Ranking The Roller Coasters At Busch Gardens Williamsburg
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- čas přidán 18. 05. 2024
- With 8 roller coasters in operation and 1 on the way, Busch Gardens Williamsburg doesn’t have the biggest coaster collection, but I would argue, just like the Tampa location, both parks focus on quality over quantity. Also, just like Busch Gardens Tampa, their top 3 even their top 5 is very tough to rank because they’re all so great!
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Pantheon is without question the best ride at BGW, I’ve been on Pantheon four times now and it never fails to impress, it’s simply breathtaking. It doesn’t tolerate windy weather well tho, it’s gonna be closed if winds gust up even a little.
Verbolten is my personal favorite, mostly because theming is really important to me when it comes to theme park attractions.
Same, yesterday was my first time riding verboten but it easily became one of my favorites with all the German stuff and 1900's-1920's layout.
I was at Busch Gardens 2 days ago for a weekend and wow. Verboten is amazing. My favorite as well. The theming is absolutely amazing. The play on words for Verbolten being “ Forbidden “, as you’re riding through the Forbidden Black Forest was really clever and the theming is so good I can’t say it enough. The ride is extremely fun and surprisingly thrilling. The back is insane and I rode it 8 times the entire last day.
After my visits in 2008 and 2013, my favorite ride there is Griffon followed by Alpengeist, Big Bad Wolf (R.I.P.), Loch Ness Monster, Apollo's Chariot and Verbolten.
Apollo's Chariot is number 1 for me! Pantheon does look fantastic though. I'm a sucker for floater airtime so it may be tough to beat Apollo.
We went yesterday and got 5 rides on it, the elements don’t happen unless your in or close to the back
@@noahnobles7346 yeh it is definitely a back row must coaster. Any other row doesn't deliver as much.
Apollo’s chariot is such a good ride it is so good I agree
That one swooping dive is great
Same here!
just went to busch gardes a few days ago for my birthday and pantheon was great and i think it lived up to the hype
I just went to this place and I was too scared of tempesto and griffon lol, but next time I go I will go on both :D
i’m afraid to go onto apollo’s lol, how scary is it? i’ve ridden vorbolten and loch ness, but i think apollo’s is my next ride to go to. is the drop horrifying?
Order of least scariest to scariest in my opinion
Loch Ness Monster
Verbolten
Apollo’s chariot
Tempesto
Alpengeist
Griffon
Hopefully this helps :)
My list goes-
Grover’s alpine express
Tempesto
Loch Ness monster
Verbolten
Griffon
InvadR
Alpengeist
Apollo’s chariot
I love how everyone’s list differs
I agree but swap Verbolten and Loch ness
@@WasowskiSings Apollo’s 😍😍
rode pantheon for the first time yesterday and that thing is a BEAST
Ikr, I rode it yesterday with a friend and the only person I heard screaming was myself ;-;
Bgw has one of my favorite collections of any parks, I'm a big apollo fanboy, griffon is my fave dive coaster, alpengeist is great and verbolten has an underrated pop of airtime on the drop towards the back of the train. Love this park!
I’m going here very soon! Thank you!
You did a great job! We went to BG for the first time in 15 years, and loved those rides! I'd say that Alpengeist in the front row, is the best coaster in the park, but in any other row....Griffon and Apollo (in front or back row) are better. Verbolten is a worthy successor of Big Bad Wolf which was my first big coaster in 1991.
Apollo is honestly my favorite B&M hyper. Also I was just here and rode my 100th coaster on Loch Ness! This collection of coasters is amazing
Congrats on 100!
@@XscreamThrills thank you!!!
What other b and m hypers have you rode because I've heard it's near the bottom and the hills after the first drop don't give much airtime
@@eelovfx9200 Candy and Intimidator! Intimidator was a little underwhelming and Candy had stronger airtime, but it was a little too short and Apollo just rode better imo
I mostly agree with your list I would just move Loch Ness up more because I love the vintage feel to it
My ranking:
-8. Grover’s Alpine Express: The kiddie coaster. Enough said.
-7. Loch Ness Monster: As far as Arrow loopers from the 1970s go, this ones not bad. Loops are great and the helix in the tunnel is a fun touch, but it’s still janky in spots.
-6. InvadR: An underrated GCI for sure. Lots of airtime and laterals, plus great theming in the plaza and station. Also running pretty smooth for the most part.
-5. Tempesto: A Sky Rocket II, but as far as cloned coasters go, it’s one of the best. Butter smooth, intense, with stellar hangtime in that roll. Only knock on it are the comfort collars, but they’re not bad by any means.
