Apollo's Chariot

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Apollo's Chariot
Busch Gardens Europe, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA

Apollo's Chariot is the first ride that can be seen as you drive to/by the park, as it runs right along the park's parking lot, parallel to the highway. Apollo's Chariot is B&M's first Mega Coaster, and its out and back layout filled with airtime hills and an excellent helix provide for a fun, force-filled ride! The theme of the ride is a based around Greco-Roman mythology, but more interestly, male model Fabio was struck by a bird on the coaster's media day!


	Type: Megacoaster Manufacturer: Bolliger & Mabillard Height: 170ft Length: 4,882ft Speed: 73mph Opened: 1999

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From the parking lot		The finale

From the Rhine River		Crossing the river

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Force Factor
Average Member Rating Out of Ten

Actual Rating: 9.095

Members Who Have Been on and Rated Apollo's Chariot: (21)
Ratings in Brackets

Echoes(10), Almost(10), Rollercoastercrazine(10), themeparkmad(10), Alpengeist(10), CoasterKing(10),
madhjsp(10), mewantcandy2(10), Coasterpunk sd(10), theRock-steel(9), Griffonfreak!(9), CK(9), Ultimate Coaster(9),
Roller Coaster Crazy(9), SnooSnoo(9), c&r(9), xsupaxmanx(9), Divv(8), CedarPoint6(8), alecelm(7),
alecelmboy(6),

