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DarKoaster®

DarKoaster is Busch Gardens Williamsburg's fully indoor Intamin Family Launch Coaster with snowmobile-style seating, 1,404 feet of track and four launches.

DarKoaster turns the former Curse of DarKastle building into a stormy indoor world. The snowmobile-style vehicles race through the compact layout twice, making the ride feel much longer than the physical track suggests. Four friction-wheel launches keep the pace high from start to finish.

Normal 25 min
Average 24 min
Highest measurement 105 min Measured at 01-08 18:19
Type Ride
Category Roller coaster
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RCDB

Coaster profile

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Classification

RCDB #7706
RCDB status Operating since May 19, 2023
Classification Roller Coaster
Track type Steel
Design Straddled Seating
Scale Family
Categories Roller Coaster, Steel, Indoor, Straddled Seating
Launches Four launches
Former status SBNO before operation

Tracks

Length 1,384.5 ft (422.0 m)
Speed 36.0 mph (57.9 km/h)
Inversions 0

Trains

Arrangement 5 cars per train. Riders are arranged 2 across in a single row for a total of 10 riders per train.
Trains 2
Cars per train 5
Rows per car 1
Riders per row 2
Riders per train 10

Location

DarKoaster occupies the former Curse of DarKastle dark ride building; RCDB notes that the site is also tied to the earlier Wild Maus.

Notes

RCDB lists DarKoaster as an Intamin Family Launch Coaster / Custom with 1,384.5 feet of track, a top speed of 36 mph, 0 inversions and 5 cars per train for 10 riders. Intamin lists 1,404 feet of physical track, 2,467 feet of experienced track, two 10-passenger snowmobile trains and four friction-wheel launches. Busch Gardens confirms a 48-inch minimum, a 77-inch maximum and calls it North America's first all-indoor straddle coaster.

Theming

Oktoberfest becomes a frozen haunted castle here, with snowstorms, darkness and supernatural menace turning this family launch coaster into a shadowy snowmobile expedition.

Data

Wait statistics

Based on available measurements and historical wait-time data.

Now Closed
Normal 25 min
Average 24 min
Highest measurement 105 min Measured at 01-08 18:19
Measurements 1188
Outage measurements 0
Avg. outage duration -
Often busy 14:00 40 min average
Often quiet 10:00 3 min average
Reliability High 1019 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

1188 measurements

0 min 30 min 60 min 90 min 120 min
Min
0 min
Q1
0 min
Median
15 min
Q3
40 min
Max
105 min

Typical wait time: around 15 min.

It usually falls between 0 min and 40 min.

See more than 40 min? It is probably busier than usual — consider a quieter moment.

Less than 0 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

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.

Historical

Wait-time build-up

Today compared with historical wait times by hour.

Today Expected Historical
Horizontal axis hours, vertical axis queue minutes. 0 min 10 min 20 min 30 min 40 min 08:00 10:00 12:00 14:00 16:00 18:00 20:00 21:00