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Emperor
Steel Dive Machine at SeaWorld San Diego, San Diego, California. Opened 2022.
- Height
- 153 ft
- Drop
- 143 ft
- Top speed
- 60 mph
- Length
- 2,411 ft
- Inversions
- 3
- Ride time
- 1 min 35 s
- Designer
- Bolliger & Mabillard
Emperor is a floorless dive coaster at SeaWorld San Diego, themed to the emperor penguin. Built by Bolliger & Mabillard, it opened on March 12, 2022. The park calls it California's first floorless dive coaster and the tallest, fastest and longest dive coaster in the state.
A chain lift carries riders 153 feet up, where the train pauses at the edge of a vertical drop before plunging 143 feet face down. The park gives a top speed of 60 mph. RCDB lists 2,411 feet of track and three inversions (an Immelmann, a barrel roll and a corkscrew), with a ride time of about 1 minute 35 seconds.
The park's minimum height for riders is 52 inches and the maximum is 78 inches.
Sources
- seaworld.com/san-diego/rides/emperor (Park page and ride-facts graphic: California's first floorless dive coaster; tallest, fastest and longest dive coaster in the state; 153 feet tall; 90-degree face-down vertical drop; up to 60 mph (graphic says 60+ mph); Immelmann, barrel roll, flat spin, hammerhead turn; 52 in minimum, 78 in maximum.)
- rcdb.com/17030.htm (RCDB: operating; Bolliger & Mabillard Dive Coaster / Custom Narrow, floorless; length 2,411 ft, height 153 ft, drop 143 ft, speed 60 mph, 3 inversions (Immelmann, barrel roll, corkscrew), duration 1:35; chain lift.)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SeaWorld_San_Diego (Emperor, Bolliger & Mabillard dive coaster, opened March 12, 2022; 153 ft tall, 2,411 ft track.)
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