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xsupaxmanx
Posts: 104 Location: Connecticut	haha Fabio got pwned!
madhjsp
Posts: 188 Location: Roanoke, VA	My second favorite ride after Millennium Force! I just love the speed and airtime on this baby
theRock-steel
Posts: 108 Location: Florida	This is one of my top three. It has a great layout and good air-time. It is a must ride !
-Matt26-
Posts: 58 Location: Northamptonshire, England	On that 2nd large picture, you can just feel the airtime without being on the ride. Looks awesome
Griffonfreak!
Posts: 21 Location: Virginia,USA	It's an awesome ride. Nitro looks a bit better, but this one is the third best roller coaster at the park, behind Alpengeist and Griffon.
TopThrillDragster420
Posts: 4 Location: Detroit, MI	I Was Gonna Get ON This back in 05' but... 2 bad it broke down as soon as i walked in the park. XD
Coasterpunk sd
Posts: 52 Location: spring valley, ca	Great B&M megacoaster, the open air seats add so much to the excitement. The only complaint is for the guys, the bunny-hops at the end kill. guys, I think you know what I mean :-). The drop into the turn-around at the end gives you a bit if a "Flying" sensation. I hope to return soon to experience "griffon." Wow, this park really was created by B&M :-). The first time I was here was in 1987 when Big Bad Wolf and Loch Ness Monster were the only coasters, my how things have changed, for the better :-).
Deano123321
Posts: 342 Location: England, Reading	thoose bunny hops at the end look like gd fun ::))
CoasterPrince
Posts: 0 Location:	It was alright but Nitro is better. No Doubt
Divv
Posts: 292 Location: Bishop's Stortford, UK	Best ride in the park for me. Great floater air on every hill.
Montreal_3_Goliath
Posts: 0 Location:	Defenitly a number 4 on the B&M hypers! I enjoyed it, but it wasn't steep enough..
Echoes
Posts: 867 Location: Maryland	Oh, and fantastic restraints as well.
Echoes
Posts: 867 Location: Maryland	How can people knock this ride? My first hyper, and it was fantastic. Great first drop with tons of floater, lots of negative and positive Gs, and pacing that never lets up (even that last drop where the picture is taken is fantastic).
DORNEYPARKRULES
Posts: 17 Location: forks township	The twists are AWESOME.
six kat
Posts: 0 Location:	mow
theoffspring
Posts: 13 Location:	this ride is amazing. id take it over alpingust any day ( both are in my top ten though)Its just an aswome ride.
CedarPoint6
Posts: 4419 Location: Georgia	I really wasn't overly impressed with the ride. I mean, it was a solid ride and very good, but I'll spend my day on Alpengeist. This was my first B&M mega so maybe I came in expecting more, but either way... It's still a good ride.
R92CP
Posts: 4419 Location: Georgia	What's with the rating, jordan1471? You made Apollo's Chariot drop all the way from thirty-something to seventy. Do you have an explanation? Though there really is no good reason for a rating like that...
scotlandrulz
Posts: 521 Location: Stirling, Scotland	would so love to ride this
007tyler
Posts: 521 Location: Stirling, Scotland	this ride is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nitro1118
Posts: 521 Location: Stirling, Scotland	I wanna give this ride a 10 as I feel it is too lowly rated on this site, but I feel the ride is closer to a 9.5 than a 10, so I'll give it a very solid 9. Fantastic airtime, great terrain, and overall just a very good ride. My favorite B&M hyper, ahead of Nitro and RB.
mewantcandy2
Posts: 844 Location: DC, son	Whoops make that 80 a 140...I actually counted lol.
mewantcandy1
Posts: 844 Location: DC, son	oh and ive been on sseventy some coasters.. maybe even 80
mewantcandy1
Posts: 844 Location: DC, son	The first coaster i ever went on. Apollo is in the top 10 coasters year after year.
racegames89
Posts: 77 Location:	I did not realize how much airtime this coaster had until I rode a second time 7 years after I read it the first time. The restraints made it possible to actually think you were in the air. Amazing ride!!
CK
Posts: 154 Location: Connecticut	*ridden
CK
Posts: 154 Location: Connecticut	Thanks. I swear, every ride that I've rated, I have road (except Twister at SFGADV, I don't know how my vote got there)Here are some photos of me at BGE, just in case. http://parkreview2.blogdrive.com/
eric
Posts: 154 Location: Connecticut	Alright, cool. I'm really jealous now. Sorry, it just seemed unreal if you know what I mean. I just saw your name on almost every coaster and I was just thinking some could be fake. I was just curious. You're REALLY lucky.
CK
Posts: 154 Location: Connecticut	I have been on seventy-something coasters. But the reason I've been on all these is because of my family. I've got cousins in NJ and Georgia. My mom's a doctor and we go on business trips along the east coast. I begged my parents to go to CP. And on the way back from CP, we stopped by SFDL. Yes I've been on a lot, but seriously, what brought that up?
eric
Posts: 154 Location: Connecticut	Ok, CK if you really have been on all of these rides I envy you greatly for your massive amounts of free-time. But I do find it hard to believe someone has ridden all of those coasters. If I am mistaken I thoroughly apologize. And yea, its 210.
eric
Posts: 154 Location: Connecticut	My first megacoaster, and my third coaster ever. My trip to Busch Gardens seems so long ago, but I'm so glad it brought me into the world of roller coasters. This was the best ride I went on. However, being very young I didn't go on the Alpengiest.
eastc0aster
Posts: 154 Location: Connecticut	There nothing wrong with the layout just like there is nothing wrong with having bad taste. My first coaster in 2000. Brings back memories.
MForce88
Posts: 154 Location: Connecticut	Fun ride. Typical out and back, but the air time makes up for the layout.
Ultimate Coaster
Posts: 11753 Location: Connecticut, USA	Excellent ride, the second half is the best.
eastc0aster
Posts: 11753 Location: Connecticut, USA	It is 170' tall but has a 210' foot drop. It's a terrain coaster.
Knucklecoaster
Posts: 11753 Location: Connecticut, USA	It's ok, but it's nothin compared wiv Silver Star.
CedarPoint6
Posts: 4419 Location: Georgia	I was sorta of disappointed with this ride, actually. Yes, it's still very good, but I expected the airtime to be a lot stronger. Everything was a lot of fun the whole way through, but just didn't add up to an amazing coaster. The cutback under the lifthill the brings the ride in line with the brakerun seemed to waste a good change for an airtime hill, where the could've curved it at a much slighter angle. So it was good, just not good enough.
fergusonat
Posts: 4419 Location: Georgia	Apollo's Chariot was ab anazing ride...lookign forward to finally riding it again tomorrow...it has been a long 6 months indeed!
Fraser
Posts: 4419 Location: Georgia	Easily my favourite coaster...ever. (Of the one's I've ridden so far- not done toooo many US coasters yet). It's fast, furious, fun and the pace never let's up. Love it!
bmfan
Posts: 4419 Location: Georgia	I first went on Apollo's Chariot last year. It is in my top 3 best rides. The only two that are higher are Nitro and Alpengeist. I need to go back to Busch Gardens.
c&r
Posts: 2431 Location: Chepstow	Grace, your photos make me want to go back to BGW so much, it's almost a craving! Yeah, Apollo's Chariot is amazing though, so much airtime.
blackanese2ride
Posts: 2431 Location: Chepstow	This roller coaster was amazing. If I decided to break the roller coaster marathon record, this would be the chariot that would take me.
LiveForTheLaunch
Posts: 8666 Location: Windsor, Ontario, Canada	Apollo's Chariot looks like an unbelieveable ride, with a lot of airtime, a good sized first hill, and speed and intensity. Definately another reason why I want to go to BGW so badly!
Dan Farrell
Posts: 856 Location: In Lancer	That's the drop Height I believe, CK.
CK
Posts: 154 Location: Connecticut	Uh, I thought it was 210 ft high. Good coaster, great airtime.