apollo apollo steel roller coaster theme park virginia united_states ride designed swiss firm officially opened public march foot long ride characterised air time hills heights ranging feet riders ascend feet chain lift hill dropping feet angle apollo generally received consistently rating highly industry rankings history apollo announced september tallest fastest roller coaster gardens january ride nearing completion approximately pieces track left installed apollo opened swiss manufacturer held apollo opening ceremony march italian fashion model brought promote new roller coaster ride inaugural run pound struck face leaving nose covered blood treated nearby hospital minor cuts characteristics foot long apollo hyper coaster park existing terrain utilised allow foot tall lift hill translated drop stretching feet speed miles hour ride features air time hills riders apollo experience times force gravity minute second ride apollo operates trains cars train riders arranged single row total riders train configuration trains allows theoretical capacity riders hour riders restrained seats elevated riders feet don touch ground ride experience departing station train begins climb foot chain lift hill train reaches drops feet pre drop pre drop serves reduce stress pull chain pre drop train goes feet drop water filled degree angle reaching speed miles hour end train enters second hill foot drop short narrow ground tunnel second drop tunnel train descends foot drop banks left descends train goes upward coming train drops feet turns right rises mid course brake run train drops feet brake run followed drop feet train banks right makes foot dip turns left goes small foot dip train makes foot drop climbing final brake run approximately seconds minute second ride reception ride debut year gardens lower attendance levels expecting attributed prolonged periods weather result park planned launch apollo attempt drive attendance amusement today annual golden ticket awards apollo consistently ranked highly debut year ranked position years coaster consistently ranked higher peaking worldwide coaster poll apollo entered position dropping low ride ranking subsequent polls shown table
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