Nah, depends on how volcano replacement does. We may even see this theme expand to a re-theme and update of Backlot Stunt Coaster, Flight of Fear, and . This is the same reason why I wasn't so fond of the B&M wing coaster because Tumbili looks like a wing coaster and the GP would confuse them. The park was named after its sister park, Kings Island in Kings Mills, Ohio. A small, roughly 100 foot tall, Bolliger & Mabillard wing coaster featuring a lift and five inversions taking up residence in Safari Village on the former Volcano site. I think something will eventually replace Volcano, but I do not think it will happen soon. It was the best ride at Kings Dominion for a long time before I305 went up in my opinion with its unique premise and how fun it was. Jungle X-Pedition is set in the deep dark jungle where explorers can visit the base camp for a bite to eat at Outpost Caf signature restaurant and shop at X-Plorer's Supplies, an immersive retail location. If it got re profiled to where its nowhere intense, enthusiast would cry. You've come to the right place. I feel fortunate to have found it operating when I visited Kings Dominion last April. They have 12 roller coasters in total including one of the six Giga coasters worldwide in. They just got new track to smooth it, thatll probably make racer last another 5-10 years. [21], Volcano's layout simulated the path of a volcanic eruption. I rode it about a month back and thought it was great for what it was! Explosion, overpowering [2], The new coaster was plagued with a variety of technical issues long before it opened. Depending on if they are keeping the mountain or not, it may be 2021 before a replacement comes. Hopefully they've made grave improvements since its rumored for BGW next coaster to be from them. Avoiding the entire flying coaster fad was one of the best moves I've seen Cedar Fair make. So the F.L.Y. Once again, the map below is based solely on information contained within the draft proposal KDFans obtained. They should replace it with like a Gravity Group woodie. The layout appears to be the smaller model of S&S 4-D Free Spin (recently installed at Adventureland in Iowa this year) however still looks to be a ton of fun. 16 34 34 Comments Best I know it's not likely but it's not impossible, yes i'm pumped for Unused Space, ride of year 2021 calling it now. Posted by 4 months ago. In fact, theres evidence in the files we received that strongly suggests that these plans are still a working draftlikely a layout proposal that the designer sent to Cedar Fair/Kings Dominion for review and markup. Tumbili (Toom-Bee-Lee), the Swahili word for monkey, will rise 112 feet out of a recently discovered Amazon temple discovered on the site of the former The Crypt ride. Anaconda is one of my favorites, and if I absolutely had to choose one coaster to go, Grizzly is at the top of the list. I will also share with you my predictions for when I think we could the park open their next coaster! For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Unfortunately, the theme was later abandoned due to the film's poor box office performance. As depicted in the map above, the wing coasters transfer track, station, and lift all run parallel to Flight of Fears launch tunnel with the wing-over drop towering directly next to the pathway that leads back to Flight of Fear and Intimidator 305. After the roll out, the train made a sweeping turn around the mountain followed by a heartline roll in midair. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. The park is currently owned by Cedar Fair, and was part of the former Paramount Parks chain that Cedar Fair acquired from CBS Corporation on June 30, 2006. The concept and delivery you've put here all seem like they would boost the park quite a bit on the quality scale. Reply . Grizzly is just way to hated for it to still be around. Something Ive always wanted to see is a B&M hyper coaster with winged trains. The Intamin launch coaster opened in 1998, but had been down more than up in recent years. [23], On June 23, 2006, the roller coaster experienced a launch failure when a train carrying 15 passengers stalled and rolled back slightly. Not likely to happen, though. Listen to the minds go boom I think after anaconda replacement grizzly will be next. But it'd be really expensive for KD to add considering B&Ms aren't cheap and they'd have to do a lot of landscaping for the ride to be all that interesting. I share all of my thoughts and predictions with you and share a few layouts that I think could work with this new potential roller coaster Kings Dominion has a very interesting future, and I am excited to see which direction Cedar Fair rolls with for this awesome Virginia theme park!VIDEO REQUEST OR WANT TO GET IN TOUCH? 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That would be a perfect fit. Thus, we are fairly confident in saying that, as of a few months ago, Kings Dominion was working to have Volcanos replacement ready for 2021. I could see a Gravity Group woodie, or a really good GCI. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Regardless, with so many similarities, a video of the Hot Go layout in action should still give a very good idea of what this proposed wing coaster would actually look like if built as drafted in these plans. 