Sea Stallion. You ride. You decide. You win.
Maurer Rides delivers the Spike Coaster "Sea Stallion" as an interactive roller coaster for Six Flags Qiddiya City, Saudi Arabia
Munich / Qiddiya, March 2026 – With the grand opening of Six Flags Qiddiya City on December 31, 2025, Maurer Rides has reached another significant milestone: the Spike Coaster "Sea Stallion" has been thrilling visitors from around the world ever since – as an interactive roller coaster.
A World Record Among Sand and Water
Six Flags Qiddiya City is part of the vast megaproject Qiddiya City, which has been developed in the heart of the Tuwaiq Mountains, approximately 40 minutes from Riyadh. As a partnership between the Qiddiya Investment Company and Six Flags Entertainment, the park brings together entertainment, sport, and culture across six themed areas in an unprecedented way.
Sea Stallion is located in the "Discovery Springs" themed area – a zone that stages the relationship between desert and sea. The attraction embodies the fusion of the elements of earth and water: riders experience a wild journey through a magical land filled with waterfalls, caves, and geysers.
Technical Innovation: The Möbius Principle and Interactive Control
What sets the Sea Stallion apart from every other roller coaster in the world is the interplay of two technical features.
• Möbius layout for dueling experiences: On a single track stretching 510 meters, the clever Möbius loop creates parallel riding situations – vehicles duel, overtake, and encounter each other in breathtaking moments. The dueling concept was deliberately realized with a single track at the request of Six Flags Qiddiya City.
• Interactive speed control & boost button: Riders in the front seat control how fast their vehicle travels – and can trigger additional thrust using the boost button. This makes every ride a unique, competition-driven experience.
• Terrain integration & water world interaction: The ground-hugging layout weaves the roller coaster attraction together with the adjacent water ride, creates tunnel sequences, and stages the natural landscape as an integral part of the riding experience.
"The special challenge in designing the coaster was to develop a layout that incorporates the terrain and the adjacent water attraction, offering visitors an exciting and varied elemental experience. The idea of realizing the dueling feature with just a single track via the Möbius loop gave us the perfect opportunity to take full advantage of the Spike's extraordinary characteristics."
Torsten Schmidt, Designer, Maurer Rides
Maurer Rides: 150 years of engineering excellence, a revolutionary technology
Maurer has been developing innovative solutions since 1876 and has been manufacturing roller coasters and rail-based transport systems since 1992. The Sea Stallion is the latest highlight of our SPIKE® Coaster technology – the world's only system of rider-controlled powered coasters. Since its first installation in 2017, the SPIKE family has expanded to eight installations worldwide, including the award-winning BOLT: Ultimate Sea Coaster on Carnival Cruise Line ships, which has been named Best Ship Feature of the Year five times in a row.
With the Sea Stallion in Qiddiya City and the world's first interactive looping coaster, “MASTER THE LOOP,” which we presented at IAAPA 2025, the boundaries of what is possible in roller coaster construction are shifting.
A milestone for theme park tourism in Saudi Arabia
Six Flags Qiddiya City is more than just an amusement park: it is a symbol of Saudi Arabia's vision to become a global entertainment destination. With 28 attractions across six themed areas, the park sets new international standards.
The Sea Stallion is not just a competitor to the giants, but the centerpiece of the Discovery Springs adventure area, proving that roller coasters don't have to be the tallest and fastest in the world to be unforgettable. They have to evoke emotions, actively engage visitors, and tell a story.
Special features
- Automatic station cooling for the vehicles
- Dueling start thanks to Möbius layout
- Interaction with the water track
- Ground-level integration, playing with the elements, tunnels, water
- Lots of action, as there are always 8 vehicles on the track
- Interactive speed control
Technical details
- Vehicle type: Spike Racing Coaster
- Passengers per vehicle: 2
- Dimensions: 80 m x 80 m (262 ft x 262 ft)
- Track length: 510 m (1673 ft)
- Height: 12 m (39 ft)
- Number of vehicles: 8
- Capacity: 620 pph
- Ride time: 62.8 s
- Station: continous
- Interactivity: speed control +boost
- Torque: 1050 Nm
- Acceleration: max. 1.2 g
- Max. speed: 70 km/h (44 mph)