Super Grover's Box Car Derby

Three similar SeaWorld roller coasters
29°27′30″N 98°41′59″W / 29.4584°N 98.6998°W / 29.4584; -98.6998StatusOperatingOpening dateApril 4, 2004 (as Shamu Express)
2019 (as Super Grover's Box Car Derby)Closing dateJanuary 6, 2019 (as Shamu Express)SeaWorld OrlandoPark sectionSesame Street LandCoordinates28°24′26″N 81°27′47″W / 28.4071°N 81.4631°W / 28.4071; -81.4631StatusOperatingOpening dateMay 7, 2006 (as Shamu Express)
March 27, 2019 (as Super Grover's Box Car Derby)Closing dateApril 8, 2018 (as Shamu Express)Sesame Place (San Diego)StatusOperatingOpening dateMarch 26, 2022 General statisticsTypeSteelManufacturerZiererDesignerIng.-Büro Stengel GmbHLength800 ft (240 m)Speed28 mph (45 km/h)Inversions0TrainsSingle train with 14 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in a single row for a total of 28 riders per train.
Single rider line Available

Super Grover's Box Car Derby is the name for three similar steel roller coasters at SeaWorld San Antonio and SeaWorld Orlando in the Sesame Street sections of each park, a kid-oriented section, with one newly-built model being located at Sesame Place San Diego. The trains were originally designed to resemble the mascot, Shamu.[1][2]

The Orlando version closed on April 8, 2018, for the retheme of Shamu's Happy Harbor to a Sesame Street themed area.[3] The San Antonio version closed on January 6, 2019 for a retheme. Both versions reopened later in 2019 as Super Grover's Box Car Derby. Another clone of the ride is located at Sesame Place San Diego and opened with the park in March 2022.

References

  1. ^ "Shamu Express - SeaWorld Orlando". Ultimate Roller Coasters. Retrieved October 21, 2018.
  2. ^ "Shamu Express - SeaWorld Orlando (Orlando, Florida, USA)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved October 21, 2018.
  3. ^ Storey, Ken (October 9, 2018). "Ahead of next year's Sesame Street land, SeaWorld announces seven new rides for its Orlando parks". Orlando Weekly. Euclid Media Group. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
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