{"id":4872,"date":"2010-11-30T05:01:20","date_gmt":"2010-11-30T10:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_photo\/?p=3150"},"modified":"2022-05-05T14:08:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T18:08:21","slug":"the-signature-roller-coasters-in-florida-outside-of-the-disney-theme-parks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/the-signature-roller-coasters-in-florida-outside-of-the-disney-theme-parks\/","title":{"rendered":"The Signature Roller Coasters in Florida outside of the Disney Theme Parks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Believe it or not a whole other thrill world actually does exist outside of the Disney Theme Parks.\u00a0 While my first love will forever and always be Disney, I have to admit for pure thrill seeking and high adventure Sea World, Universal and Busch Gardens all offer some amazing and if not downright frightening roller coaster experiences!Let the adrenaline rush begin!<\/p>\n

Sea World Adventure Park in Orland gives us Manta, new in 2009.\u00a0 A highly themed coaster experience, you actually fly on this roller coaster with your back parallel to the coater track.\u00a0 You dive, fly, flip and soar over the park with a grand finale splashdown into a lagoon (don\u2019t worry, it\u2019s simulated!).<\/p>\n

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Manta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kraken is Sea World\u2019s other signature roller coaster.\u00a0 Kraken\u2019s gimmick is that there is no floor between you and the coaster track heightening the sense of speed and terror.\u00a0 Kraken flips you upside down 7 times after a breathtaking first drop and includes a tunnel with a surprise corkscrew ending.<\/p>\n

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Kraken<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Over at Universal, three steel behemoths await.\u00a0 At Universal Studios Park, we find Rip Ride Rockit, also new in 2009.\u00a0 One of the most unique coasters I\u2019ve been on, this one enables you to select songs a from a variety of music genres to accompany your journey along the twisted track.\u00a0 The most unique feature of this coaster is a loop that you actually end up on top of rather than inverted by \u2013 a supremely unique and fun experience!<\/p>\n

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Rip Ride Rockit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At Islands of Adventure don\u2019t make Bruce Banner angry or your find yourself\u00a0speeding along the track of The Incredible Hulk which also flips you upside down 7 times after blasting you into the sky!<\/p>\n

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The Incredible Hulk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And in the brand new Wizarding World of Harry Potter you\u2019ll experience the battle of all battles on Dragon Challenge, an inverted looping roller coaster with two different sides.\u00a0 It\u2019s really two coasters and at several points along the track you\u2019ll experience a \u201cnear collision\u201d with the other train you\u2019re dueling with.<\/p>\n

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Dragon Challenge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Finally, down I-4 a bit in Tampa Bay Busch Gardens offers us three great selections:\u00a0 Montu (another inverted looping monster), Kumba (a twisted steel looping giant), and Sheikra, a very unique dive coaster with two 90 degree dives (one topping out at 200 feet) and a huge Immelman loop!<\/p>\n

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Montu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Kumba<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sheikra<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

No one beats Disney for overall fun, but if you are looking for more extreme thrills and chills be sure to check out Florida\u2019s other theme parks for some additional excitement!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Believe it or not a whole other thrill world actually does exist outside of the Disney Theme Parks.\u00a0 While my first love will forever and always be Disney, I have to admit for pure thrill seeking and high adventure Sea World, Universal and Busch Gardens all offer some amazing and if not downright frightening roller…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[486],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-universal-orlando"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4872"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86671,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4872\/revisions\/86671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}