| The Great White | |
| Logodimensions: | 130px |
| Imagedimensions: | 250px |
| Location: | SeaWorld San Antonio |
| Type: | Steel |
| Type2: | Inverted |
| Status: | Operating |
| Opened: | February 1997 |
| Year: | 1997 |
| Manufacturer: | Bolliger & Mabillard |
| Designer: | Werner Stengel |
| Model: | Inverted Coaster - Batman |
| Lift: | Chain lift hill |
| Height Ft: | 108 |
| Drop Ft: | 81.2 |
| Length Ft: | 2562 |
| Speed Mph: | 50 |
| Inversions: | 5 |
| Duration: | 2:00 |
| Capacity: | 1400 |
| Gforce: | 4.6 |
| Restriction In: | 54 |
| Trains: | 2 |
| Carspertrain: | 8 |
| Rowspercar: | 1 |
| Ridersperrow: | 4 |
| Rcdb Number: | 278 |
| Virtual Queue Name: | Quick Queue |
| Virtual Queue Image: | Quick Queue availability logo.svg |
| Virtual Queue Status: | available |
The Great White is a steel inverted roller coaster at SeaWorld San Antonio,[1] and the first roller coaster to be built at a SeaWorld park. It is not only the first inverted roller coaster in Texas, but also the first one in the state to be built by Bolliger & Mabillard.[2]
Despite its shortened track length, The Great White follows an identical ride layout as the Batman the Ride coasters at numerous Six Flags parks. At 2,562 feet (about 150 shorter than Batman's 2,693 foot layout), the coaster doesn't allow riders as much time to "recuperate" between inversions, consequently offering an extreme, forceful ride experience. Furthermore, The Great White sits lower to the ground, often deceiving its riders with elements such as "foot-choppers" as there are many trees and shrubs surrounding the coaster's track. The Great White is sometimes considered to be more intense than its Six Flags' cousin because of its added 8th row (Goliath has only seven rows per train) and shorter track length (2,562 feet, compared to Goliath's 2,700 feet. Its layout consists of the following inversions:
When The Great White opened, its queue line wrapped around a large-scale shark aquarium, similar to the manta aquariums found in SeaWorld Orlando's eponymous flying coaster Manta, opened in 2009. Unlike Manta, however, The Great White did not offer separate entrances for riders and non-riders to view its aquarium exhibit. The display was later removed. SeaWorld San Antonio's shark exhibit was relocated to Discovery Point's 450,000 gallon Explorer's Reef aquarium, which additionally offers Shark Tours.