![]() The last time we were at the park he was too short to ride any of the park’s big coasters and empathized with younger thrill seekers looking for attractions at SeaWorld that could cater to their needs. ![]() Zach in particular was surprised to see the change since he had been following this coaster since it was announced. When we approached the station in the early evening, we noticed the 54” height restriction, and since we had not yet heard about the change, we were pretty shocked. It was probably for the best, because it appeared that the coaster was experiencing intermittent downtime throughout the day. ![]() Since we didn’t arrive to SeaWorld until later in the day on Sunday of President’s Day Weekend, we wanted to avoid long lines and chose to hold off on experiencing Ice Breaker until later in the evening. It appears that the restraints do not adequately secure smaller riders (or larger riders for that matter), and the park suddenly increased the height restriction in response to the incidents “out of an abundance of caution.” Whether SeaWorld and Premier will eventually make modifications to the restrains to address these issues is unclear, but this change definitely undermines SeaWorld’s goal in installing this coaster. Rumors and online speculation indicate that the park raised the height requirement after pass member previews in response to incidents that occurred during the soft opening period. Unfortunately, all the promise and hope for Ice Breaker’s billing as a family coaster was dashed when the park increased the attraction’s height restriction to 52 54 inches (*corrected) just before it made its public debut over President’s Day Weekend, when we arrived in Orlando to try it out for the first time. Adding a launching coaster would round out the park’s collection, and designing a coaster accessible to younger guests would help draw more families to SeaWorld as they try to compete with industry leaders Universal Orlando and Walt Disney World. ![]()
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