Busch Gardens Williamsburg remained closed in mid-July, the height of tourism season. Park President Kevin Lembke says COVID-19-driven state limitations on attendance don’t make it financially feasible to open the amusement park. Photo by Caroline Martin
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Reclining against the Williamsburg greenery, the 180-foot-tall steel serpent awaits anyone brave enough to test their mettle against it. Measuring 3,300 feet in length and boasting a top speed of 73 miles per hour, it shares the name of a Roman temple dedicated to the gods: Pantheon.
Advertised as America’s fastest multilaunch roller coaster, Busch Gardens Williamsburg’s newest attraction features zig-zag turns, camel-back hills, a “Top-Gun stall” and an outer-banked curve destined to give riders an exhilarating lift out of their seats.
