Alpengeist
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Alpengeist's Immelmann
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Busch Gardens Williamsburg | |
Park section | Germany |
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Status | Operating |
Opening date | March 22, 1997 |
Cost | $20,000,000 USD |
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Type | Steel – Inverted |
Manufacturer | Bolliger & Mabillard |
Designer | Werner Stengel |
Model | Inverted Coaster |
Track layout | Terrain |
Lift/launch system | Chain lift hill |
Height | 195 ft (59 m) |
Drop | 170 ft (52 m) |
Length | 3,828 ft (1,167 m) |
Speed | 67 mph (108 km/h) |
Inversions | 6 |
Duration | 3:10 |
Max vertical angle | 79° |
Capacity | 1820 riders per hour |
G-force | 3.7 |
Height restriction | 54 in (137 cm) |
Trains | 3 trains with 8 cars. Riders are arranged 4 across in a single row for a total of 32 riders per train. |
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Alpengeist is a Bolliger & Mabillard inverted roller coaster at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. Alpengeist has an Alpine mountain region theme. The name "Alpengeist" is German for "Ghost of the Alps" or "Alps Spirit" and the ride is themed to a runaway ski lift. Since it opened in 1997, Alpengeist has been the world's tallest complete circuit inverted coaster.[1][2]
Ride experience
Upon exiting the station, the floor drops beneath the riders feet and the train climbs the 195-foot-tall chain lift[3] after hearing the send-off recording "Thank you and enjoy your avalanche of adventure on Alpengeist!" The train drops to the right down a 170-foot drop, going past The Land of The Dragons, hitting 67 miles per hour.[3] Following the drop, the train rises through an Immelmann loop, followed by a 106-foot vertical loop. The train then races through a wooden tunnel, which until recent years, had cameras for an on-ride photo (it has since been removed due to the two inside seats not being clear in the photos). This is followed by a cobra roll over the Rhine River, adjacent to the Loch Ness Monster and Griffon. The train goes around a gradually rising turn, then hits the midcourse brake run. Off the midcourse brakes, the train drops and goes through a zero g roll alongside the Le Scoot log flume. There is a short section of straight track close to ground level before the train goes through a corkscrew. After a counterclockwise helix, the train hits the final brake run and returns to the station.
Ride elements
- Immelmann loop
- 106-foot vertical loop
- Cobra roll
- Zero-g roll
- Corkscrew (commonly known as a flat spin or wing over)
- Helix
Awards
Golden Ticket Awards: Top steel Roller Coasters | ||||||||||||||||||
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Year | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Ranking | 2[4] | 3[5] | 8[6] | 10[7] | 13[8] | 19[9] | 19[10] | 17[11] | 17[12] | 18[13] | 22[14] | 19[15] | 23[16] | 27[17] | 24[18] | 25[19] | 23[20] | 26[21] |
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Alpengeist's loop
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Alpengeist's cobra roll
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Alpengeist's zero-g roll
References
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External links
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Preceded by | World's tallest inverted roller coaster March 1997–May 2002 |
Succeeded by Wicked Twister |
Preceded by | World's fastest inverted roller coaster March 1997–August 1998 |
Succeeded by Volcano, The Blast Coaster |
- Roller coasters by name
- Steel roller coasters
- Inverted roller coasters
- Roller coasters manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard
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- Roller coasters introduced in 1997
- Roller coasters in Virginia
- Busch Gardens Williamsburg
- Roller coasters operated by SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment