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Escape from Pompeii
Shoot-the-Chutes at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia. Opened 1995.
- Height
- 50 ft
- Drop
- 49 ft
- Top speed
- n/a
- Length
- 900 ft
- Inversions
- n/a
- Ride time
- 2 min 10 s
- Designer
- Intamin
Escape from Pompeii is a shoot-the-chutes water ride in the San Marco (Italy) area of Busch Gardens Williamsburg in Virginia. Built by Intamin, it opened on April 29, 1995, as part of the park's 20th anniversary.
Boats carrying up to 20 passengers drift through a temple themed to the destruction of Pompeii by Mount Vesuvius. Inside, effects include fire, falling statues and cracking timbers, and the ride ends with a drop of about five stories into a splash pool. Wikipedia lists a 50-foot height, a 49-foot drop, 900 feet of channel and a ride time of 2 minutes 10 seconds.
Riders must be at least 42 inches tall.
Sources
- buschgardens.com/williamsburg/rides/escape-from-pompeii (Park page: boat ride through the ruins of Pompeii that turns explosive; water ride; minimum rider height 42 inches.)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_from_Pompeii (Intamin shoot-the-chutes in San Marco (Italy); opened April 29, 1995 for the park's 20th anniversary; fire, falling statues, cracking boards; five-story final drop; height 50 ft, drop 49 ft, length 900 ft, duration 2:10; 20 passengers per boat.)
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