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| Location | SeaWorld Orlando |
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| 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 m) |
| Max speed | 65 miles per hour (105 km/h) |
| Inversions | 7 |
| Duration | 2:02 |
| Capacity | 1500 riders per hour |
| Max g force | 3.9 |
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Kraken is a steel roller coaster located at SeaWorld Orlando in Orlando, Florida. When it opened in 2000, it was the first floorless roller coaster in the Southern United States, and it remains the only coaster of its kind in this region. It held the record as the longest roller coaster in the state of Florida until the completion of Expedition Everest at Disney's Animal Kingdom. Kraken is also the fastest roller coaster at any SeaWorld park.
Attraction theme and design
Kraken is, as its name suggests, a mythological sea monster. In SeaWorld’s vision, the kraken is a giant version of the dragon eel, a multicolored cousin of the moray eel. The kraken can be seen emerging from its "lair," a rock formation near the attraction entrance. Within the rock is a small cave holding the creature's "eggs," in actuality spherical aquariums within which reside another variety of eel. The roller coaster's layout combines both characteristics of such a creature. It lies alongside a lagoon, referring to its aquatic habitat. Further, the coaster dives underground three times, a nod to the caverns and crevasses that it would call home. The track is sky blue, with beige supports. Its three trains each feature eight cars, with each car carrying four guests sitting side-by-side, for a total of 32 passengers per train. Guests are secured using an over-the-shoulder harness with locking seat belt. As with other floorless coasters, mechanisms under the loading station track raise temporary platforms into position to allow guests to board, then retract them out of the way so the train may leave the station.
Elements
Kraken has seven inversions including, in order of appearance:
- 119-foot vertical loop
- 101-foot dive loop
- Zero-gravity roll
- Cobra roll (two inversions)
- Vertical loop with subterranean entrance and exit
- Corkscrew
