SeaWorld: Pipeline coaster opens May 27 with previews starting May 12
SeaWorld Orlando‘s annual passholders will get their first rides aboard Pipeline roller coaster starting May 12, the theme park announced Monday. The previews will be rolled out in phases, determined by the level of annual pass. The coaster’s opening day, when it becomes available to the general public, will be May 27, according to the SeaWorld website and a video released on social media Monday morning.
Only people with platinum level passes will be able to ride Pipeline May 12-15. Then gold level passes are added May 18-20. Silver passholders join the previous groups May 21-23, then bronze May 23-25. On May 26, Fun Card owners round out the previews.
The park touts Pipeline as a “surfing” coaster. Passengers will not be seated but will instead be standing on the surfboard-inspired ride vehicle with over-the-shoulder harnesses. There’s an inversion and multiple moments of airtime involved.
Pipeline, located between Bayside Stadium and the front entrance of the park, tops out at 60 mph, and its highest hill is 110 feet. The ride’s rail is 2,950 feet. Visitors must be at least 54 inches tall to ride.
It will be SeaWorld’s seventh coaster in operation and the first to debut there since Ice Breaker in February 2022.
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