Project Drachen Spire: Multi-Launch Shuttle Giga (Cancelled?)

General Information:​

"Project Drachen Spire," is a community-generated identifier for the Intamin-made, multi-launch, shuttle giga coaster that was originally slated to open at Busch Gardens Williamsburg in 2021. The attraction is planned to utilize the currently-vacant land behind Verbolten, Festhaus Park—the former home of Drachen Fire.

The coaster's main layout—as leaked before the addition was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic—featured two launches, two spikes (one spiral, one vertical-ish), and a couple of banked turns. Drachen Spire was designed to run two trains by means of a pair of switch tracks connecting the primary, shuttle portion of the layout to the station platform.

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Additional Coverage (Newest to Oldest):​

• https://bgwfans.com/2022/drachen-spire-height-waiver-extension-details/
• https://bgwfans.com/2022/drachen-spire-height-waiver-renewal/
• https://bgwfans.com/2021/drachen-spires-slumber/
• https://bgwfans.com/2020/leaked-ele...-williamsburgs-2021-roller-coaster-in-detail/
• https://bgwfans.com/2020/busch-gardens-williamsburg-2021-shuttle-giga-coaster/
• https://bgwfans.com/2019/germany-expansion-site-plans/
• https://bgwfans.com/2019/2021-rpa-impacts-plan/
• https://bgwfans.com/2019/newly-leaked-document-depicts-project-2021s-station/
• https://bgwfans.com/2019/project-2021-height-waiver-vote-happens-tomorrow/
• https://bgwfans.com/2019/born-from-the-ashes/
• https://bgwfans.com/2019/bgw-project-2021/

Previous Thread:​

https://parkfans.net/threads/january-2019-festhaus-park-height-survey.5696/

 

[Zachary]

I'm not sure where the Red force clone rumor started

Private Instagram chats passing around highly suspect rumors and entirely useless "photographic evidence."

 

[thopping]

Thx. That makes sense, re: Madrid abeing a traditional giga. Very plausible until splitting it out, and perhaps the top hat was a relatively quick/cheap/easy thing for Intamin to throw in. Not sure whether it would have crossed the Rhine, but perhaps.

 

[mountaineers]

Personal opinion that Madrid was originally traditional giga spanning the Rhine. Intamin came back with a higher cost than anticipated due to crossing the river. Intamin came back with "for that price or cheaper we can do these 2 major rides. "

 

[thopping]

Plausible theory

 

[madmax]

Could they fit a traditional giga in this spot?

 

[Shane]

I think it would be very similar to I305 (curves of doom that make you black out) if they tired to fit a traditional giga in this space.

 

[Jahrules]

I think it would be very similar to I305 (curves of doom that make you black out) if they tired to fit a traditional giga in this space.

... And there's nothing wrong with that per se...

 

[Zimmy]

For the record, I would count us lucky if we got i305 like coaster

 

[halfabee]

... And there's nothing wrong with that persay...

But there is something wrong with that per se.

/petpeeve

 

[Jahrules]

Thanks to the @halfabee; I have corrected my auto-correct typo.

 

[GrandpaD]

Well, I'm still not 100% on the #TeamGiga but thought I would mess with the area a bit...taking a few ideas from others that have posted their ideas. Since I'm not really a designer, be gentle.

 

[Ice]

Have we considered like. Festhaus 2?

Das Festerhaus.

And then a few years down the line when they decide to repurpose the DK building,

Das Festesthaus

And THEN when they give up all hope on the Globe and realize they can't make a show for shit anymore,

O'Fishesnchipses

 

[BGWnut]

Well, I'm still not 100% on the #TeamGiga but thought I would mess with the area a bit...taking a few ideas from others that have posted their ideas. Since I'm not really a designer, be gentle.

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I like it. I'm a little thrown by the fact that the maintenance building is somehow in the middle of the field. I'm assuming it's just a map glitch. Is the red line the lift hill/launch?

 

[GrandpaD]

I like it. I'm a little thrown by the fact that the maintenance building is somehow in the middle of the field. I'm assuming it's just a map glitch. Is the red line the lift hill/launch?

Lol. That why I ride and not design.

Red is the lift. I can't draw worth a poop...so I pasted a elongated maintenance shed as a tunnel.

Going by what someone said (too lazy to go back and search) they wanted records. I'm guessing 330-340 hill. Sweep curve and drop 330ish into the tunnel. Go up on a curve by the station. Couple of hills along the train track to maybe cut off a bit of speed (I figure the speed will top at 97mph). Two dives into the river. Break run at Verbolten building. Pedestrian path is under the tracks.

So, record height, record drop, record speed. Health services will have a permanent station in the old snack bar for gray outs. ?

 

[----------------------]

Lol. That why I ride and not design.

Red is the lift. I can't draw worth a poop...so I pasted a elongated maintenance shed as a tunnel.

Going by what someone said (too lazy to go back and search) they wanted records. I'm guessing 330-340 hill. Sweep curve and drop 330ish into the tunnel. Go up on a curve by the station. Couple of hills along the train track to maybe cut off a bit of speed (I figure the speed will top at 97mph). Two dives into the river. Break run at Verbolten building. Pedestrian path is under the tracks.

So, record height, record drop, record speed. Health services will have a permanent station in the old snack bar for gray outs. ?

That person was me and I expect you to type my name any time I am referred to.

-Signed,
ˁ˚ᴥ˚ˀ

 

[GrandpaD]

That person was me and I expect you to type my name any time I am referred to.

-Signed,
ˁ˚ᴥ˚ˀ

At my age, you're lucky I even remembered what you typed. (And I don't do symbols). ?

 

[snowman6996]

That person was me and I expect you to type my name any time I am referred to.

-Signed,
ˁ˚ᴥ˚ˀ

I have looked at the symbol screen name for weeks and just realized its a bear or some animal.

 

[----------------------]

I have looked at the symbol screen name for weeks and just realized its a bear or some animal.

it looks funky on mobile

 

[Jahrules]

H

I have looked at the symbol screen name for weeks and just realized its a bear or some animal.

Half of a bear or some animal..

We have halfabee.. why not halfabear?

 

[Jonesta6]

I like @GrandpaD's ideas, but the tricky thing all along is the sight lines into KM being about 10' wide from some location and some angle over the treetops.


Unless I'm mistaken, any turnaround at the top or drop curve that has been proposed thus far can satisfy that.

Maybe keep the hill (launch or cable lift), drop straight to the Rhine, curve about halfway down so as to not interfere with the RPA buffer any more than it has to, and maybe some big sweeping air hills to kill the energy mixed with some crazy elements that aren't on Pantheon?