Ice Breaker features four airtime-filled launches that go forward and backward. Initially, SeaWorld’s senior director of theme park development Jeff Hornick described it as a step-up for kids who weren’t “quite ready for Manta or Mako.” Whether the coaster is still considered such with the newer height restriction has not been announced. The park announced in a press release that “We are experiencing some operational issues with smaller riders, and so out of an abundance of caution, we raised the height requirement from 48 inches to 54 inches for the time being as we work with the manufacturer and safety professionals to make adjustments.” The ride is Premier’s Sky Rocket model, the family thrill ride’s initial 48-inch height restriction has since been adjusted to a 54-inch restriction. The opening event included an appropriate ribbon cutting – the ribbon was encased in a block of ice that required smashing before the ribbon itself was cut. That means the whole family can enjoy it.” “So, it’s still big enough to thrill, but it’s small enough to have a lower requirement. it’s not so much that it’s going to scare off the younger folks,” while it will not disappoint adults either. In short, despite the increased height restriction, Andrelcyzk says “. Originally designed as a family-style coaster ride, according to Brian Andrelczyk, Seaworld Orlando’s VP of design and engineering, during testing, the park redubbed it as a family thrill coaster. SeaWorld’s vice president of operations, Rob McNicholas, presided over the opening event, describing Ice Breaker as “a thrilling ride, and it packs a punch that will exceed your expectations…It’s smooth, repeatable and it’s a whole lot of fun!” It includes other thrills as well: 13 instances of airtime, and an 80-foot-high top hat. While the ride has a total 1,900 feet of track, the train has an actual route of 2,700 feet due to the double forward and reverse launches. Ice Breaker uses a reverse launch to head into the much-touted steepest vertical drop in the state –a 93-foot drop with an angle of 100 degrees. The coaster features two backwards and two forward launches. He noted that “With the opening of Ice Breaker, SeaWorld features the most coasters in a single theme park in Orlando, and we are excited to introduce the rest of our guests to this highly anticipated coaster.” SeaWorld Orlando president Kyle Miller noted that annual pass members were able to preview the ride prior to its official opening date. Ride manufacturer Premier Rides presented the ride’s train cars at the 2019 IAAPA show the ride’s track was about to be completed in February 2020 – just before the pandemic closed SeaWorld and caused construction delays and closures at theme parks around the world.īut now, two years later, the ride finally opened on February 19th. SeaWorld Orlando first announced its plans to build the multi-launch coaster in the fall of 2019. The new roller coaster is positioned near the Wild Arctic exhibit and the Glacier Bar and Altitude Burger, each of which is already open. With four launches and the steepest vertical drop in the state of Florida, Ice Breaker has opened at last, two years later than originally intended, with plenty of twists, turns and airtime. Summer approaches, but it’s a thrill ride named after the chilly Arctic that is drawing attendees to SeaWorld Orlando.
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