The Thrillseeker was a

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located at Sea World on the Gold Coast, Queensland,

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. Designed by S.D.C., the

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model opened to the public in 1982. The ride is now a traveling roller coaster owned by Shorts Amusements of Victoria known as Taipan.

History

In 1982, Sea World opened the park's first roller coaster, the ''Wild Wave Rollercoaster'', along with the '' Pirate Ship'' and ''

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''. The ''Wild Wave Rollercoaster'' was later renamed to the ''Thrillseeker''. In May 2002, the Thrillseeker was closed and removed from Sea World. It now operates as a traveling roller coaster owned by Shorts Amusements of Victoria, known as Taipan. Following the ride's removal, proposals were made for the area it once occupied. These included a seal exhibit named Seal Rocks and a hippopotamus attraction was proposed for the site. From 2006 to 2008 the site was home to the temporary Sea World Eye. In September 2008, work began on the site for a yet-to-be-named ray exhibit. By October, the name of the exhibit was announced to be

Ray Reef ''Ray Reef'' is a ray exhibit located at the Sea World theme park on the Gold Coast, Australia. The exhibit opened on 14 January 2009. History Following the closure and removal of the Thrillseeker roller coaster in May 2002, several propo ...

. It was originally scheduled that the exhibit would open on Boxing Day 2008 (26 December 2008), however, a number of delays forced it to open on 14 January 2009.

Ride

The Thrillseeker had a track length of , with a ride time of two minutes and a maximum speed of . The track is

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, and the trains consist of two four-seat cars per train, for a train capacity of 8 passengers. The ride began with the right turn out of the station. After ascending the chain lift hill riders were sent in a course of quick dips and spiralling helixes.

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* Roller coasters in Australia Roller coasters operated by Village Roadshow Theme Parks 1982 establishments in Australia 2002 disestablishments in Australia {{amusement-ride-stub