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| Manufacturer | Bolliger & Mabillard | ||||||||||
| Designer / calculations | Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH | ||||||||||
| Type | Steel - Inverted | ||||||||||
| Model / product | Inverted Coaster | ||||||||||
| Riders per train | 32 | ||||||||||
| Hourly capacity | 1820 | ||||||||||
| Propulsion | Chain lift hill | ||||||||||
| Height195 feet
Drop170 feet Top speed67 mph Length3,828 feet Inversions6 Duration3:10 G-force3.7G
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Alpengeist is the tallest and fastest full-circuit inverted roller coaster in the world. The ride was built by Bolliger & Mabillard in 1997 at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. Alpengeist itself is themed to a runaway ski lift.
| Roller coasters at Busch Gardens Williamsburg | |||||||||
| Present | Alpengeist • Apollo's Chariot • Griffon • Grover's Alpine Express • InvadR • Loch Ness Monster • Tempesto • Verbolten | ||||||||
| Former | Big Bad Wolf • Das Kätzchen • Die Wildkatze • Drachen Fire • Glissade • Wilde Maus | ||||||||