-4. Verbolten: Some of the best theming outside of the Disney and Universal parks, rerideability with the multiple storylines, great forces. Running a little rough in parts, but it’s still a ton of fun.
-3. Griffon: Only thing preventing it from being higher is its length. The two big drops are amazing, the inversions are fun, there’s one solid airtime hill before the splashdown, and the 10-across seating still makes for totally different experiences depending on where you ride. Still running butter smooth too.
-2. Apollo’s Chariot: It’s a B&M hyper, need I say more? Still delivering fantastic air in the back row, with the first drop, MCBR drop and final drop before the brakes. It has a slight rattle towards the back, but it’s not enough to damage the ride experience in any way. And those restraints...amazing!
-1. Alpengeist: What puts this at #1 is the intensity. Strong positives throughout, whip (gotta go with that cobra roll), great theming for an American invert, and one of the best setting of an invert. Like Apollo’s, it runs a tad rough in the back, but it’s never been a dealbreaker for me.
TBD: Pantheon: I’m expecting this to dethrone Alpie as the best ride in the park. Looks to provide a crazy ride with its launches, balance of positives, negatives, and laterals, and of course those restraints, which look as good as Apollo’s. Can’t wait to ride it
I almost agree 100%, I would just put InvadR over tempesto just because I’m not the biggest fan of Skyrocket 2’s. You are spitting mad facts though
I just went there last week with my mom and was flabbergasted to see this in my recommendations. It had been many years since I went last.
Unfortunately, I didn’t get the chance to ride the Griffon this time around since it broke down three times while I was there, the first time when I was, and Verboltim was closed initially when I was there but when it reopened, the line was too long so I just re-rode Alpengeist.
Alpengest is my favorite but I love intense rides
I just rode the pantheon and it my favirote rollar coaster in busch gardens if you visit there i 100% reccomend even if its a long wait.
griffon is #1 for me. i wasnt able to ride pantheon yet because of the long lines, but my friend has rode it and says its amazing
When I went on Alpengeist when it was new in 1997, it was the best roller coaster I had personally ridden myself up until that point. The theme was a ski lift that got out of control. I don’t remember any of those bumps at the time, and it used to be butter smooth.
It still is, unfortunately some coasters you gotta go out of your way and control your head posture so that it doesn’t whip you around. But no big deal because you enjoy your experience
Great list! Where exactly did you go to get that footage of Apollo’s turnaround?
BGW needs a rmc
Nice video!
Great video! Where do I start... I honestly can't pick a favorite... I love Verbolten at night... I also love Apollo's and Alpenghiest...
They're all great and so close in ranking
Since I haven’t been to BGW, I can’t really pick a favorite. I’ve heard that the top 5 is one of the best
Verbölten is THE number 1 their by far. I went their, and was AWESOME! I was in the front car, and the track jump is just awesome, plus a decent drop at the end makes it one of the best coasters out there. Verbölten and Loch Ness Monster are the best. I personally think Verbölten Is top 10 worthy and is probably one of my favorite coasters of all time. Loch Ness should be 2 and Verbölten should be 1 in my opinion
It’s def not a family coaster though
Something tells me you haven't rode alpiengiest apallos chariot or griffon verbolten and loch Ness are fun but number 1 and 2 are a bit much.
@@eelovfx9200 i rode griffin and alpingest but not apollo and the lines (in my opinion) outweighed the ride. And it was the 1st week of apollo so half the time it was closed and half the time it had a 3hr wait
@@sportsshorts9607 strange
Verbölten is one of my favorites it’s just so fun and is a worthy successor to big bad wolf in my opinion
On my first alpengeist rides the mid course breaks didn’t work and on my second ride in that area I was bouncing side to side in my seat
My Rankings are the following:
Flip Alpengeist and Griffon and our rankings would be the same. I prefer Alpengeist in the back row outside. Apollo's setting is really good. Pantheon is a solid number one for me. Can't wait for it to open.
Me and my friend went to busch last month fun fact lochness was his first roller coaster yes hes 9
Awesome! I hope Patheion will be number one! 🤞🤞🤞
I agree. Pantheon is by far the most exciting coaster in the park.
