Painting has started in several spots incl.The teal/seafoam green seen here will soon cover the entire coaster.Kraken is the real surprise this year! Kraken’s infamous aqua/yellow color scheme is no more! The supports of this 2000 B&M Floorless Coaster are being painted a dark teal, while the track is becoming a bright seafoam green! The support painting started a few weeks ago, but now significant parts of the track are receiving their new colors! Take a closer look: The waving fence in front of Manta’s fly-by has been repainted and is now brown instead of white.The iconic ‘splash’ sequence of the coaster (past the mid-course brakes) has been finished and looks amazing! There are strict restrictions on building heights in the San Diego Bay Area and the ride was designed to overcome these while still being exciting and thrilling. The patchiness along the track where repainting is still in process is most noticeable on the lift-hill. The Manta is still a really good coaster, the launches feel a lot faster than the measly 42mph advertised and the track layout is really fun with plenty of steep banks and good airtime. Currently about half the ride has been repainted. Manta’s one of two massive B&M Flying Coasters receiving a repaint this year! While Tatsu at Six Flags Magic Mountain is getting a new color scheme, Manta’s repaint is with the original colors. If the paint currently on the tower does not serve as primer and is the final color, it looks like we got a light glacier blue! their new themed attraction and roller coaster planned for SeaWorld Orlando. SeaWorld Orlando’s iconic Sky Tower is receiving a repaint. Called Manta, Ride the Flying Ray, the new attraction is SeaWorlds second. Race your way through the most exhilarating rides in Orlando, including Infinity Falls with the world’s tallest river rapid drop, and dive into an. Or twist and turn with the strength of the ocean’s fastest predator on Mako, our 70 mph hypercoaster. The exhibit now boasts a brown/warm tone color scheme with more naturalistic rockwork and landscaping. Soar like a manta ray as you swoop ever-closer to the water’s edge, headfirst, on Manta. Dolphin Nursery just reopened from a refurbishment that focused on making the exhibit (featuring young dolphins) more naturalistic. Santas on Manta Dashing through the sea and sky, Santas fly high and dive deep aboard their new sleigh, Manta, SeaWorld Orlandos flying roller coaster.
We’ll start off this quick update with Dolphin Nursery and Sky Tower. We work hard to provide the coverage that we do, and we encourage our audience to share our content and use our images, BUT ONLY IF proper credit is given to. – In the past, many of our images have been posted, featured, and shared on forums, social media platforms and websites around the web. It’s repaint city over at SeaWorld Orlando! Manta’s getting a fresh coast, the Sky Tower is getting a new color, and 21-year old Kraken is getting a brand new color scheme! Let’s take a look!