Busch Gardens has released a first person rendering of what it’ll be like to ride their new Phoenix Rising family roller coaster later this year. It looks like a fun little ride by B&M in the spirit of similar family inverts like Dragonflier at Dollywood, Freedom Flyer at Fun Spot Orlando and Swamp Thing at Wild Adventures. It’ll also feature onboard audio which can be awesome if you’ve ever ridden something like Big Bear Mountain.

The only real disappointing thing about the announcement was that similar to these other rides, Phoenix Rising will only have a SINGLE TRAIN (thanks to @Paigepbryant for the pics). With the ride time from the video of about 1 minute and 10 seconds and if we generously say a great operations crew can unload and load a train in 50 seconds that means only 30 dispatches an hour. With 20 riders/train and 30 dispatches that’s just 600 riders per hour. Ouch! More likely that number will be closer to 400-500 as people put bags on shelves, get situated and just act the way the general public does sometimes. Also, if this thing is on Quick Queue, expect the standby line to be pretty outrageous.

Although I wouldn’t count on being able to marathon this thing anytime soon, it’s still great to have another coaster in the park regardless of its capacity or potential line. Looking forward to seeing an opening date soon!