Manta reviews
Theme Park Insider readers offer their ratings and reviews for Manta, a roller coaster at SeaWorld Orlando. (The minimum height to ride is 54 inches.)
Written by Robert Niles But the roller coaster isn't the only element to Manta, which won the 2009 Theme Park Insider Award as the Best New Attraction of the year. While you are waiting to board, you'll walk through an aquarium with floor-to-ceiling underwater viewing, filled with stingrays, tropical fishes, an octopus, live coral, and much more. Here's a tip: You ride a flying coaster in a "chair" that's actually more of a harness. When your seat tilts forward into the flying position (think like you're Superman here), scoot forward a bit so that your shoulders come to the top of the harness. It'll make the ride much more comfortable and you'll feel more secure.
Readers' rating:
First off this beats kraken and kumba rode on it if you do not your an otter lol still ride it it is awesome - Manny Rodriguez I love this ride the best coaster ever. - Giovanny Cruz One of the best coasters I have been on purely for the first loop. Absolutely brilliant invention and the queueline is excellent - James McGee a great ride it is very extreme so think carefully before riding but is absolutely AMAZING and the sensation is like you are flying i came off with a smile on my face - Jack Ainslie Great ride altogether always leaves a smile on my face! Very different exciting ride and is pretty dang scary! One of the best coasters I've ever been on. Solid 10/10 - D H This ride is without a doubt one NOT to be missed!! The queuing area is one of the nicest in Orlando (and that is a big statement to make). The ride is incredible, smooth, fast and the forces felt on the ride are like none I've felt before. If there is one ride to ride at the front, THIS, IS, IT!!! 10/10!! - Michael Hayford Just truly phenomenal. When my husband and I got off the ride the first time we just grinned at each other like idiots and were completely speechless. The first loop is INSANE. - Heather Olson 10/10. I had a smile on my face the rest of the day. The first loop is insane! - Nick Dakuginow I would like to point out that Manta has a very nice waiting area for children too short (or adults unwilling) to ride. This display of live seahorses and other neat sea creatures rivals many aquaria. - Emily Brux Outstanding, although it is a testing experience at times, really not recommended for those in any ill health! - Mark Moore This ride is just what I rated it: Perfection. It's more than a coaster. It's an experience. You enter the crumbling cave in the beautiful tropical setting and see the window into the aquarium high on the wall, slightly out of view, which adds mystery. As you proceed, the sea reveals more and more of its wonders, and finally, the full wall opens up into the ray tank. And that's just the queue. The coaster itself is pure exhileration. You are really flying. Manta's pretzel loop is the most intense element I've even ridden. The encounters with the water at the end are insane. I can actually reach out and TOUCH a waterfall while gliding past it. From start to finish Manta is a work of art. - David Garey It is a fun lay down coaster. Good drops and nice speed. - Erik Cobbs First Ride wonderful One year Later Very Rough Mantas not Gonna Age Very Well 8/10 - Vini Santos my first ride on Manta was on last row. Everything was fine till the first loop.. I looked forward and could see the lead car about a 1/3 of the way down the loop and all the sudden we started to accelerate at a high rate of speed and into the loop.. man the g-force was unreal.. there were a couple more places you could really feel the force of the ride and the sheer speed.. man what a ride.. ride it from the front and back.. it like two different rides.. - Jake Johnson This is an amazingly smooth ride, except for the first loop, which is like no loop ive ever experienced before! - its super comfortable and you can just relax on it :) - Samantha McCrae a brilliant correlation of beautiful sea life and high speed thrills, i love the whole "omg theres nothing below me" feeling. - luis m The best rollercoaster I've ever been on (although my experience is fairly limited), feels far more exihilarating than you'd expect. - Caroline Davis absolutely exhillarating - Paul Z Just a beautiful, well-put together master piece. - Danny Melillo More attraction and restaurant ratings:
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