![]() Manta – Orlando’s must-see for the summer – is now open. The only flying roller coaster of its kind in the world, Manta is a blend up close animal encounters with a head-first, face-down thrill ride. Fly High - A theme park visit gets turned upside down for riders on Manta, SeaWorld Orlando’s new attraction. Photo credit – Jason Collier, SeaWorld Orlandoĭive Deep. The thrill seekers are (l- r) Brittany Tollerton, Emily Ludder, Adam Shipton and Alison Valentino. Orlando’s must-see for the summer, Manta is now open. Manta is a blend of up-close animal encounters with a head-first, face-down thrill ride. Top of the Drop – Riders on Manta, SeaWorld Orlando’s new attraction, get ready to drop over 100 feet and find out what it’s like to spin, glide, skim and fly like a giant ray as they experience the only flying roller coaster of its kind in the world. Manta is now open, only at SeaWorld Orlando. ![]() Surrounded by Rays – At SeaWorld Orlando’s must-see new attraction, Manta, hundreds of rays – including the cownose rays shown here - surround guests as they wait in the queue line for the only flying roller coaster of its kind in the world. Soon enough, though, they find out what it’s like to spin, glide, and fly like the biggest ray of all – the manta – when they go for a ride on the only flying roller coaster of its kind in the world. Immersed in the world of the Rays – Standing in the queue line at Manta, SeaWorld Orlando’s all-new, must-see attraction, guests find themselves immersed in the mysterious world of the ray. The view as soon as you turn the corner at the front of the park Later on it's hard to see the jets as the water keeps moving. As the trains zoom by, they tend to spray the waiting guests. Very comfortable on a hot day.Īs soon as you enter the queue, you pass under this waterfall. Inside is dark ( I used a flash) and air conditioned. Some were still waiting for their fish to arrive The big tank with lots of ray swimming about. The far right side was for Quick Queue as well as Single Riders. There is cool lighting that simulates being underwater.Īfter the tanks, the line splits into two sides, each with a set of stairs leading to the station. Looking down the stairs from the station. Eventually, there will be tons of fish swimming all around you. In the non-rider aquarium side, there is a cool pop-up window similar to the one at Jungala. The big tank as seen from the other side. It even has a pass thru so he can go from tank to tank! Basically, the ceiling is all water and the rays swim right over you. The final room (or maybe it's the first room depending on where you enter) has a tank with an overhead viewing area. There was a diver working in the area at the time.įinally, they are growing a living reef/coral in this tank. Can't wait to ride this at night!Īnd a beautiful mosaic on one of the outside walls Thanks to John from Marketing for showing us around!Įnjoy the pics, and Bryan should be uploading some video he shot as well! Since there is a double loading station and 3 trains, you actually exit from the opposite side from where you entered. The coaster is in an ideal setting right in the middle of the park, and the ops crew did a great job of keeping the trains running. But the bottom of the loop is pretty intense, and when I rode it in the back, I nearly greyed out! ![]() The ride itself is great but intense! We rode in the front seat, and you get some nice negative G's at the top of the pretzel loop. Since there have already been a ton of pics of the coaster in action, I took shots of the queue line as well as the yet to be open Aquarium/non-rider area. ![]() The coaster officially soft opened today at noon, so they invited the media out to take some pics and ride the ray! Just returned from Sea World's Media Day for Manta. ![]()
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