Arctic Rescue, as it's called, will give passengers the sensation of riding their own snowmobile along a track that never gets higher than 30 feet off the ground
SeaWorld is doubling down on coasters yet again, with the announcement Tuesday that it will be opening next year Arctic Rescue, a straddle-style ride that will allow passengers to experience the sensation of riding a snowmobile at speeds as high as 40 mph along a 2,800-foot-long track.
“With most coasters, you sit down in a seat but with this one you’ll ride a snowmobile, almost like you’d sit on a bicycle and you straddle the seat and hold onto handlebars,” explained Jim Potter, SeaWorld’s vice president of plant engineering. “You’re held into the seat, but with a lot of coasters your shoulders are also restrained by the seat. Here, you feel like you’re riding an actual snowmobile.
Arctic Rescue, SeaWorld says, was inspired by the longstanding animal rescue work the park is engaged in. The storyline of the coaster itself is that riders are racing through the unpredictable Arctic climate to save the animals that inhabit that area. SeaWorld wants visitors to understand that with the continued climate change, the Arctic sea ice that many animals rely on for survival is melting, threatening the survival of many species.
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