2021 - New Coaster - Rumor - (2/28/20) Sad news for Kings Dominion fans because I know you've been waiting to hear all about some big time coaster plan for 2021. At the time, LIM technology was still fairly new to the industry and Intamin's system was initially buggy. Located just outside Richmond, Va., Kings Dominion traces its history to 1975, when the park was built by Ohio-based Taft Broadcasting, which had opened Kings Island in Ohio in 1972. We have reason to believe that the plans that we have seen are likely not a finalized iteration of the plans for the project. Volcano: The Blast Coaster, or simply Volcano, was an inverted roller coaster located at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia. Split the Tumbili stuff off, so this thread can track the replacement (?) Nah, I dont think they should even re profile the turn. I find they make it hard to tell what exactly the ride is doing. Should keep them both and just add more. ), bushes and small trees that would make most of the coaster not visible from the rest of the park or even itself, and more importantly the rest of the park would not be visible from much of the ride so you feel like you leave it and go somewhere else. If it does well, KD would probably take Canada's Wonderlands place and ride into the top tier parks. According to our source, the plans above were labeled as a 2021 project. If Kings Dominion were to update a very tired section of the park, throw in two new coasters (Tumbili and Volcano replacement) and add some signature food and beverage, we might be looking at true competition for that other Virginia park. As with any article like this, we need to point out that we cannot verify the authenticity of these documents with 100% certainty. [2], In addition to being the first of its kind to use an LIM launch system, Volcano opened as the fastest inverted roller coaster in the world, reaching a maximum speed of 70mph (110km/h). [13] The speed was matched by Superman: Ultimate Escape at Geauga Lake in 2000 and also by The Flash: Vertical Velocity at Six Flags Great America in 2001. [15], In 2014, the queue line was upgraded with a new loading station to help increase the riders per hour. I don't think that was a horizon leveled video, but the camera was shifting in a similar way so that it didn't directly follow the vehicle's motions. Remove the lame backlot stunt coaster and the crazy mouse one and replace them with better coasters. It's true, this coasters reliability was completely unpredictable, 2 hours on, 2 hours off. youtu.be/2jvlC5. Let us know in the Volcano Replacement Project thread on ParkFans.net! After it was announced in February that Volcano would not operate in 2019, Kings Dominion wasted little time in not only removing the Volcano roller coaster, but the mountain the attraction surrounded and resided in as well. The visual of wing coaster trains diving down through that inversion from this angle would, surely, be fantastic. Nah, depends on how volcano replacement does. This is the perfect place to create wonderful memories that will last you a lifetime! It was a good coaster but the coaster itself cannot account for its popularity. I consider myself lucky to have been on Volcano, it was a cool ride, but the cost just didn't equal the returns. Fans have lost one of the most unique roller coasters in the world. Perhaps the more interesting thing about this layout is what space itdoesnt fill. It may not display this or other websites correctly. Jonquil. Looked more appealing and interesting than the actual ride. Reportedly, the reason that KD no longer wanted to maintain the ride was because stress cracks had formed on a number of critical supports. Eventually, Intamin added a second boost launch just before the flip out of the mountain to decrease rollbacks, which eventually led to them returning the trains to their full compliment of seats. This could Replace Volcano the Blast Coaster at Kings Dominion. News. KD would probably become even more hated(not that it is hated). Wrecking shop, when I drop Forums. I find they make it hard to tell what exactly the ride is doing. You must log in or register to reply here. Expanding all the way to the back of the park would allow tired properties to be revitalized and harken back to the pre-Cedar Fair days where Paramount would really attempt to theme their parks. And thats around 3 years. A portion of the ride was enclosed inside a man-made volcano originally constructed in 1979, which previously housed other attractions. You are using an out of date browser. Several wooden logs were attached to a black gate in the switchback area to separate the entrance and exit paths. 