Loch Ness Monster at Busch Gardens to Receive Full Restoration
Busch Gardens Williamsburg’s Loch Ness Monster coaster will soon receive a full restoration.
The Arrow Development steel coaster originally opened on June 2, 1978, at a cost of $5 million (approximately $23.5 million in 2023). Loch Ness Monster was famously the first coaster to feature interlocking loops and is now the only remaining operating coaster with interlocking loops.
Front row POV of Loch Ness Monster (2022)
The reimagined experience is advertised as “Loch Ness Monster”: The Legend Lives On.
Here’s everything that’ll be new when the coaster reopens in 2024:
Storytelling elements in the queue
New music during the lift hill climb
View of “something monstrous lurking under the water” with the first drop
An updated tunnel experience with an appearance from the Loch Ness Monster
900 feet of steel track replaced (total track is 3240 feet)
“Loch Ness Monster”: The Legend Lives On – Teaser Video
“Loch Ness Monster”: The Legend Lives On promotional image (Busch Gardens Williamsburg)
Loch Ness Monster will close to the public on October 31, 2023, and to Busch Gardens Williamsburg members on Sunday, November 5, 2023. Members will receive special opportunities to ride the coaster before it closes for restoration and a first-to-ride benefit when it reopens in 2024.
