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SeaWorld San Antonio

Every attraction at SeaWorld San Antonio

All 7 operating attractions, shows, and experiences — with height, intensity, scare factor, and line-skip passes status for each. Sort any column.

  • Attractions7
  • No height limit4
  • Height limits3
  • Lands3
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AttractionLandTypeHeightIntensityScareline-skip passes
Iron RattlerCrackaxle Canyon (quarry coaster cluster)Roller coaster48"Intense3/5Line-skip
The Great WhiteThe Waterfront (shows and steel)Roller coaster54"Intense3/5Line-skip
Steel EelThe Waterfront (shows and steel)Roller coaster48"Moderate2/5Line-skip
Wave Breaker: The Rescue CoasterThe Waterfront (shows and steel)Roller coasterAnyGentle1/5Line-skip
Rio LocoCrackaxle Canyon (quarry coaster cluster)Water rideAnyGentle1/5Standby
Shamu ExpressEntrance PlazaRoller coasterAnyVery gentle1/5Standby
Orca EncounterThe Waterfront (shows and steel)Animal experienceAnyVery gentle1/5Standby

Last verified July 2026

1 attraction

Entrance Plaza

The entry cluster — guest services, the park's orientation, and the first animal exhibits.

Shamu Express

Any height

Roller coaster · 1½ min

The kid coaster at the entrance — small, themed, and the first credit for the park's youngest visitors.

Shamu Express is the park's kid coaster: a small themed circuit near the entrance plaza that exists to be someone's first roller coaster. It does that job completely.

Tips for Shamu Express
  • The queue is short and the re-ride requests frequent — budget accordingly.
  • The natural pairing with the entrance exhibits in the first hour.
  • The parents' seat is the back row — you can see the whole circuit and exit with dignity.

Everything in Entrance Plaza

2 attractions

Crackaxle Canyon (quarry coaster cluster)

The quarry-edge cluster — Iron Rattler diving the canyon walls, with the park's biggest thrills concentrated at the pit.

Iron Rattler

48"122cm

Roller coaster · 2 min · Line-skip

The quarry hybrid — an 81-degree dive off real limestone walls with an inversion and a tunnel, one of the best coasters in Texas.

Iron Rattler is the Rocky Mountain Construction hybrid built onto the bones of the Rattler, the 1992 wooden coaster that rode the park's quarry walls. The 2013 conversion kept the setting — the only coaster in America diving off genuine rock — and replaced everything else: steel track, a steeper drop, an inversion, and the tunnel at the pit's floor.

Tips for Iron Rattler
  • Rope-drop it — the queue is the park's longest and unshaded.
  • Back car for airtime, front for the quarry drop; both are mandatory on a full visit.
  • Time re-rides against the stadium shows, when the queue dips.

Full guide to Iron Rattler →

Rio Loco

Any height

Water ride · 5 min

The canyon rapids — a classic soak ride wrapping the quarry edge, the park's non-water-park water fix.

Rio Loco is the rapids ride: circular rafts through canyon-channel rapids with the park's most democratic soaking — nobody chooses, everybody rotates into the wave. In Texas heat it is a feature; in March it is a dare.

Tips for Rio Loco
  • The soak is rotation-based — no safe seat exists.
  • Afternoon heat is the correct window; the dry-off is the sun.
  • The waterfall near the end is optional in spirit and mandatory in practice — it knows where you sit.

Everything in Crackaxle Canyon (quarry coaster cluster)

4 attractions

The Waterfront (shows and steel)

The lake-side spine — the orca habitat, the stadium, and the steel coasters that circle it.

The Great White

54"137cm

Roller coaster · 2 min · Line-skip

The B&M invert — five inversions in the Batman-clone lineage, the park's pure looper.

The Great White is a B&M inverted coaster of the generation that cloned nationwide: vertical loop, zero-g roll, corkscrews and helixes at relentless pace. It has run since 1997 and remains the park's purest inversion package.

Tips for The Great White
  • Front row for the flight feel; the invert format rewards the lead car.
  • Ride in the first hour with the steel loop.
  • The zero-g roll is the smoothest inversion — a good place to test whether inversions are for you.

Steel Eel

48"122cm

Roller coaster · 2 min · Line-skip

The airtime coaster — a 150-foot first drop and a chain of floating hills, the park's most re-rideable steel.

Steel Eel is a Morgan hyper-style coaster: one big lift, one big drop, and a course that spends its speed on airtime hills rather than inversions. It is the park's friendly giant — 48-inch bar, lap-bar restraints, and float that families ride five times.

Tips for Steel Eel
  • Back car for the airtime — the hills amplify rearward.
  • The re-ride champion: cycle laps in the morning lull.
  • Ride at dusk; the floating hills read best in the golden light.

Wave Breaker: The Rescue Coaster

Any height

Roller coaster · 1½ min · Line-skip

The jet-ski rescue launch coaster — straddle seats, two launches around the waterfront lagoon, the family graduation ride.

Wave Breaker is the park's family launch coaster: riders straddle jet-ski-style seats and launch around the waterfront lagoon on a rescue-themed course. The format gives younger riders the solo-seat feel of a bigger coaster at family forces.

Tips for Wave Breaker: The Rescue Coaster
  • The second launch is the stronger one — brief the small riders.
  • Pairs with the family flats for the pre-48 hour.
  • The launch tunnel's sound effect is half the ride — ride with ears open the first time.

Orca Encounter

Any height

Animal experience · 25 min

The park's signature orca presentation — education-framed, splash-zoned, and the schedule anchor of the visit.

Orca Encounter is the San Antonio version of the park's signature presentation: orcas in the waterfront stadium with education-centered narration in the post-theatrical-show era. The schedule shapes the day — coaster queues dip during presentations.

Tips for Orca Encounter
  • Photograph the schedule at entry and build the ride windows around it.
  • Front rows soak; plan the seat to the appetite.
  • Arrive early for seat choice.

Everything in The Waterfront (shows and steel)

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