72,467 views Feb 11, 2019 1.4K Dislike Share Coaster Studios 198K subscribers Kings Dominion is removing their most popular roller coaster, due to. You remove a coaster it will be a decade before its replaced and another for a new coaster. If it does well, KD would probably take Canadas Wonderlands place and ride into the top tier parks. A place for anything relating to the theme park, Kings Dominion, Press J to jump to the feed. Full Statement: [2] After several months of postponing, a soft opening was eventually held on August 1, 1998. The proposal in this draft appears to be a shortened version of the already-once-cloned B&M wing coaster layout Roller Coaster DataBase has dubbed the Hot Go. The iteration found in the plans we obtained removes the vertical loop after the dive drop and swaps in a simple banked turn in place of the Hot Gos final helix. This coaster was truly a blast! Say goodbye to a beloved roller coaster at Kings Dominion. What do you think will replace volcano at Kings dominion? [16][17], During the 2018 season, Volcano operated for the first few weeks before closing. In fact, in order to increase reliability in its first season, Paramount's Kings Dominion removed half the seats from the trains halfway through the summer to ensure they could make it out of the volcano and through the rest of the course. Lastly, we have to address a major datapoint that weve successfully avoided until now: the timeline. Volcano the blast coaster is gone at Kings Dominion so when will it be replaced, if at all? An early track design proposed by Intamin, much of which was later modified, featured a maximum speed of 75mph (121km/h), a 140-foot (43m) Immelmann inversion with a 130-foot (40m) drop, a horseshoe, two double heartline rolls, and a helix. Honestly I think they are making space and all kinds of things for new coasters when youre on reptilian you can see on the right a giant area theyre digging out and working on and theres a few more in the park like that. [2], Kings Dominion was acquired by Paramount Parks in 1993, and under new ownership, plans were made to renovate the mountain. Lego 41027 - Der TOP-Favorit unserer Produkttester. report. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 16 riders per train. Park Officials did not elaborate on whether this theme will encompass the entirety of the Safari area of the park; Ill comment on that later. They will however need to step up their game if they want to compete with Busch. Adds Ringas, "To think of such an icon in the park as that. THEY SHOULD BE VIEWED AS A POSSIBLE PROPOSAL FOR VOLCANOS REPLACEMENT, NOT ASSUMED TO BE THE FINALIZED PLANS FOR THE PROJECT. Leaked coaster plans for a proposed B&M Wing Coaster. Previous Volcano has been shut down or gone for 4 years now and yes Tumbli is not its replacement but there are no signs of a new coaster coming for another several years. The zero-g roll, jr. immelmann, and the heartline roll all take place in areas previously occupied by Kings Dominions now-demolished mountain, bringing us to the downward spiral (#8 in our layout graphic). Save $25+ Per Ticket on Select Dates This is strongly suggested by the documents we obtained, but not explicitly stated. Id rather see Anaconda rebuilt so its not painful anymore as opposed to being replaced. JavaScript is disabled. Timothy Fan, 20, died Monday night after falling from the Shockwave, a stand-up roller coaster at Paramount's Kings Dominion, about 20 miles north of Richmond. They'd have to take me with it, Anaconda unfortunately might be next. I also heard that many Gerstlauers have gotten rough over time, but I don't know what the deal is with that. I know this has been brought up before; but I'll just bring it up again. [8] Intamin based the prototype design on their Suspended Catapult Coaster model. [11] Originally, Volcano only featured one LIM launch at the beginning of the ride. Those coasters are to new to be removed. Not entirely unlike Copperhead but less intense and far less expensive, and no inversions. The scenery would be Safari themed, with a combination of big rocks (and crumbling walls? Currently a large fake rock structure featuring a waterfall is located in this general area. Doing a full loop from bottom to top back to the bottom is a blast. 3 trains with 4 cars. According to the draft we obtained, if this layout were selected as the final design, Scrambler, would almost certainly need to be removed or relocated. Make it stop. Designed by Werner Stengel, it was the first launched roller coaster manufactured by Intamin and the first of its kind in the world to be inverted. This could Replace Volcano the Blast Coaster at Kings Dominion. According to Kings Dominion, the closure revolved around the inability to keep Volcano: The Blast Coaster up to the park's high reliability and guest satisfaction standards. This area received some new television screens as well. In 2022, Jungle X-Pedition will consist of a new roller coaster, a retheme and enhancement of an existing restaurant (Outer Hanks), and exclusive merchandise. [2] The trains failed to exit the volcano consistently during early testing, often rolling back down to the launch area in what is typically referred to as a rollback. I remember spending the summer of 98 visiting the park weekly as this ride was delayed opening, but thoroughly enjoying the ride. Referring to the_man, I agree about Intamin. [7] During the first launch, the on-ride camera took photos of the riders. Find it all and much more with the interactive Roller Coaster Database. I heard people saying that the Grizzly should be removed, but I'm not completely on board with that idea. Think Far Cry 2. Maybe several places where a dark alcove or small cave is created and then a light turns on showing a scary looking attacking animal as you go by, not staying on long enough for you to see it's fake. We may even see this theme expand to a re-theme and update of Backlot Stunt Coaster, Flight of Fear, and Intimidator 305. 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