Parkz News Sea World's Sea Viper closes after 32 years

[pin142]

They should have placed it where the infamous gate is. With the gate still closed of course.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

^Spotty I think he means the old coaster train - he thought the old coaster train was stored there...

[T-bone]

Very interesting to see the red train parked in the old station. Now, my question is where did the other 2 engines that the park had under the sea viper go to?

[erikals]

 

So is that the old train? I thought the Arrow trains were stored underneath the Sea Viper. Still that's pretty cool.

 

Wonder where the Arrow trains went? Probably sold

If I had had any money at the time I would have bought the entire train. Not sure what I would have done with it as I have no track to run it on. Could think of many things to do with old roller coaster cars, including one of my pet projects where I would have converted one into a petrol powered go-kart, not as fast as the stripped down racing equivalents but with plenty of grunt to get from A to B.

[rappa]

They are the same trains. It's just the fiberglass shells that got tossed

[JeffreyMoore]

Very interesting to see the red train parked in the old station. Now, my question is where did the other 2 engines that the park had under the sea viper go to?

most likely to the disused harf the LTRR building that seems to be the storage shed for the 3 parks at the moment anyway

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

I can say I haven't seen the shells in the LTRR building. Rappa says they were tossed... perhaps they were? (I know many who would have liked to have picked up at least the front car...

[Jay Jay The Jet Plane]

I'm interested if the ride is now gone.. Is it officially demolished?

[Brad2912]

What ride? Sea Viper? Gonskis

[Gary86]

Went past Sea World today. The Sea Viper site is completely cleared, not a single piece left. It was very weird going past Sea World with that rollercoaster gone. I hope they build a new one soon. No work is currently happening on site.

[Brad2912]

Won't be this year that's pretty certain

[themagician]

Sea World update, photo source: The Theme Park Social Network

The Sea Viper has been completely demolished now. All that lays there now is a large open space:

The upper section of the bridge is now gone. It now makes the space look a lot more cleaner and open:

The pathway where the train line crossed has been re-laid:

Other sections of pathway are having some work done to them:

[Reanimated35]

I hope they cover the rest of the train track too. Even just some dirt over the track to bury it and let the grass/garden grow over. Otherwise it just looks too patchy.

[themagician]

The Sea Viper has been completely demolished now. All that lays there now is a large open space:

Here are those photos:

[mba2012]

That just looks so wrong...

[lolman123]

Holy shit that is so sad to see. on the bright side there is a lot of space that SeaWorld can use to put another great ride/attraction.

[XxMrYoshixX]

Here are those photos:

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There goes my childhood. I just hope they get some sort of plaque to remember the ride...

[pin142]

Looking at those last two photos it must have been a really dark day when they visited the park!

Will say it is going to be weird next time I visit not seeing Cork Viper there.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

^What about Sea Screw? (come to think of it - thats even better)

[pin142]

Why not Sea Cork Viper Screw? Although any name that has "screw" in it can become more interesting quite quickly.

[Slick]

Screw that name all the way out to sea.

[lolman123]

^ amazing.

[Flea]

Still no work to report on the site as of today. FWIW though I actually think the skyline of the park looks better now. Hated the orange. Picture perfect day may have helped but the park in general (landscaping/environment) is looking spectacular.

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

Thanks for the update Flea. I don't think many of us were expecting 'instant' work to begin on the site for anything else, but i'm glad they've tidied it up.

If it's going to sit there a while, it'd be nice if the park would spent a bit on it - some turf, tables and chairs or picnic type umbrellas or the like - take some of the pressure off the main "eating area" for seating, especially for families that brought their own lunch.

Hell - even if they put up a volleyball net, or a "water wars" slingshot attraction (upcharge$!)... just something to fill the void so it doesn't look like so much vacant space... until they're ready to build again.

Of course it depends on the timeline - but if it's there for 12 months, they should improvise in the meantime.

[Flea]

Totally agree. Would be quite nice actually. It'd be a shame if the construction fencing remained for months.