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Journey to Atlantis
Steel Water Coaster at SeaWorld San Diego, San Diego, California. Opened 2004.
- Height
- 95 ft
- Drop
- 60 ft
- Top speed
- 42 mph
- Length
- n/a
- Inversions
- 0
- Ride time
- 5 min
- Designer
- Mack Rides
Journey to Atlantis is a water coaster at SeaWorld San Diego that combines a flume ride with a roller coaster. Built by Mack Rides, it opened in 2004, after the original at SeaWorld Orlando and before the version at SeaWorld San Antonio.
RCDB lists a chain lift to a 60-foot splashdown, then a vertical elevator lift that raises the boat for a coaster section ending in a second splashdown. It gives a height of 95 feet, a top speed of 42 mph and a ride time of about five minutes, with eight riders per boat.
The ride closed at the start of 2025 for a reworking with a new storyline, water and show effects, and reopened on August 23, 2025. Riders must be at least 42 inches tall.
Sources
- seaworld.com/san-diego/rides/journey-to-atlantis (Park page: flume-style water coaster; reimagined two decades after its debut; first and second drops; 42 in minimum.)
- rcdb.com/2079.htm (RCDB: operating; Mack Rides Water Coaster / Custom; height 95 ft, drop 60 ft, speed 42 mph, 0 inversions, duration 5:00; chain lift, splashdown, elevator lift, splashdown; 8 riders per car.)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SeaWorld_San_Diego (Journey to Atlantis, Mack Rides water coaster, built 2004; 95 ft tall; 42 mph.)
- themeparkinsider.com/flume/202508/11042 (Theme Park Insider, August 2025: reimagined Journey to Atlantis reopens August 23, 2025, after closing at the start of the year.)
- attractionsmagazine.com/journey-to-atlantis-2025-seaworld-sa... (Announced November 2024 to be reinvented in 2025 with a refreshed storyline and new water, visual and show effects; closing at the top of the year.)
Numbers are from the ride's manufacturer and park where published; "n/a" means we have not confirmed that number yet. Spotted an error? Tell us.