Alpengeist

Busch Gardens Williamsburg · Williamsburg, Virginia, USA

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Height: 195 ft59 m
Drop: 170 ft52 m
Top speed: 67 mph108 km/h
Length: 3,828 ft1,167 m
Inversions: 6
Track: SteelLift hill
Opened: 1997
Status: Operating

About Alpengeist

★ Tallest & fastest inverted coaster in the world at opening (1997)

Alpengeist is a steel roller coaster at Busch Gardens Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA, open since 1997. The ride stands 195 feet tall, drops 170 feet and reaches 67 mph over 3,828 feet of track, with 6 inversions.

Themed to a vengeful mountain spirit, this inverted coaster was the tallest and fastest of its type in the world when it opened, with a first drop that plunges riders past the peak of a mock Alpine chalet.

Field note: its trains resemble open ski-lift gondolas rather than traditional coaster cars.