Kraken (roller coaster)
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| Kraken | |
 Upside Down on Kraken |
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| Location | SeaWorld Orlando |
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| Type | Steel - Floorless |
| Status | Open |
| Opened | 2000-01-06 |
| 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 mile 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.
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.
