Pantheon

Manufacturer

Intamin Amusement Rides

Model

LSM Launch Coaster

Hamlet

Festa Italia (Italy)

Opening Date

March 25th, 2022

Tallest Drop

180ft

Max Height

178ft

Top Speed

73mph

Inversion Count

2

Launches Advertised

4

Launch Segments

3

Launches Experienced

7

Riders Per Train

20

Number of Trains

2

Height Requirement

52–76in

Pantheon is an Intamin-made LSM Launch Coaster that debuted at Busch Gardens Williamsburg on March 25th, 2022.

 

[MrBradferd]

The test seat is inaccurate and the restraint sensors vary considerably due, in large part, to the disparate give in the restraints.

Per an Intamin rep, if the restraint clears in the resting position, it's good to go. Despite this, BGW insists on training their employees to yank aggressively on the restraints and, if they can get it to flash red, then they boot the rider.

You can't blame the riders for the restraints being inconsistent and the park's policies being asinine.

Oh yea my bad. I forgot about the test seat not being correct. The back of the train is mlre unforgiving than the front half for some reason

 

[Boris81]

Hi there,
I am flying over from Germany to the US in mid June.
Queue-times.com is reporting that Pantheon had a very bad uptime percentage during the last few days and currently does not show any wait time right now.
Can anybody confirm if the ride has been down as of lately and if the data on Queue-times.com is accurate?
Thanks guys.

 

[CoasterAuditor]

Pantheon never shows the wait time on the app ever. I believe that is where queue-times pulls the reported time from.

 

[Zachary]

What @CoasterAuditor said exactly.

BGW's in-park posted wait times have always been a joke and rarely are those even correctly reflected on the app.

Broadly speaking, Pantheon is fairly reliable and it's pretty rare that it'll be down for extended periods during any given day. The only big exception to that is if it's windy. Pantheon is deathly allergic to wind. If there's wind in the forecast, be concerned. Otherwise, baring any unexpected, significant issues, you should be fine.

 

[Chungulatron]

Doesn’t appear to have been reported, but there are some new “leather” headrest covers on this, verbolten, alpengeist, and possibly others. Unless I just don’t remember them.

 

[MrBradferd]

They had them for a few weeks now

 

[ControlsEE]

Doesn’t appear to have been reported, but there are some new “leather” headrest covers on this, verbolten, alpengeist, and possibly others. Unless I just don’t remember them.View attachment 38380View attachment 38381

Verboten's had them for years to my recollection. Maybe even from the beginning. But dont quote me on that.

 

[Zachary]

Not since the beginning, but for a long, long time from what I recall.

I believe there was a minor incident early on where someone hurt their head in one of the launches and this was the result.

 

[Coasternerd]

Given how insane the whiplash is with that second launch, I’m not surprised bolt got them. In the front you can brace more but the back you end up leaning forward a bit before the train levels back out and the launch kicks in while you’re still leaned a lil forward.

 

[realrx]

Doesn’t appear to have been reported, but there are some new “leather” headrest covers on this, verbolten, alpengeist, and possibly others. Unless I just don’t remember them.View attachment 38380View attachment 38381

Alpengeist and Tempesto have them to.

 

[horsesboy]

I have so many questions I don't know where to start.

 

[warfelg]

 

[GASM]

It’s good to know that if all else fails, I could have a very promising future as a signboard artist for BGW.

 

[Mushroom]

All of the handwritten signs at BGW look terrible and have no place in a park that calls itself the world’s most beautiful theme park. This is a hill I will die on.

 

[CoasterMac]

^1000% agreed. The ones for Wolf were bad too, but that one is just absolutely embarrassing.

 

[warfelg]

All of the handwritten signs at BGW look terrible and have no place in a park that calls itself the world’s most beautiful theme park. This is a hill I will die on.

I think handwritten signs are a necessary evil at times, but why it seems that the person with the worst handwriting always does it and try’s to get “artsy” with it is annoying.

 

[Mushroom]

I think handwritten signs are a necessary evil at times, but why it seems that the person with the worst handwriting always does it and try’s to get “artsy” with it is annoying.

BGW is the only park I’ve been to that relies on handwritten signs like this — and BGW certainly has more money and resources than many smaller parks that have figured out how to communicate written messages more professionally. I totally disagree that they’re a necessary evil. They have a sign shop and printers.

 

[warfelg]

BGW is the only park I’ve been to that relies on handwritten signs like this — and BGW certainly has more money and resources than many smaller parks that have figured out how to communicate written messages more professionally. I totally disagree that they’re a necessary evil. They have a sign shop and printers.

I don’t disagree that they could be more professional. But having a wife that came out of college working a sign shop - that takes sometimes 1-2 hours. So makes them a necessary evil for short term solutions.

Reality the best solution is TVs that show some safety information that someone just needs to type into a deck the message and post it in there. That’s how you eliminate the need of any hand written sign and don’t need to wait for a print shop.

 

[horsesboy]

I think handwritten signs are a necessary evil at times, but why it seems that the person with the worst handwriting always does it and try’s to get “artsy” with it is annoying.

I don't work at BGW so the statement that the person with the worst handwriting is making these signs is false.

 

[RollyCoaster]

Funny that I've not seen KD use a handwritten sign at all this year and BGW is having literal artists do theirs.