Coaster reviews

Airtimes Fun Duration

If you sit on a non-wheel seat, you will get a very good ride.

Airtimes Theming Discomfort Dead spots

Gemini is a solid coaster with some decent pops of airtime. However, the transitions are a bit jarring and the majority of the layout is your generic ‘70s wooden coaster flair — lots of outs & backs in a row. I think some theming, even putting some decor in the center of Gemini (around where the ending helix is) would do this coaster a lot of good.

Capacity Location Dead spots Layout

It’s a fairly decent coaster as far as mine trains go. I didn’t loathe this one, but I didn’t particularly enjoy it either. I did it for the credit!

Pace Rattle Disappointing! Intensity

Raptor, from what I was told, was one of the best B&M inverts. However, this was not the case. Maybe it was that my 90 minute wait for this coaster was the longest I would endure on my 7 parks in 8 days road trip, or that Raptor wasn’t particularly forceful like other B&M inverts, or that it had a bit of a rattle? Either way, I wasn’t a big fan of this coaster.

Airtimes Location Comfort Intensity

If you are going in expecting an intense coaster — you will be disappointed. Apollo’s Chariot delivers superbly on the airtime scale, and nearly every hill on the second half (with at least some room) will throw you out of your seat! This coaster has a beautiful setting chasing right along the Rhine River, with the first three airtime hills that line it giving some very good floater airtime. The drop off the midcourse is taken quickly resulting in some pretty powerful ejector air, as is the 50ft ravine dive finale. This is my 2nd favorite coaster at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, second only to Alpengeist.

Location Fun Headbanging

Loch Ness Monster was the first coaster I rode at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. It’s the best Arrow looper I have ever ridden, beating Tennessee Tornado by a slim margin due to its surprisingly intense interlocking loops and the awesome helix-that-goes-on-forever in a faux cavern. However, the worst moment of the ride is the ascent just after the second loop; I hit my head pretty hard on the restraint, so thank goodness the ride hit the brake run right then and there. The hill and turn that wraps around the Land of the Dragons kids area is not super enjoyable either. All in all, the scenic setting along the Rhine river combined with aforementioned reasons above make Lochy a pretty fun classic coaster.

Harness Discomfort

The second worst coaster I've been on in front of Steeplechase at blackpool. Pretty terrible.

Pointless

The only thing that made this ride interesting is the pitch black. I don't think the theme was particularly well done. I would have preferred it as a nightclub coaster like it was before.

Fun Smoothness Too short Disappointing! Intensity

Swarm is a fun ride, but it doesn't do anything amazing. I find it more relaxing rather than thrilling. It's over way too quickly for the ride type.

Launch Intensity Ejectors Too short

Stealth is an immense coaster. It packs a hell of a punch in its launch, the positive Gs in its valleys, and the negative Gs at the top hat and airtime hill. It's over quickly but what it has is always brilliant fun.