Texas Stingray at SeaWorld San Antonio
Floaty hillsmiddle to back rows, riders say Smooth for a wooden rideriders rate it 8.8 of 10

SeaWorld San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas

Texas Stingray

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What riders love
  • A fast paced course full of lots of little airtime pops, including some nice sideways ones.
  • There is also an abundance of solid airtime and laterals throughout the ride, with awesome elements that can't really be found on other GCI's such as a large twisted hill and wave turn.
  • The first drop is a straight drop and provides a great sustained flojecter moment.
  • The pacing is great and riding this thing in August, it absolutely rips through the whole ride with no mid-course brake run.
  • Feels floaty and fast in the middle to back rows, but man does Texas Stingray RIP through its coarse in the front row.
  • I love the way the ride kicks into high gear during the second half.
  • Pure fun with everyone smiling getting off the ride.
  • I screamed the whole time. I had fun!
  • Ps I rode this ten times during my visit and my first three rides I didn’t even have to get off of my seat.
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Performance

Vs. other coasters at SeaWorld San Antonio

Feels floaty and fast in the middle to back rows, but man does Texas Stingray RIP through its coarse in the front row.

Bifflesaurus

This ride is top 5 sea world ride the pace and the airtime is crazy but I know SeaWorld rides don’t have theming but where it’s located inside the park it looks bad.

Alex Arguelles

It was much longer than I was expecting but it was extremely intense, fast, and I got some good Airtime.

Connor Malone

The first drop is a straight drop and provides a great sustained flojecter moment.

coaster land

Not the most airtime centric of rides if that’s your thing and it was only running one train, but it’s the star ride at SeaWorld San Antonio

Nathan F

Texas Stingray is fast and full of thrills but is not rough, a challenging feat for a wooden coaster.

Taylor S.

Layout is uninspired has really nice banking and laterals and surprisingly smooth for a woody.

Coasters and Christ

Compared to my first, Judge Roy Scream at Six Flags Over Texas, Stingray is very smooth.

Your Coaster Friend

...hauls through it’s layout I love the airtime moments and it’s very intense and perfectly smooth for a wooden coaster I don’t have any major complaints this is one of the greatest coasters I have...

David F.

Both of them actually have been getting really shaky even in some of the front cars.

Dylan JM

I got beat up, especially near the end.

Connor Malone

This ride is one of the greatest gci coasters I’ve ridden, it is fast, intense, and relentless.

coaster land

The low, high speed maneuvers leading to the finale are both thrilling and intense.

thomas stanley

It throws you around and has some great elements, like the higher intensity turns.

Your Coaster Friend

...2023 but Texas Stingray absolutely hauls through it’s layout I love the airtime moments and it’s very intense and perfectly smooth for a wooden coaster I don’t have any major complaints this is one of...

David F.

And oh my gosh, the intensity is absolutely insane on that banking.

Coasters and Christ

The pacing is great and riding this thing in August, it absolutely rips through the whole ride with no mid-course brake run.

Nick W.

it’s like it never slows down during most elements and the hills and first drop have quite a bit of pull to them

CSX Railfan

A fast paced course full of lots of little airtime pops, including some nice sideways ones.

Tobin Billings

...start talking about how insane this ride is until late 2023 but Texas Stingray absolutely hauls through it’s layout I love the airtime moments and it’s very intense and perfectly smooth for a...

David F.

You then rip over a speed hill that gives some decent floater airtime and haul around the far turn.

Canobie Coaster

It really hauls at night, has a great layout, and is very smooth!

@EagleRyan14

Best part was there was literally no wait times.

John Ennis

Only minor negative is I have never seen it run with more then one train even on busy days.

Nick W.

Texas Stingray started with one train, so the line moved at a snail’s pace especially since only half the rows were in use due to covid.

Canobie Coaster

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Specifications

96 ftHeight
150 Steel Eel 108 GreatWhite 100 Journey toAtlantis 96 TexasStingray 61 WaveBreaker:The Rescue
100 ftFirst drop
150 Steel Eel 100 TexasStingray 81 GreatWhite 58 WaveBreaker:The Rescue
55 mphTop speed
Steel Eel65 Texas Stingray55 Great White50 Journey toAtlantis50 Wave Breaker:The Rescue Co…44 065 mph
57°Drop angle
60°Steel Eel57°TexasStingraydashed line: straight down, 90°
0Inversions

What riders say

Praised for

Rider favouriteFeels fastStrong airtimeSmooth rideShort waitsFloaty airtime

Criticised for

Weak theming

This ride blew away my expectations of it in an amazing way and imo is the best in the whole state and better than irat (hot take ik).

Jackson Kitchens, Captain Coaster review

I always look forward to riding GCIs, but this one disappointed me a bit.

Coaster Nut, Captain Coaster review

Texas Stingray is fast and full of thrills but is not rough, a challenging feat for a wooden coaster.

Taylor S., review

I got 2 back-row rides, and there was flowjector on almost every hill.

Erik C., Captain Coaster review

The sense of speed is top notch and kept throughout the ride.

Carter Eckhart, Captain Coaster review

Fantastic layout and pacing! Feels floaty and fast in the middle to back rows, but man does Texas Stingray RIP through its coarse in the front row.

Bifflesaurus, Captain Coaster review

Photos

Texas Stingray at SeaWorld San Antonio
SeaWorld San Antonio, Public domain
Texas Stingray at SeaWorld San Antonio
Wacky Windjammer, CC BY-SA 4.0
Texas Stingray at SeaWorld San Antonio
Wacky Windjammer, CC BY-SA 4.0

3 photographs. Swipe or drag sideways.

Planning your ride

History and awards

February 22, 2020Opened

Built by Great Coasters International, designed by Skyline Design, LLC..

Golden Ticket Awards, top wood coaster: ranked in 6 polls, 2021 to 2026

45th2021, its first poll
26th2024, its best placing
26th2026, most recent

Sources

Restraint types: Captain Coaster. History, incidents and awards: Wikipedia. Specifications and status: Coasterpedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. From the park and maker: SeaWorld San Antonio guide. Also read: Captain Coaster (converted to feet and mph). Rider sentiment and performance scores: rider reviews on Captain Coaster, roadtrippers.com, youtube.com, read and scored by AirtimeFever.

Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: Wacky Windjammer (CC BY-SA 4.0), SeaWorld San Antonio (Public domain). Video thumbnails remain the property of their channels and link back to them.

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What riders love, by theme (themes in the order riders pick them most on Captain Coaster): Erik C., rider review on Captain Coaster: “I got 2 back-row rides, and there was flowjector…”; Tobin Billings, rider review on Captain Coaster: “A fast paced course full of lots of little…”; Carter Eckhart, rider review on Captain Coaster: “There is also an abundance of solid airtime and…”; coaster land, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The first drop is a straight drop and provides…”; CSX Railfan, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The pacing on this is out of this world!”; Nick W., rider review on Captain Coaster: “The pacing is great and riding this thing in…”; Bifflesaurus, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Feels floaty and fast in the middle to back…”; thomas stanley, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I love the way the ride kicks into high…”; Carter Eckhart, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Overall Texas Stingray is a very fun and out…”; Nick W., rider review on Captain Coaster: “Pure fun with everyone smiling getting off the ride.”; Jeremiah G., rider review on roadtrippers.com: “I screamed the whole time. I had fun!”; Cali Thoosie, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Ps I rode this ten times during my visit…”.

The photo slider at the top and the fading stills: Coliwood Studios's back row POV, Texas Stingray Back Row POV [5K] | SeaWorld San Antonio 2025 (YouTube), and the page's Wikimedia Commons photographs.