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[1] [11] According to a Daily Press report, Busch Gardens shut down the ride after a 43-year-old guest had suffered a brain injury that month. [20] The following year, the park would debut another Bolliger & Mabillard roller coaster, Apollo's Chariot, [21] while Drachen Fire sat abandoned. [22]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 January 2025. Second crewed Moon landing Apollo 12 Commander Pete Conrad studies the Surveyor 3 spacecraft, which had landed two years previously; the Apollo Lunar Module, Intrepid, can be seen at top right. Mission type Crewed lunar landing (H) Operator NASA COSPAR ID CSM: 1969-099A LM: 1969-099C ...
On May 12, 2016, a malfunction caused the ride to stop, stranding 24 riders 200 feet (61 m) in the air for up to two hours. Busch Gardens officials evacuated all of the 24 riders safely, and no injuries were reported.
Pantheon is 178 feet (54 m) tall, 3,328 feet (1,014 m) long, and reaches a maximum speed of 73 mph (117 km/h) throughout the ride. [12] The ride's layout includes four launches – three of which occur on a swing launch between the vertical spike and top hat. [12] This swing launch can also be found on Toutatis at Parc Astérix in France. [13]
Verbolten is a Zierer multi-launched partially-enclosed steel roller coaster at Busch Gardens Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Virginia. The concept was jointly designed by the park's creative design team and by Zierer of Germany. [1] "Verbolten" is a play on words of the German word verboten, which translates to "forbidden" in English.
Glissade was a roller coaster located at Busch Gardens Williamsburg in Virginia.It was situated in the area where Izzy/Wild Maus was once located. Glissade closed permanently in 1985 and was replaced by a subsequently defunct attraction called The Curse of DarKastle, which was in turn replaced by DarKoaster: Escape The Storm in 2023.
Busch Gardens is the name of two amusement parks in the United States, owned and operated by United Parks & Resorts. The original park is in Tampa, Florida, and the second park is in Williamsburg, Virginia. There were also previously Busch Gardens parks in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California (1964–1979) [1] and Houston, Texas (1971–1973). [2]
The main ride building contains a haunted house that is used for Busch Gardens Williamsburg's Howl-O-Scream event. [7] In 2011, Escape from Pompeii was temporarily transformed into Polar Pathway for the park's Christmas Town event, decorated with Christmas lights and props.