The board-of-directors of SeaWorld have approved ambitious development plans which include a new river rapids ride, Infinity Falls, and adding a virtual reality (VR) experience to the park’s Kraken roller coaster.
CEO Joel Manby says the park will continue to create, “Experiences that Matter.”
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SeaWorld also announced that a new river rapids ride, Infinity Falls will open in 2018. The Intamin designed ride will be the world’s biggest river raft ride. This new attraction will feature an elevator lift, leading to a 40 foot drop. It will be richly immersive and themed around a South American jungle expedition.
Brian Morrow is VP Theme Park Experience Design at SeaWorld Parks and Entertainment. He said, “We are reinventing the river rafting adventure. These rivers are full of adventure, exotic locations and high thrills. We are going to build the best-in-class river rafting ride, reinventing it for the modern times”.
Uniquely, the standard lift hill for the ride will be replaced with an elevator. Then, the 8 passenger rafts will ride above the tree line (30 feet) before dropping 40 feet into a deep trench.
Construction on Infinity Falls will start immediately, ahead of an anticipated summer 2018 opening.
Source: Blooloop