Alpengeist
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| Manufacturer | Bolliger & Mabillard | ||||||||||
| Designer / calculations | Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH | ||||||||||
| Type | Steel - Inverted | ||||||||||
| Track layout | Terrain | ||||||||||
| Model / product | Inverted Coaster | ||||||||||
| Riders per train | 32 | ||||||||||
| Hourly capacity | 1820 | ||||||||||
| Propulsion | Chain lift hill | ||||||||||
Height195 feet Δ elevation167 feet
Drop170 feet Top speed67 mph Length3828 feet Inversions6 Duration3:10 G-force3.7G
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Alpengeist a steel inverted roller coaster located at Busch Gardens Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA. It was designed by Bolliger & Mabillard and opened on March 22, 1997. It is the tallest and fastest full-circuit inverted roller coaster, the tallest outright being Wicked Twister, an inverted shuttle coaster.
Theme[edit | edit source]
The alpengeist is a legendary snow beast known to German villagers in the Alps. "Alpengeist" is German for "Ghost of the Alps".
Design[edit | edit source]
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Trains[edit | edit source]
3 trains with 8 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 4 across in a single row for a total of 32 riders per train.
Images[edit | edit source]
The cobra roll
The zero-g roll
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External links[edit | edit source]
- Alpengeist on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
| Roller coasters at Busch Gardens Williamsburg | |||||||||
| Present | Alpengeist • Apollo's Chariot • Griffon • Grover's Alpine Express • InvadR • Loch Ness Monster • Pantheon • Tempesto • Verbolten | ||||||||
| Former | Big Bad Wolf • Das Kätzchen • Die Wildkatze • Drachen Fire • Glissade • Wilde Maus | ||||||||