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Escape From Pompeii

Intamin Shoot The Chute water ride with a Pompeii theme, a 50-foot splash finale and a 42-inch minimum height.

Escape From Pompeii starts as a calm ride through a silent Roman ruin, but the calm does not last. Inside the show building, fire, falling statues and volcanic danger ratchet up the tension before the boat bursts outside and ends with a wide splash.

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Classification

Scale moderate

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Length 900.0 ft (274.3 m)
Height 50.0 ft (15.2 m)
Drop 49.0 ft (14.9 m)
Ride duration 2:10

Trains

Arrangement Vier operationele Intamin Spillwater-boten met 20 rijders per boot; secundaire bronnen noemen daarnaast een reserveboot.
Trains 4
Riders per train 20

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The official Busch Gardens Williamsburg page describes Escape From Pompeii as a water ride and family ride with a 42-inch minimum height. Coasterpedia lists Intamin, Spillwater, Shoot The Chute, an opening date of April 29, 1995, a 50-foot height and Pompeii/Vesuvius theming with fire effects and a falling statue. Wikipedia lists a 49-foot drop, a 900-foot track length, a 2:10 ride time, four boats and 20 riders per boat; ParkVault lists five boats in total, with four in operation and one spare.

Theming

The ride uses the destruction of Pompeii during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius as its story backdrop, with ruins, fire effects and an outdoor finale.

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