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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]
| Super Grover's Box Car Derby | |
|---|---|
| SeaWorld San Antonio | |
| Coordinates | 29°27′30″N 98°41′59″W / 29.4584°N 98.6998°W |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | April 4, 2004 (as Shamu Express) 2019 (as Super Grover's Box Car Derby) |
| Closing date | January 6, 2019 (as Shamu Express) |
| SeaWorld Orlando | |
| Park section | Sesame Street Land |
| Coordinates | 28°24′26″N 81°27′47″W / 28.4071°N 81.4631°W |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | May 7, 2006 (as Shamu Express) March 27, 2019 (as Super Grover's Box Car Derby) |
| Closing date | April 8, 2018 (as Shamu Express) |
| Sesame Place (San Diego) | |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | March 26, 2022 |
| General statistics | |
| Type | Steel |
| Manufacturer | Zierer |
| Designer | Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH |
| Length | 800 ft (240 m) |
| Speed | 28 mph (45 km/h) |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Trains | Single 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 | |
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 edit
- ^ "Shamu Express - SeaWorld Orlando". Ultimate Roller Coasters. Retrieved October 21, 2018.
- ^ "Shamu Express - SeaWorld Orlando (Orlando, Florida, USA)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved October 21, 2018.
- ^ 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.