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/ June 15, 2026
Griffon is a steel dive coaster located at Busch Gardens Williamsburg in James City County, Virginia, built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard (B&M) and opened on May 18, 2007 — a week ahead of schedule. Standing 205 feet tall, it plunges riders at a
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/ June 15, 2026
Alpengeist opened on March 22, 1997, at Busch Gardens Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Virginia, instantly claiming world records as the tallest complete-circuit inverted roller coaster on the planet. Built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard and designed by Werner Stengel, the $20 million coaster towers 195
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/ June 15, 2026
Apollo’s Chariot opened on March 27, 1999, at Busch Gardens Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Virginia, and earned the distinction of being the first hypercoaster ever designed by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard. Standing 170 feet tall and delivering a breathtaking 210-foot drop at a 65-degree angle,
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/ June 15, 2026
Nitro is a steel hyper coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey, designed and built by Bolliger & Mabillard. It opened on April 7, 2001, and immediately set records as the tallest roller coaster on the East Coast and the fastest in
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/ June 14, 2026
Leviathan at Canada’s Wonderland in Vaughan, Ontario, is Canada’s tallest and fastest roller coaster — a 306-foot steel giant that reaches 92 mph on its first drop alone. When it opened on May 6, 2012, it didn’t just break Canadian records; it marked a historic
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/ August 10, 2023
Raptor at Cedar Point does not ease you in. The lift hill climbs 137 feet, your feet hang free beneath the track, and the moment the train crests that hill the ground vanishes. What follows is two minutes and sixteen seconds of sustained aerial intensity:
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/ August 10, 2023
Standing in line for Orion, the first thing that hits you is the scale. Kings Island’s giga coaster climbs 287 feet into the Ohio sky — and from the crest of that lift hill, you can see the entire park spread out below before the
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/ July 31, 2023
The train stops. You are tilted forward, hanging face-down over 214 feet of open air, staring at the ground far below. It holds that way — one second, two, three, four — long enough that your brain stops waiting for the drop and starts to
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