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Penguin Trek

Steel Launched at SeaWorld Orlando, Orlando, Florida. Opened 2024.

By Theme Park Spot · Last reviewed November 8, 2026

Height
65 ft
Drop
n/a
Top speed
43 mph
Length
3,020 ft
Inversions
0
Ride time
n/a
Designer
Bolliger & Mabillard

Penguin Trek is a family launched roller coaster in the Sea of Ice area of SeaWorld Orlando in Orlando, Florida. Built by Bolliger & Mabillard, it was announced on September 28, 2023, and opened on July 7, 2024, after previews from July 2. It took the place of the Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin trackless dark ride, which ran from May 2013 until the park closed for the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 and did not reopen.

The ride is themed to a snowmobile expedition across Antarctica. Trains of nine cars seat 18 riders, two across. After an indoor section through an icy cavern, two linear synchronous motor (LSM) launches send the train along an outdoor course. The coaster is 3,020 feet long and 65 feet tall, reaches 43 mph and has no inversions, and it ends at the park's live penguin habitat.

Riders must be between 42 and 78 inches tall.

Sources

  • seaworld.com/orlando/roller-coasters/penguin-trek (Park page: operating indoor/outdoor family launch coaster; snowmobiles race through an icy Antarctic cavern and end at a real penguin habitat; up to 43 mph; 42-inch minimum, 78-inch maximum.)
  • rcdb.com/21034.htm (RCDB: operating since July 7, 2024; Bolliger & Mabillard family coaster; length 3,020 ft, height 65 ft, speed 43 mph, 0 inversions; dark/show section, rolling LSM launch, LSM boost; 9 cars, 18 riders per train.)
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Trek (Announced September 28, 2023; soft opening July 2, 2024, grand opening July 7, 2024; Sea of Ice section; two LSM launches; 3 trains of 9 cars; replaced Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin, a trackless dark ride that ran from May 2013 to March 2020 and did not reopen after the COVID-19 closure.)

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