Penguin Trek
Penguin Trek is a family launched roller coaster located at SeaWorld Orlando in Orlando, Florida, United States. The ride is manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard and features both indoor and outdoor sections, providing an experience simulating an Antarctic snowmobile expedition.
History
was a motion-based dark ride that ran from May 2013 to March 2020, billed at the time as the largest attraction of its kind at any United Parks & Resorts theme park. The ride was temporarily closed alongside SeaWorld Orlando due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but failed to reopen with the park; the adjacent penguin exhibit stayed available on its own.Construction walls and survey markers first went up around the Antarctica show building in December 2022. SeaWorld Orlando filed further permits in February 2023, calling for building modifications as part of what then became referred to as Project Toboggan. Work on the attraction’s foundations commenced outdoors in July, with the first pieces of coaster track arriving later that month from Clermont Steel Fabricators in Batavia, Ohio. The final track piece was officially lifted into place on January 30, 2024. Work then shifted towards constructing of the sets indoors, making up the queue, station, and first portion of the coaster.
SeaWorld Orlando officially announced Penguin Trek on September 28, 2023, later revealing one of its lead cars on display at IAAPA Expo Orlando on November 14, 2023. The trains began testing for the first time at the end of April 2024, and the surrounding Antarctica precinct was opened to the public on May 25. Penguin Trek officially held its grand opening on July 7, 2024, featuring Puck The Penguin – the mascot of the former Antarctica attraction – and a contingent of children from Scouts of America in attendance.