What is a Water Roller Coaster?
Water coasters have effectively blurred the line between roller coasters and water rides. In recent years, Mack and other builders have constructed several water coasters around the U.S. and the World. Water coasters are typically steel coasters with large boat-like cars (reminiscent of log flumes) and water splash sections. They add a new level of fun for riders combining the dips and turns of a coaster on a steel track with the plunge and splash of a water ride.
Notable water coasters include the Journey to Atlantis rides at SeaWorld Orlando, SeaWorld San Antonio, and SeaWorld San Diego. A few international examples include Poseidon at Europa Park in Germany and Vliegende Hollander at Efteling in the Netherlands.
Check out this video of Journey to Atlantis at SeaWorld San Antonio:
Ever ridden a water coaster? What’d you think? Leave a comment below. Also, you can get the lowdown on floorless, dive, hyper coasters and more in my Coasterology 101 posts. Photo courtesy of CoasterImage.