It doesn’t get much more intense than SheiKra. When built in 2005, it was the nation’s first dive coaster, taking riders up 200 feet before sending them down a 90-degree drop. It is also one of the fastest in Florida, reaching a top speed of 70 mph. For the ultra-daring, opt to ride in the first row — you get the full effect of the big drop.
Opened: 2005
Track: Standard steel
Designer: Bolliger and Mabillard
Duration: 3:00
Train/car capacity: 24 passengers
Top speed: 70 mph
Inversions: 1
Max height: 200 feet
Total distance: 3,188 feet
Ride Height Limit: 54 inches
Theme: Diving for prey like an African hawk, this is the nation’s first dive coaster, converted to floorless in 2007.
Theme Park Rangers rating: 4.9
More Roller Coasters:
Disney: Big Thunder Mountain Railroad | Expedition Everest | Goofy’s Barnstormer | Primeval Whirl | Rock ‘n Roller Coaster | Seven Dwarfs Mine Train | Space Mountain
Universal: Dragon Challenge | Flight of the Hippogriff | Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit | Incredible Hulk | Pteranodon flyers | Revenge of the Mummy | Woody Woodpecker’s Nuthouse
SeaWorld: Journey to Atlantis | Kraken | Mako | Manta | Shamu Express
Legoland: Coastersaurus | Dragon | Flying School | Lego Technic Test Track
Busch Gardens: Air Grover | Cheetah Hunt | Cobra’s Curse | Kumba | Sand Serpent | Scorpion | SheiKra
