Manta

[Sledge]

Concept art and a press release are here...

http://www.orlandounited.com/news/manta1.html

 

[The Patchman]

Cool, I have more stuff to look forward to when I go next time. I have never ridden kraken. I still need to go to aquatica too. But the track looks sexy as hell and the water effect will please. Animals+coasters= amazing animal of a coaster.

 

[allienoves]

Very interesting design...wonder how it will look when its "alive".

 

[The_Bled]

Its a Bolinger and Mailbird coaster. Time to dust of the funpass.

 

[Drew]

I'm not a fan of flyers, but this one looks to be awesome. I've been on both Batwing and Superman: UF at Great Adventure, and I feel that Superman in particular is dull, boring, and just not very thrilling. The most thrilling part on Superman is when you are initially flipped onto your stomach.

Manta looks to be pretty cool. I think the splashdown idea, if done right, will be ridiculous. It looks bigger in length than S:UF. Plus, I love those trains if they look anything like that in the finished product.

 

[The_Bled]

Here is a photo that TowerRat posted at IOAC of the areial site of Manta.

 

[allienoves]

Wow, its a big pile of dirt!

 

[DrumMasterJoey]

The water part could be really cool if they make it right. I think Seaworld just needs another coaster period. I can't honestly go there more than 5 times in a year right now. I just get too bored. Maybe i'm just too much of an IOA kinda guy. Idk. :shrug:

 

[DisneyFanKevin]

Where is Manta supposed to be located?

 

[allienoves]

The water part could be really cool if they make it right. I think Seaworld just needs another coaster period. I can't honestly go there more than 5 times in a year right now. I just get too bored. Maybe i'm just too much of an IOA kinda guy. Idk. :shrug:

Agreed, I never liked SW cause it was always so boring!

 

[Sledge]

Where is Manta supposed to be located?

It's directly after the area you can view your pictures near the entrance and goes over near Blue Horizons and Gulliver's. Not sure where the other side goes near. It's a massive area though.

 

[DisneyFanKevin]

Oh ok. Definitely not riding it when it opens, then.

 

[Dr. Emmett Brown]

I'm not a fan of flyers, but this one looks to be awesome. I've been on both Batwing and Superman: UF at Great Adventure, and I feel that Superman in particular is dull, boring, and just not very thrilling. The most thrilling part on Superman is when you are initially flipped onto your stomach.

Manta looks to be pretty cool. I think the splashdown idea, if done right, will be ridiculous. It looks bigger in length than S:UF. Plus, I love those trains if they look anything like that in the finished product.

You haven't been on Tatsu, then have you? Tatsu in SFMM is a great flyer. And F.Y.I. Superman Ultimate Flight is probably the lamest flying coster I've ever been on.

Oh ok. Definitely not riding it when it opens, then.

Why not? I sure as hell am.

 

[The Patchman]

Oh ok. Definitely not riding it when it opens, then.

why? it does not even look that thrilling..

 

[snoman]

The que line looks pretty cool, but is the amount of guests it can cycle per hour up to theme park standards? I have no clue about the numbers but was wondering what kind of lines we might expect?

 

[Sledge]

I just put up a fact sheet as well as a construction video provided by SeaWorld.

http://www.orlandounited.com/news/manta2.html

 

[The Patchman]

Looks like a pretty decent coaster. 3,000 animals? god.

 

[Sledge]

I hadn't seen this one before...

 

[Jakemeister]

I hadn't seen this one before...

I haven't seen that one either. Ahh I'm so stoked for Mini-Tatsu!!:happy:

 

[The_Bled]

Oh man, Manta really is a mini Tatsu. I'm stoked as well!