Carnival Cruise Line unveils next rollercoaster at sea

Currently at Meyer Werft in Germany, where the ship is under construction, the roller coaster’s 244-m track is being installed on Deck 19. The installation is expected to be complete next month and test runs are scheduled for October. Once complete, the track will carry two all-electric, two-person cars. The riders control the speed of the car, up to 64 km per hour, through drops, twists and turns 57 m above the water line.

BOLT is the centerpiece of Ultimate Playground on Carnival’s three Excel-class ships, and is proving extremely popular on the first two. “More than 150,000 guests have experienced the exhilaration of riding the only roller coasters at sea on Carnival Jubilee’s sister ships Mardi Gras and Carnival Celebration,” said Carnival Cruise Line in a statement.

BOLT is manufactured by Maurer Rides in Munich, Germany and its initial iteration became the first roller coaster at sea in 2021 with the debut of Mardi Gras. It has several accolades, including an engineering award from Popular Science magazine.