And local support for the coastal height restrictions in San Diego County appears especially strong. The Santa Monica Boardwalk and Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk each have waterfront attractions that exceed 30 feet.īut the commission is trying to hold the line on new development along the coast. So does development along the waterfront in San Francisco. Now, you can correctly point out that height restrictions are widely inconsistent up and down the California coast. So unless SeaWorld wants to bankroll a statewide ballot initiative to overrule the commission (please, for dear God in heaven, don't go there), that's what they're stuck with for now. Where Manta is to be located, the height limit is 30 feet. One of those regulations restricts the heights of buildings within certain distances from the waterfront. That makes it subject to the coastal commission's regulations on development. Unlike the other two SeaWorlds, the original San Diego park is actually located next to the sea, on Mission Bay in San Diego. But it does give you a rough idea of what the track layout will be like.įrom what I understand, the issue isn't the city council - it's the California Coastal Commission. The train on the video doesn't have the promised manta ray decoration, nor do the surroundings match what's in the park at that location.
Update: Here's a (rough) concept video from SeaWorld. Thoughts? Questions? How do you think this Manta will match up with other new attractions coming on line in 2012? (The coaster's maximum height will be just 30 feet tunnels will allow the coaster to drop farther.) Compare those stats with the 113-foot drop, 140-foot height, 56 mph top speed and multiple inversions for the Orlando Manta, which won the 2009 Theme Park Insider Award as the year's best new attraction. This Manta's speed will top out at 43 mph and the biggest drop will be 54 feet. San Diego's Manta will blast riders out of a launch tunnel within which larger-than-life images of rays will be projected onto a 270-degree screen, using a projection system that the park calls the first of its kind in the United States.ĭespite the high-speed launch, don't expect a too-intense experience, though. "We are delighted to bring energizing new attractions to our guests year after year," SeaWorld park president John Reilly said in a statement, "and Manta does just that, combining the thrill and excitement of a coaster, with the educational and entertaining value of an incredible marine-life exhibit." The park will enhance its existing Forbidden Reef section, where visitors can touch and feed bat rays, and incorporate it as part of Manta, as well. Like its Orlando sibling, however, San Diego's Manta will incorporate underwater viewing of rays in its queue. This Manta will be a Mack Launch Coaster, smaller in size and intensity than the Bolliger & Mabillard Flying Coaster that shares the same name and theme in SeaWorld Orlando.
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