.

Something Lurks Beneath

A quick walk through the Water-Front Area To get to the bridge for Ice Breaker

The Sky Tower is surprisingly operating today.

Halloscream Decor is Currently Scattered throughout the park. This is a "No Thankyou" for me.

Pipeline: The Surf Coaster through the Trees!

The First Peak of Ice Breaker!

You go forward, then backward, the forward again to complete the rest of the layout. Honestly, the ride has some Gusto to it, and even though the trains are still not great with how low you cramped you are in the train, it is a step up coaster from the new Penguin Trek coaster to the bigger rides like Manta or Mako.

You get alot of great views of Pipeline from the Lagoon side.

Walking through the Sesame Street Land to get to Mako

The Kids/Family Coaster is closed today... It wasnt worth the shame of riding it anyway.

This section actually has some pretty great theming. There is a lot of Sesame Street Easter eggs scattered throughout the land.

And... Mako was down so we went to get on Pipeline!

This is basically the first modern day stand-up. This one is pretty unique due to the fact you can jump on the air time hills thanks to a unique vest restraint.

A True Rip Curl for sure!

The Vest Restraints Up Close

Overall, I enjoyed it, It was not as painful as the old standups like Mantis or Green Lantern. I could see this being added to other parks in the future.

Mako is open! Time to ride the tallest coaster in Orlando and Seaworlds Flagship attraction.

From the Line of Mako, you can see that Kraken and Mako's Layout circle the retention pond

The Height a Mako shark goes to catch its prey

We are Off To Kraken Next!

Never mind! We are actually off to Penguin Trek, The new B&M family rollercoaster for this year.

You cant see much of Penguin trek from inside of the Antarctica land, but outside of the land you can get some good views of the ride

Time to feel the wrath of the Penguin!

For those who say Ice Breaker has the worse restraints, I beg to differ... The restraints on Penguin Trek literally stab the top of your thighs!

Nice Theming though!

Depending if you are a penguin enthusiast or not, this is the worse part of Penguin trek for me. You are forced to exit into the Penguin enclosure and then you are trapped in their for 10 minutes due to making sure the penguins don't escape. Needless to say it didn't smell to great.

With only 30 min left or so before needing to head off for a flight, I decided to cram in Journey to Atlantis and Kraken

This used to be the most themed ride at Seaworld until they removed most of the theming in a refurbishment. Now... Its pretty much just ruins, random Beetlejuice Music, and a drenched time!

The Kraken Strikes! Mostly with head banging!

Kraken is a floorless rollercoaster that has 7 Inversions

The ride has a very loose seabase theme with a couple ruins scattered at the end of the ride. It does make good use of its tunnels

This Loop is literally in a pit

One Last Look at the splashdown for Journey to Atlantis

On the way out, we had to hit Manta

The Pretzel Loop is Insane on this!

We will end the trip report with the crazy splash down effect on Manta. (Yes you do feel the water on you)

And that's all she wrote, folks! Remember, Keep On Coast 'N'