Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/SheiKra

SheiKra
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 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/July 5, 2013 by BencherliteTalk 21:07, 18 June 2013‎ (UTC)



SheiKra is a steel Dive Coaster roller coaster at the Busch Gardens Tampa Bay amusement park in Tampa, Florida, United States. Manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard, the roller coaster firm and park executives created the ride which was planned to reach a height of approximately 160 ft, but was later changed to 200 ft. The coaster also reaches a maximum speed of 70 mph, and has a total track length of 3188 ft. Also, SheiKra was not only the first Dive Coaster to be built in North America, but the first of its kind to feature a vertical drop, a splashdown and an Immelmann loop. Construction began Spring 2004 and was completed a year later. The roller coaster opened on May 21, 2005 breaking several records becoming the longest, tallest, and fastest Dive Coaster in the world, though it no longer holds any. Also, the roller coaster initially used trains with floors; however, in 2007 SheiKra was converted to use floorless trains. In 2012, the roller coaster was voted the 30th-best steel roller coaster during Amusement Today's annual Golden Ticket Awards.

1 Point: I have never had an article featured as Today's Featured Article. 1 Point: Diversity 2 Points: No similar article has been featured on the main page in the past 6 months. -- Dom497 ( talk ) 00:29, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Support, high quality article. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 01:01, 17 June 2013 (UTC)