Been on all except Tempesto
Big bad wold was the first non kiddie coaster I ever rode. I was do sad when it shut down. Greatly missed
the loc nes was my first ride at Bush Gardens (BG)
When I was 12 I went with my lil sis and she went Cray-cray, she started to say curse words and cry because of the lap bars, she thought she couldn’t hold on and fall off 😂
N/A: Grover
7. Tempesto
6, Loch Ness
5. InvadR
4. Griffon
3. Alpengeist
2. Apollo’s Chariot
1. Verbolten.
Verbolten is first because it has the best theming in the country outside of Disney and Universal. I can find good B&Ms, GCIs, and Skyrockets anywhere, but Verbolten stands out and can only be found at Busch Gardens.
I used to have Verbolten ranked higher, but after multiple rides it starts to lose the "magic"
I rode pantheon yesterday and it was so fun yet so terrifying, lol. I wouldn't recommend it as a first roller coaster if you've never ridden a roller coaster before though.
I freaking love this park!🤩🙌🏻
For Me:
Apollos Chariot
Griffin
Alpengeist
Invad R
Verboten
The Lochness monster
Tempesto
Is top the best or is bottom the best?
@@DizzyRL Should be pretty self explanatory based of the list
Aloengist then Apollo then griffin havnt done pantheon will next week
“ Busch Gardens is a young park, so most of their coasters are under 20 years old. “
Me: *Looks at Loch Ness*
I said most of the coasters :)
Ohhhh sorry didn’t hear
Loch Ness monster ranks higher than tempesto and invadR for me for sure. Maybe even Apollo’s chariot. I love me a good old arrow.
my list would look like
1. alpengeist
2. apollos chariot
3. griffon
4. pantheon
5. lochness monster
6. verbolten
7. invadr
8. tempesto
I wrote that for Bolton The invader and the Loch Ness monster and Grovers airplane in my life
When I went to BG yesterday half the rides got shut down for a while because of wasps...
Pantheon looks awesome. Definitely can’t wait when it opens. Does anyone have a set date when it will open?
Edit: nvm. I typed this before you said unknown, and I commented before Pantheon came up lol.
LOL, yeah probably 2022 at this point
People seem to like Pantheon, but I was too scared to ride another roller coaster after Griffon broke down while I was waiting to get back into the station. Verbolten made my husband dizzy and Invadr is way too rough for a roller coaster that is only 5 years old.
My ranking:
1.Apollo
2.Griffon
3.Alpengeist
4.Tempesto
5.InvadR
6.Loch Ness
7.Verbolten
8. Grover
I love all of them though. BGW has one of the best lineups in the country for sure.
I disagree I love verbolten it's very well themed and the tunnel is just really fun so I would put it on number 5 I didn't ride tempesto because I just didn't really want to and you can look at my comment for the reasoning why I like alpiengiest better than griffon it's very long but to sum it up I sat in the front it was very intense I wouldn't consider any of the elements rough and I think a whip doesn't make the ride worse or more rough. Also I had a pretty bad experience on InvadR basically sat in the back stapled myself and only got 1 airtime moment.
1. Alpengeist
2. Loch Ness Monster
3. Verbolten
4. Apollo's Chariot
5. Griffon
6. InvadR
7. Tempesto
pantheon is without question the best i went on it two times in a row its definetly the best
I mostly agree but I prefer loch Ness monster over InvadR but I rode in the back and staples myself so hard I couldn't push the restraint down any harder and I only got airtime on the first hill and the rest was rough. Also I prefer alpiengiest over griffon because I sat in the front and it was very forceful and intense I didn't find any part of the ride rough and the start of the cobra roll was just a little whip I didn't slam my head against the restraint I just see it as another intense element of the ride and griffon is fun but very short only had 2 airtime moments and the inversions weren't very forcefull. I also agree that pantheon will be the best ride at the park I went there today and saw it testing I only got a small glimpse at it but it was flying over that top hat I can't wait to ride it!
Hey I’m going to this park very soon and it looks a bit scary how might I overcome my fears of these rides?
Im probably too.late but just don't think about it and you will have fun
My top 5 attractions ranked: 5) Griffon 4) Invadr 3) Alpengeist 2) Apollo's Chariot 1) The wine tasting
My ranking:
1)Verbolten 🚘
2) Apollo’s 🏛
3) Griffon 🦅
4)Loch Ness Monster 🐉
5)Alpengeist ⛷
6)Tempesto🚲
7) InvadR 🪵
8 Grovers 😂
Alpiengiest way too far back
How crowded has it been there recently? I'm going in a couple weeks!
