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Manufacturer | Bolliger & Mabillard | ||||||||
Product | Floorless Coaster (Custom) | ||||||||
Designer / calculations | Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH | ||||||||
Type | Steel - Floorless | ||||||||
Riders per train | 32 | ||||||||
Hourly capacity | 1500 | ||||||||
Propulsion | Chain lift hill | ||||||||
Height | 149 feet | ||||||||
Drop | 144 feet | ||||||||
Top speed | 65 mph | ||||||||
Length | 4177 feet | ||||||||
Inversions | 7 | ||||||||
Duration | 2:02 | ||||||||
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Kraken is a steel floorless roller coaster located at SeaWorld Orlando in Orlando, Florida, USA. Opened in June 2000, the ride is themed around a mythological sea monster with the same name.
History
Kraken was announced in May 1999.[1]
Kraken opened as planned on June 1, 2000. It was the fifth floorless roller coaster installation by Bolliger & Mabillard. It was also the longest and second-fastest coaster in Florida.[2]
In summer 2017, virtual reality headsets were added to Kraken. It sees experience a deep-sea mission alongside the Kraken beast.[3] Similarly to Galactica at Alton Towers, the VR system was built into the coaster train to increase throughputs. SeaWorld also redesigned Kraken's station to help with throughputs. On April 13, 2017, SeaWorld announced that Kraken would be renamed to Kraken Unleashed and that the new VR experience would open on June 16. This refurbishment also saw the "Kraken" at the ride entrance changed from an eel to a more squid-like creature. The VR headsets were discontinued in August 2018 and the name reverted to Kraken as the extra time taken for riders to put on and adjust their headsets led to slower operations and longer queue times.[4]
In 2021, Kraken was given a new paint job, which consisted of green track and dark teal supports.[5] The "Unleashed" part of the ride's marquee was removed during this time.
Design
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In order to reduce the noise made by the roller coaster train, the tubular steel rails are filled with sand.
Color scheme
Green track and dark teal supports. Previously blue track and yellow supports.
Trains
3 trains with 8 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 4 across in a single row, for a total of 32 riders per train. A car from Kraken was on display in B&M's booth at IAAPA 1999.
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The first loop
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An empty train
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References
- ↑ Sea World Orlando To Build New Roller Coaster For 2000 - Ultimate Rollercoaster
- ↑ "Can Kraken beat Hulk? Let's test it".
- ↑ SeaWorld will introduce virtual reality roller coaster - Orlando Sentinel
- ↑ Wynne, Sharon Kennedy (September 21, 2018). "Reality bites: SeaWorld abandons virtual reality headsets on Kraken coaster". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
- ↑ "SeaWorld Orlando Repaint Update - Mid-December 2021 - The Coaster Kings".
External links
- Kraken on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
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