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Escape from Pompeii reviews

Theme Park Insider readers offer their ratings and reviews for Escape from Pompeii, a flume ride at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. (The minimum height to ride is 42 inches.)

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A chute-the-chutes ride with the special effects of a Hollywood stunt show. Feel the heat of the erupting volcano and evade the deteriorating city before splashing down a massive drop.

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33 votes, so far

Beautiful themed ride, but a little short in time. - Rob Pastor

The trip through Pompeii was short and not even a little scary. Not worth a long wait. The only saving grave - we got wet and cooled off on a hot day. I was expecting a lot more from this. - Roger S

7/10 (on average). Good theming and decent drop but the dark portion of the ride is way too short. I'd probably rate it an 8/10 on a hot summer day and a 6/10 on a cooler spring or fall day. Wearing a poncho is reccomended on the cooler days. - Andrew Carrieri

Agreed with others, great ride, but too short. - Jennifer Schwing

A great water ride. Alot better than the unthemed powersurge at fiesta texas. Needs to be safer though. 7/10 - Steven D

Neat theming but a bit too short. We expected a lot more to the ride than just an up, around & down typical chute ride. - Adrienne McDonald

I loved it. I droned on about Apollo's chariot, but the first time I went to Bucsh Gardens I rode it ten times. You can feel the heat from the flames. Too short, though. - Justin Curtis

Great theming, but way too short. Just a glorified log flume. - Jean Seo-Park

Great theming but you don't get too wet. - Chase Gray

Fun. Wet. Nice drop. But too short. The Pompeii part, inside the building was, well superfluous. Too dim, and except for the fire, not very well done. - r laufer

Very thrilling! I hate roller coasters, but I loved this ride. 1 problem: it's too short. - Andy Milio

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