NewsPlusNotes: SeaWorld San Antonio Announces Tidal Surge For Park's 2022 Season

Tuesday, August 24, 2021

SeaWorld San Antonio Announces Tidal Surge For Park's 2022 Season

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SeaWorld San Antonio has announced the addition of Tidal Surge, the world's tallest and fastest Screaming Swing ride, for the park's 2022 season. The record breaker will take guests swinging out and over the park's waterski lake, giving them wide angle views of the park below them. The new attraction is scheduled to open in the Spring of 2022.

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Tidal Surge is meant to give riders a sensation of flying as they swing back and forth on carriages each seating 20 riders, their legs dangling freely below them. The ride is one of S&S Sensai's Screamin' Swings, though this one will be the largest that has been built to date. Each of the ride's two arms will swing higher and higher as the ride progresses, eventually lifting riders to a height of 135 feet. A lot of momentum is needed to raise the arms to that height, and Tidal Surge will maximize that by hitting speeds of up to 68 miles per hour.

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At the top of each swing arc (riders are seated back to back and as such both swing both forwards and backwards) riders will experience a moment of airtime before changing direction. In total each arm will travel a total of 230 degrees and the main structure itself will stand 105 feet tall. The ride's supports will be fittingly themed to the ocean, with a purple structure covered in decorative underwater plants.

SeaWorld San Antonio notes that this is a major addition to their thrill ride portfolio, which already includes four roller coasters, "two animal rescue adventure experiences and a fun-fulled family coaster." For more information, check out SeaWorld San Antonio's Tidal Surge webpage.

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