Sunday, July 30, 2006

Shamu

We went to Seaworld SA today with nannie, papaw, Am, Em, Harmony & Janice. It was a blast. Had no idea until just before we got on to the Steel Eel that Amberlin had never ridden a non-kiddie roller coaster; what a roller coaster for your first one! We caught lots of air. I tell you I was a little scared too looking over the side when you are over the trees and you are only halfway up. It was a blast but am exhausted.
Here's a little blurb from the Seaworld webpage about the Steel Eel: "Steel Eel"
SeaWorld San Antonio boasts the Southwest's first hypercoaster, the "Steel Eel", with its pulse-pounding, 15-story initial drop, speeds of almost 65 mph and non-stop peaks, valleys and camelbacks that create maximum "air time," or weightlessness - a hypercoaster's signature feature. This "eel-lectrifying," state-of-the-art coaster zooms along 3,700 feet of track and covers the serpentine route in two minutes.
Am was quite a trooper as afterwards she decided we could also ride the Great White:
Texas' first inverted steel roller coaster! You'll dangle your legs from ski-lift-style seats and go heels-over-head five times during more than 2,500 feet of breathtaking loops, corkscrews and other thrilling maneuvers at speeds of almost 50 mph! The multi-million-dollar ride also was the first coaster ever built at a SeaWorld Adventure Park. The Great White was more fun in Amberlin's opinion.

2 Comments:

Blogger Chris said...

Fun!

2:53 AM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Urg - I'm holding my tummy just reading about it.

4:40 AM

 

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