Penguin Trek
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Everyone Gets to See the Penguins
“SeaWorld Orlando’s Newest Coaster is Cold as Ice and Fun for All” – as Park World’s Susan Storey found out for herself.
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ummers in Central Florida make it hard to envision snow-caps, icebergs and gusts of wind, but with Penguin Trek, SeaWorld
roller coaster, features twists and turns in a frosty environment. For just over two minutes, Penguin Trek whisks guests in snowmobile-style coaster trains along more than 3000 feet (914 metres) of white track across the imagined Antarctic tundra. The unique family-coaster experience enhances the attraction: live penguins.
Carr, corporate director, rides and engineering, amazing ride experiences we already have at SeaWorld Orlando. Mako provides height and speed; Pipeline the Surf Coaster provides a surf experience; Kraken is a classic coaster; Manta a flying coaster and Journey to Atlantis is a water coaster. Amidst all of that though, our guests have told us we needed an adventure the entire family could do together. That inspired our team to
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The answer and the location came from the
heart of the park itself. In 2013, the park debuted life-sized icebergs, snow-caps, carved penguin sculptures and a first-of-its-kind trackless family ride. Through the years the popularity of the ride penguin colony remained.
could work within the park, we soon realized that Antarctica would be perfect. Our partners at Bollier and Mabillard (B&M) designed the ride layout so that we needed to make very few
adjustments to the existing building, while also giving us an incredible indoor and outdoor ride path. Most importantly, we did not impact the real Reusing and rethinking existing building space is
not new to the company. Last year, Busch Gardens Williamsburg debuted the reimagined DarKoaster indoor roller coaster, replacing the former Curse of DarKastle attraction, within the original building with a castle theme.
they board a snowmobile at the base station and then head out into a snowy cavern, we tease the around them begin to crumble causing their vehicle a lot of fun with a second surprise launch and twists and turns. Most of the ride takes place outside in the middle of the park, smoothly traveling at a top speed of 45 mph (69 kph). The snowmobiles safely return to the research base and as soon as they disembark, guests then enter our penguin habitat,
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