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Griffon reviews

Theme Park Insider readers offer their ratings and reviews for Griffon, a roller coaster at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. (The minimum height to ride is 54 inches.)

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Posted: March 15, 2011

Fearless. That's what you better be to step up to this floorless and fast thriller. Named for a mythical beast with the strength of a lion and the speed of an eagle, once you look this ride in the eye, you'll find what it means to be brave.

After you’re taken 205 feet into the air, the Griffon mercilessly eases you over the edge.

And stops.

For a brief moment, you find yourself looking down--straight down--at the ground below as you're suspended above it.

Then down you plunge 90 degrees straight toward the ground at racing speeds faster than 70 miles per hour.

And that's only the beginning …

Minimum Height Requirement
Griffon 54"

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57 votes, so far

I thought this would scare me more than it did. Maybe I'm getting too addicted to bigger hills and faster speeds on coasters like Intimidator 305, Millenium Force, and Top Thrill Dragster. Anyway, this is still a really fun ride. Sitting in front is best, especially when you dangle above the first drop. - Roger S

Although only five feet taller than SheiKra, it packs more punch as it has a second Immelmann, and is longer. - Jorge Arnoldson

Go early and go often For the Nay Sayers: lighten up it is an excellent ride in an excellent park. - vernon griffin

7/10 The view of the river from the top was the best part of this coaster. The drops, despite being ninety degrees weren't too thrilling. - Andrew Carrieri

This sucked so much! they made a huge mistake of getting rid of drachen fire. This coaster is not even the biggest coaster in virginia. This ride was way overated and was not all that intense. BGE should tear down this coaster and put in a schrazkkoph thriller. - Steven D

While this ride is a lot of fun and definitely a commendable addition to BGE I think it's too short and it is based on a couple gimmicks that don't make up for it's lack of length and creativity (its almost a direct lift of the floorless coaster at BGA - Tom Rigg

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