Project 2021/Drachen Spire: Intamin Multi-Launch Shuttle Giga Coaster [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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• Most Up-To-Date Understanding of the Layout:
  
  

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NoLimits Model of the Layout:​

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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]

well that may be true now that it’s built but the past post don’t lie. Was a lot of complaining going on.

I think you are confusing small gripes (a swing launch parallel to another swing launch in the same hamlet) with people’s overarching impression of the quality of the ride itself. And then you’re taking the additional step of ascribing that position to the community at large.

Regardless, we’re getting off topic here so we should probably drop it.


Regarding 2021, we’re planning for a 6pm publication. Both parts of the project are on track to be completed by then.

 

[GrandpaD]

Was a lot of complaining going on.

If anything, it was early on primarily from the "giga coaster or bust" crowd followed by (as @Thomas said) the "we don't need another launch coaster" contingent.

 

[BGWnut]

This will be (rightfully in my opinion) infinitely more controversial than Pantheon. Not because it’s bad (opinion), but because it’s insane (not an opinion—just fact).

Insane as in a park would have to mental to build it and we will all go what are they thinking? or insane as in this is going to be intense and might be really cool?

 

[Zachary]

the "we don't need another launch coaster" contingent

What an antiquated idea!

looks at how many launches 2021 has

Insane as in a park would have to mental to build it and we will all go what are they thinking? or insane as in this is going to be intense and might be really cool?

Yes and more. Any way you can use insane to describe a coaster, this fits if you ask me.

 

[BGWnut]

Yes and more. Any way you can use insane to describe a coaster, this fits if you ask me.

Well this sounds like a coaster I would want at BGW. Color me excited

 

[Thomas]

It certainly looks fast... and tall... and weird as hell. I’ll appreciate it on those merits alone.

 

[GrandpaD]

It certainly looks fast... and tall... and weird as hell.

I think I dated her years ago...

 

[markp700]

I think I dated her years ago...

lmao stop talking bout me.

 

[ControlsEE]

It certainly looks fast... and tall... and weird as hell.

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Sorry, had to

 

[bpeter4]

I will be thrilled with anything that is not a Red Force clone. I don't know why, as I've never rode Top Thrill or KingDa Ka but I just don't like the idea of the park adding another one trick pony or unoriginal launch coaster

 

[warfelg]

looks at how many launches 2021 has

 

[Thomas]

I will be thrilled with anything the is not a Red Force clone. I don't know why, as I've never rode Top Thrill or KingDa Ka but I just don't like the idea of the park adding another one trick pony or unoriginal launch coaster

It’s definitely not a Red Force clone.

 

[XDime]

It’s definitely not a Red Force clone.

That makes me 10 times happier

 

[mikes]

That makes me 10 times happier

It could be worse though ?

 

[Ghost of Pretzel Kaiser]

That makes me 10 times happier

I’d say I’m half as excited.

 

[XDime]

if it was a true giga i would be 20 times more but i always like a coaster thats not a one trick

 

[PhantomJB93]

if it was a true giga i would be 20 times more but i always like a coaster thats not a one trick

Unless there is a major surprise with these new plans (and I have not seen them, I am operating off of knowledge from previous reveals) from what we’ve been able to gather this would still very much meet most people’s definition of “one trick” while simultaneously not being a RF clone.

 

[XDime]

Unless there is a major surprise with these new plans (and I have not seen them, I am operating off of knowledge from previous reveals) from what we’ve been able to gather this would still very much meet most people’s definition of “one trick”

F

 

[BGWnut]

Unless there is a major surprise with these new plans (and I have not seen them, I am operating off of knowledge from previous reveals) from what we’ve been able to gather this would still very much meet most people’s definition of “one trick” while simultaneously not being a RF clone.

Based on what @Zachary has told us, I think there is a major surprise in these plans.

 

[Lord Robert]

So the 2021 addition is potentially a 300 ft Giga coaster with multiple launches that isn't a Red Force clone?