Manta Roller Coaster (SeaWorld Orlando)

Manta the rollercoaster is situated in the Seaworld Park in Orlando, Florida. I have recently returned from Florida and out of all the rides at the attractions, Manta is definitely my favourite. Manta is the newest addition to the Seaworld Park, and is the most popular. I can imagine that in peak season that the queues for this attraction would be very long, however I visited October 18th and I never waited more than 5 minutes to ride. However should you need to queue for longer the inside of the building leading up to the attraction is full of beautiful fish in large aquarium which can keep you fascinated for a little while. The ride itself is ...  Read the complete review

Manta is a roller coaster at SeaWorld in Florida. The attraction opened in May 2009 and the largest single investment in the history of any SeaWorld park. Manta was build to be much more than a roller coaster. The experience begins straight away when you enter the attraction's queue. The area the ride us in is designed to resemble a seaside village. Sea world is famed for its animal attractions and they wanted to incorporate this with in the ride. So the attraction has ten aquariums containing 184,000 gallons of water. 3,000 different animals. As this ride is theme around sting rays of course the tanks including over 300 different rays. In one part you queue through ...  Read the complete review

Manta - Wow what can I say!!! From the outset this is an impressive roller coaster. Even standing watching it makes you feel alive!! Manta is the singular most impressive roller coaster in the whole Sea World park. It is based around the swooping and diving of a manta ray hence the position you adopt to ride. Swooping and diving hanging from the underneath of a giant set of manta wings is an unforgettable experience. This ride has only very recently opened and is therefore incredibly popular. The downside to this is that the queues are extermely long. There is an option to ride as a single rider and even in this queue we waited for ...  Read the complete review

My recent visit to Florida re-established my love of roller-coasters. My youngest has inherited the coaster-gene, so looks like I'll have a new coaster-buddy for some time to come. The newest coaster in Florida at time of writing is Manta, at SeaWorld Orlando, which opened on 21 May 2009. I rode this coaster on 6 July 2009, less than 2 months after opening. Unfortunately the height requirement ruled out my new buddy, so as a single rider, I braved the 40 minute queue in the baking sun. The queuing was reasonably pleasant with a large part of it indoors in a sea-themed cavern with a very impressive built-in aquarium to keep you occupied ...  Read the complete review