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A spokesman for Busch Gardens Williamsburg said there was no problem with the coaster itself. [13] In 1995, another guest sued Busch Gardens, Arrow Dynamics, and technical consultant William N. Carlson, alleging that he had received "severe permanent injuries" two years earlier because of the ride's restraint system. [4]
Pantheon is a steel roller coaster at Busch Gardens Williamsburg theme park in Williamsburg, Virginia.Manufactured by Intamin, the roller coaster opened to park members on March 4, 2022 and features four launches, five airtime hills, and a 95-degree beyond vertical drop. [2]
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.
The Apollo 14 launch vehicle is rolled out from the Vehicle Assembly Building, November 9, 1970. The Apollo 14 spacecraft consisted of Command Module (CM) 110 and Service Module (SM) 110 (together CSM-110), called Kitty Hawk, and Lunar Module 8 (LM-8), called Antares. [42]
Cheetah Hunt, which is paired with an animal encounter called Cheetah Run, is Busch Gardens' first launch coaster, immediately propelling riders from 0 to 60 mph. The ride features three separate launch points throughout the 4,429-foot (1,350 m) track, and includes a 130-foot (40 m) drop and races across a faux Serengeti plain and through a man ...
On Jan. 31, 1971, NASA sent the Apollo 14 mission skyward. The eighth crewed mission in the Apollo program (and third one to reach the surface of the Moon) lifted off on a Sunday afternoon with ...
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]