The Great White (SeaWorld San Antonio)

The Great White
Coordinates		29°27′08″N 98°41′47″W / 29.452270°N 98.696517°W / 29.452270; -98.696517
Status	Operating
Opening date	February 1997
Cost	US$21,000,000
General statistics
Type	Steel – Inverted
Manufacturer	Bolliger & Mabillard
Designer	Werner Stengel
Model	Inverted Coaster - Batman
Lift/launch system	Chain lift hill
Height	108 ft (33 m)
Drop	81.2 ft (24.7 m)
Length	2,562 ft (781 m)
Speed	50 mph (80 km/h)
Inversions	5
Duration	2:00
Capacity	1400 riders per hour
G-force	4.6
Height restriction	54 in (137 cm)
Trains	2 trains with 8 cars. Riders are arranged 4 across in a single row for a total of 32 riders per train.
Quick Queue available
The Great White at RCDB

The Great White is a steel inverted roller coaster at SeaWorld San Antonio,^[1] and the first roller coaster to be built at a SeaWorld park. It is not only the first inverted roller coaster in Texas, but also the first one in the state to be built by Bolliger & Mabillard.^[2]

Characteristics

Despite its shortened track length, The Great White follows an identical ride layout as the

• a
  Vertical Loop
• a
  Zero-G Roll
• a second
  Vertical Loop
• a
  Wingover
• a second
  Wingover^[3]

When The Great White opened, its queue line wrapped around a large-scale shark aquarium, similar to the manta aquariums found in SeaWorld Orlando's eponymous flying coaster Manta, opened in 2009. Unlike Manta, however, The Great White did not offer separate entrances for riders and non-riders to view its aquarium exhibit. The display was later removed.^[4] SeaWorld San Antonio's shark exhibit was relocated to Discovery Point's 450,000 gallon Explorer's Reef aquarium, which additionally offers Shark Tours.^{[5] [6]}

References

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