Steel Eel
| Steel Eel | |
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| SeaWorld San Antonio | |
| Coordinates | 29°27′19″N 98°41′46″W / 29.45528°N 98.69611°WCoordinates: 29°27′19″N 98°41′46″W / 29.45528°N 98.69611°W |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | March 6, 1999 |
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| Type | Steel |
| Manufacturer | D. H. Morgan Manufacturing |
| Designer | Steve Okamoto |
| Model | Custom |
| Track layout | Out and Back |
| Lift/launch system | Chain |
| Height | 150 ft (46 m) |
| Drop | 150 ft (46 m) |
| Length | 3,700 ft (1,100 m) |
| Speed | 65 mph (105 km/h) |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Duration | 1:40 |
| Max vertical angle | 60° |
| Capacity | 1200 riders per hour |
| G-force | 3.5 |
| Height restriction | 48 in (122 cm) |
| Trains | 2 trains with 6 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 3 rows for a total of 36 riders per train. |
 Quick Queue available | |
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Steel Eel at RCDB Pictures of Steel Eel at RCDB | |
Steel Eel is a custom roller coaster built by D. H. Morgan Manufacturing. At a height of 150 feet, Steel Eel is the tallest roller coaster at SeaWorld San Antonio and was the second coaster built by SeaWorld, following The Great White (1997), after new management felt the park needed to offer more thrilling rides. Steel Eel had to be custom built to fit along the slim area beside the lake and utilizes a simple lapbar and seatbelt restraint system. Key elements of Steel Eel include two hills after the lift hill with a small valley between the two and a diving dogleg turn and triple humpback hills after its mid-course brake run. With a paint scheme consisting of bright yellow track and teal-green supports, it has become a permanent staple in the park's skyline. It is first Morgan coaster to deviate from a general cookiecutter design embodied by Cedar Fair for their three out and back hypercoasters: Wild Thing, Mamba, and Steel Force. Superman: El Ultimo Escape at Six Flags Mexico, built a couple seasons after Steel Eel, shares more design cues with Steel Eel than any other Morgan coaster.