Not sure, I haven't been back since May
Ranking the coasters at BGW is hard. Putting Loch Ness Monster so low feels wrong but I get why you put it there. It's a great ride but the park has such high quality coasters that even a ride as iconic and fun as Nessie isn't necessarily in the top half of the list.
A lot of their coasters are so close in ranking. Makes it a challenge!
My ranking differs from a lot (didn't ride Grover's)
7. Loch Ness Monster (extremely rattly, to the point where it was unpleasant. No airtime, though the loops were pretty intense)
6. InvadR (not exceedingly rough but certainly not smooth, has a good first drop but after that is pretty boring)
5. Alpengeist (Pretty rough, and besides the first drop nothing I really enjoyed. I'm not a huge fan of some inversions, including the cobra roll, so that might be why. Also slams you into that mid course super hard)
4. Apollo's Chariot (I rode this one twice and it was pretty rough both times. I got good airtime on the first drop but after that very little, and nothing by the bunny hills at the end).
3. Verbolten (Also pretty good launches, I love good indoor sections, and the drop track always gets me.)
2. Tempesto (I know I'm gonna get hate for putting this so high but I really enjoyed it. The launches were intense, there were a few pops of airtime, and that slow roll at the top was amazing. Restraints didn't bother me, only issue was low capacity and therefore long wait).
1. Griffon (I absolutely LOVED this coaster and rode it 10 times in a row. It's my first ever dive and the airtime I experienced on the first drop was literally insane, especially cause I managed to get my restraint very loose for several of the rides. I'm not usually a fan of non-zero g roll inversions as I said above but I also really enjoyed the Immelmanns. The coaster never loses its speed, has great airtime and inversions, and is butter smooth. Having been to Hersheypark, Kings Dominion, and BGW, this is my favorite coaster at the moment).
My ranking:
Grovers alpine express
Tempesto
Alpengeist
Loch Ness monster
InvadR
Verbolten
Griffon
Apolllos chariot
I had two terrible rides on alpangeist and got almost 20 rides on Apollo’s chariot
How can you rank a SNO coaster? I agree it looks awesome, but without first hand experience, it’s a bit silly to rank.
Other than that; I agree with most of your rankings, but would place Invadr a bit higher. It’s compact; yes, but it packs a wallop in that small layout. And it’s one of the smoothest woodies out there.
I will say he ranked invadR a bit low in my opinion.
Why is Alpengeist so low
I've just heard that Busch Gardens Williamsburg will now be operating on a year-round schedule instead of a seasonal schedule. What do you think?
That's awesome!
My ranking from best to worst
1.apllos charriot
2.vreboltan
3.alpengeist
4. Griffon
5.lonchness monster
6.invadr
7.tempesto
8.Grover
Love this park, but I’d say that BGT is arguably better.
I need to question that weird first car on the train. WHY?!!!
I love how 8 isn't large... Me in Australia with 4 at movie world at the most
Yeah we're spoiled here in the states :)
Isn't banshee taller than alpengeist??
Nope
Alpengeist hurts but it is still alright
Been here every year aplengiest is the best bybfar
Loch Ness monster best coaster ever n I like Apollo's chariot too
it isn't the best. you just think that because of nostalgia. its fun but not better than the others imo
InvadR is seriously underrated. Its packed into such a tight space, the turns are all so sharp, the airtime is nonstop, super tight downward spiraling helix, first drop in a tunnel… personally i dont think you can beat that rickety character missing from most modern rides… smooth is great, but getting tossed around can be too. I think Alpengeist hurts your neck/head far more than InvadR, and thats steel.
Personal I think I would just swap lochness and verbolten around
Ranking Tempesto above Loch Ness is an insult to the historical significance, and rideability of Loch Ness. The rest of the ranking is pretty good though.
No way. Griffon over Apollo’s for sure. 1 word. Consistency. And can’t list rides you’ve never ridden.
That's a really good point. Apollo's Chariot is very inconsistent with the airtime. Griffon is good all the time!
verbolten is the coolest tho in
my opinion
no 1 is like 5 vervolten is 1
Loch Ness should be ranked better.
Love griffon too it was a blast but alphengeist was a horrible ride beats u
I'd swap loch ness and tempesto. "pop of airtime" with those restraints? Nahhhhhhhhhhhhh
Tigris has comfort collars and I got airtime at the top of the semi-tophat
The comfort collars do nothing, they're really loose
tempesto should be 9 lol
Invatr
Alpengeist >>>>
Invadr is not better that Loch Ness Monster.
NO VERVOLTEN IS NOT LOWER ITS 1!!!!!!!