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Ride details

Apollo's Chariot

Apollo's Chariot is a B&M hypercoaster with a 210-foot drop and a long string of airtime hills.

Apollo's Chariot is all about speed, sweeping elevation changes and airtime rather than inversions. The train climbs 170 feet, then drops 210 feet into a terrain-hugging run of hills that makes the ride feel long, fast and wide open.

Normal 5 min
Average 7 min
Highest measurement 30 min Measured at 29-07 12:15
Type Ride
Category Roller coaster
Photos
RCDB

Coaster profile

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Classification

RCDB #531
RCDB status Operating since March 27, 1999
Classification Roller Coaster
Track type Steel
Design Sit Down
Scale Extreme
Categories Roller Coaster, Steel, Sit Down, Extreme
Vertical Angle 65°
G-Force 4.1

Tracks

Length 4,882.0 ft (1,488.0 m)
Height 170.0 ft (51.8 m)
Drop 210.0 ft (64.0 m)
Speed 73.0 mph (117.5 km/h)
Inversions 0
Ride duration 2:15

Trains

Arrangement 3 treinen met 9 wagens per trein; rijders zitten 4 naast elkaar op 1 rij, samen 36 rijders per trein.
Trains 3
Cars per train 9
Rows per car 1
Riders per row 4
Riders per train 36
Capacity per hour 1,750

Location

Festa Italia

Notes

RCDB lists a capacity of 1,750 riders per hour, 0 inversions, a 65-degree drop angle and a maximum g-force of 4.1.

Theming

The theme references Apollo and his sun chariot from Greco-Roman mythology, which fits the coaster's lofty layout and the sensation of flying across the landscape.

Data

Wait statistics

Based on available measurements and historical wait-time data.

Now Closed
Normal 5 min
Average 7 min
Highest measurement 30 min Measured at 29-07 12:15
Measurements 755
Outage measurements 0
Avg. outage duration -
Often busy 11:00 5 min average
Often quiet 10:00 3 min average
Reliability High 609 measurements, 12 hour blocks
Distribution

Boxplots

Spread of wait times, outage duration, and the number of outages per day based on available historical data.

Wait times

755 measurements

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Min
0 min
Q1
5 min
Median
5 min
Q3
10 min
Max
30 min

Typical wait time: around 5 min.

It usually falls between 5 min and 10 min.

See more than 10 min? It is probably busier than usual — consider a quieter moment.

Less than 5 min? You are in luck: that does not happen often.

Outage duration

Not enough data yet for a boxplot.

This attraction has not reported any outages to us yet. We cannot say anything meaningful about it here.

Outages per day

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Historical

Wait-time build-up

Today compared with historical wait times by hour.

Today Historical
Horizontal axis hours, vertical axis queue minutes. 0 min 5 min 10 min 15 min 20 min 10:00 12:00 14:00 16:00 18:00 20:00 21:00