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 Review of Apollos Chariot @ Busch Gardens Williamsburg
5 Rating Posted by: Hercules on 9/18/2006 3:43:00 PM
"Dont ride in the front, your nose might get broken. Oh wait, your nose isnt as big as Fabios. You will be fine." Driving in from Rt. 60, Apollos Chariot is the first welcoming site for miles - nothing but trees and rundown shacks that people call home. It didnt really hit me that it was actually that ride that I was looking at in person. I had been waiting so long to see it and ride it. It is a beautiful site, but no where near as beautiful as the Italy section that it is in. The line moves very quickly as the ride ops are very good and the three train operation keeps things moving (Im sure it would be speedy with just two trains, they are that good). A bunch of things suprised me on this, good and bad. I will start with the good. Its funny. When you look at the ride you notice things, but when you are actually on the ride you forget about them. This happened at the beginning and the end. I will remember for the next time I am riding, but for the first ride it was odd. I knew there was a dip before the first drop, but didnt expect it. I thought we were going to plunge. Silly me. Then, at the end of the ride before the final drop there is the straight away. I forgot about the final drop and it was a total surprise, and the expression on my face on the on-ride was evidence of that. The final drop was the best part of the ride for me. I also loved the way the ride worked with the terrain. Talk about a great feature that is so common with all of the coasters at this park. Now for the negatives. I dont find this to be an airtime machine. There were trims that really killed some of the moments of heavy airtime, especially on the one curved drop on the back end. I now have to make a comparison with Nitro, since it is the only other B&M hyper I have ridden. I hit the brake run and immediately said "I like Nitro better." I think that Nitro packs more of a punch, and it took my breath away more on my first ride then what Apollos Chariot did. Also in comparison with Nitro, I find the helix on Nitro to be much more powerful and forceful than that of Apollos. I was waiting for the forces, but it turned out to be a smooth sail through the twisted secion. Maybe I just caught it on a bad day, running poorly and with heavy trims. I know that I have caught Nitro on way too many bad days this year. I will certainly have to ride a few more times to get an accurate depiction of Apollos Chariot. As of now, I can say that it is a very good ride and is my second favorite steel coaster. I dont want to make everything negative here. It is great. I just need a little more time for some bonding I guess.
 
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