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Encyclopedia > Kraken (roller coaster)
Kraken

Upside Down on Kraken
Location SeaWorld Orlando
Type Steel - Floorless
Status Open
Opened June 1, 2000
Manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard
Designer Werner Stengel
Model Floorless
Track layout Out and Back
Lift/launch system Chain lift hill
Height 149 feet (45.4 m)
Drop 144 feet (43.9 m)
Length 4,177 feet (1,273.1 m)
Max speed 65 miles per hour (104.6 km/h)
Inversions 7
Duration 2:02
Capacity 1500 riders per hour
Kraken at RCDB
Pictures of Kraken at RCDB

Kraken is a steel roller coaster located at SeaWorld Orlando in Orlando, Florida. Its name is taken from the Kraken, a mythological sea creature. It was the first floorless coaster in Florida. It has three tunnels, including one in Kraken's lair. Elements within this coaster include a loop, dive loop, zero-G roll, cobra roll, a second loop, and a corkscrew. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (3072x2048, 4423 KB) Summary The Kraken roller coaster at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida. ... SeaWorld Orlando is a theme park in Orlando, Florida. ... The Dueling Dragons, the worlds only Dueling Steel-Inverted roller coaster located at Islands of Adventure in Universal Orlando Resort, Orlando, Florida. ... Superman la Atracción de Acero Movie World Madrid The floorless roller coaster design is a modification of the standard multiple-inversion steel coaster that features cars with no floors for foot placement. ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bolliger and Mabillard (B&M) is a roller coaster manufacturer based in Monthey, Switzerland. ... Werner Stengel is a notable German roller coaster engineer. ... A lift hill, or chain hill, is often the initial upward section of track on a typical roller coaster that initially transports the roller coaster train to an elevated point. ... The Dueling Dragons, the worlds only Dueling Steel-Inverted roller coaster located at Islands of Adventure in Universal Orlando Resort, Orlando, Florida. ... A typical roller coaster The roller coaster is a popular amusement ride developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks. ... SeaWorld Orlando is a theme park in Orlando, Florida. ... Nickname: Location in Orange County and the state of Florida. ... Pen and wash drawing by malacologist Pierre Dénys de Montfort, 1801, from the descriptions of French sailors reportedly attacked by such a creature off the coast of Angola. ...


This Kraken is based on a serpent like sea monster that happens to be not only an ominous monstronsity of Atlantis, but also a guardian of her eggs as riders see on the way out when they enter a cave with orbs that contain eels that're supposedly to be Kraken babies. This is one of the many concepts of the Kraken. Most are squid or octopus like behemoths.



 

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