The Great White, Steel roller coaster at SeaWorld San Antonio, US
The Great White is an inverted steel roller coaster at SeaWorld San Antonio where riders are turned upside down as it twists and turns. The track features five complete loop inversions and winds through the trees and plants surrounding the ride.
The Great White opened as the first roller coaster built at any SeaWorld park and the first inverted coaster in Texas. Its layout closely follows the Batman the Ride model used at Six Flags parks, but with a shorter 2,562-foot track and an eighth row per train. When it opened, the queue line wrapped around a large shark aquarium, later removed; the sharks were moved to Explorer's Reef at Discovery Point.
The Great White's queue once wrapped around a large shark aquarium, letting waiting visitors watch the fish before boarding; the display was later removed. SeaWorld San Antonio's sharks moved to Explorer's Reef at Discovery Point, a 450,000-gallon aquarium that also offers Shark Tours. The coaster's name ties it to that marine theme rather than to any shark on the track.
The Great White's track sits low to the ground, so riders pass close to the trees and shrubs planted around it, and the shortened 2,562-foot layout leaves little time to recover between its five inversions. Each train seats 32 riders in eight rows of four, with two trains in service.
The coaster passes extremely close to trees at several points, giving riders the sensation of cutting through branches at speed. These moments create a special thrill that many visitors find to be the highlight of the experience.
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