Rocking our peers and putting parks in fear It literally occupies the land of the former Top Spin and offers a similar flippy ride experience. . 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. Because its one of the most iconic elements EVER to exist. A spokesperson said this week that the location was prime for a new attraction the internet is buzzing. Sounds like maybe a safari version of Maverick, which I would be happy with. [7] During the first launch, the on-ride camera took photos of the riders. I just think soaring face-down over the (hopefully cleaned-up) lake sounds amazing. For the 1999 season, a second set of LIMs were added further along the launch track. A rough idea of a possible queue location is included in the draft we have and hence, I included it in the map above. Twenty miles north of Richmond, Kings Dominion amusement park's steel coasters climb to 300 feet and whip many of its more than 1 million annual visitors up to speeds of 90 mph. Leaked coaster plans for a proposed B&M Wing Coaster. Home. Cookie Notice Arrow is out of business and I could see busch interested in buying parts from it to help keep lochness running. 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. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Earlier today, Kings Dominion in Doswell, . Privacy Policy. Park Update - Kings Dominion. If it does well, KD would probably take Canadas Wonderlands place and ride into the top tier parks. Now, a few things may really stand out to anyone who knows theirBolliger & Mabillard wing coasters. 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. You must log in or register to reply here. The park announced today that beginning in January 2023, Kings Dominion will expand to year-round operations. Before we get to todays new information, we should recap a bit to make sure everyone is caught up on what has been happening with Kings Dominions long-rumored Project 2021. I wouldnt give up hope on their future investments just yet they did just get a really nice RMC so its definitely not quite in the realm of neglected Cedar Fair parks. Fans have indeed lost one of the most unique roller coasters in the world. Virginia's Kings Dominion announced yesterday that it has closed and will remove its Volcano: The Blast Coaster. They just got new track to smooth it, thatll probably make racer last another 5-10 years. Regional parks & attractions, Disney, Universal. Its 400-acre grounds in Doswell feature more than 60 rides and attractions, including a waterpark. In 1984, the track ride was renamed Smurf Mountain, which is what the entire structure was called until it closed in 1995. I'm sure it would have been way better than the Intamin before, as most rides are. You are using an out of date browser. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. 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. style coaster replacing Volcano for one second, but personally I really want a flying coaster to be reserved for an eventual Anaconda replacement. I realized when looking back on it that it might be a little too outgoing for Kings Dominion, but I think the ride concept alone sounds very interesting and clever. Not saying Volcano's old stomping grounds are the largest (but still big) plot in the world, but Kings Dominion doesn't have to literally be the next park to install one of these. It would take a good place over the lake. The first year it opened, lines for the unique coaster (even before its demise, it was still the only complete circuit inverted launching coaster in the world) were consistently over 2 hours because of frequent roll-backs and technical issues. Tumbili will replicate the play of monkeys swinging through the trees, tumbling and falling in 8-person cars while flipping uncontrollably. Currently a large fake rock structure featuring a waterfall is located in this general area. I will do an in-depth analysis on what we can expect to take up the former site of volcano. Wed expect that subsequent versions of the Volcano replacement project plans would incorporate that structure in one way or another. They even do it on smooth coasters, which I don't get. Volcano was such a popular ride that if it does get a replacement, itll have to be on par or if not better than the ride. Last edited: Feb 9, 2019. 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. So is the wild mouse. As popularity declined over the years, Smurf Mountain eventually closed permanently in 1993. I think something will eventually replace Volcano, but I do not think it will happen soon. gabe3235 Contributing Member. [8] Intamin based the prototype design on their Suspended Catapult Coaster model. I know this has been brought up before; but I'll just bring it up again. When given the choice between writing about filings for a new coaster in Williamsburg or reporting on a monster truck rally in Doswell, Im sorry, but Im always picking the Busch Gardens Williamsburg story. If the wing was canned then thank god. Coming Spring 2022, Jungle X-Pedition featuring Tumbili! I wouldnt complain about a F.L.Y. The problem is that trying to keep the mountain in place will likely cost too much, and I wouldn't be surprised to see KD demolish the entire site to build a new attraction on the old footprint. This coaster was truly a blast! Yeah, today is big. [2], Kings Dominion was acquired by Paramount Parks in 1993, and under new ownership, plans were made to renovate the mountain. [2] The story focused on calling guests Lava Chasers, who were on a quest to explore the remnants of an ancient city inside a volcano. The pretzel loop to me, even though it covers the same distance, still feels like it ends at exactly the wrong time. DOSWELL, Va. -- Kings Dominion is set to launch Tumbili, a new 4D spin roller coaster, next year as part of the theme park's renamed and updated Safari Village, park officials announced. Here is WHY I think this roller coaster could become one of Kings Dominion's largest! I was thinking about a launched B&M wingrider or a launched Mack coaster like copperhead strike? Park Officials Bridgette Baywater and Scott Clemons introducing Tumbili (pic courtesy of @Coaster101). You must log in or register to reply here. 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. Now, much like the BGW Project 2021 station floor plan leak we recently ran on BGWFans, in an effort to keep the identity of our source confidential, we are opting not to share the actual copies of the plans we received. Discuss and create Kings Dominion related concepts. That doesnt mean we havent been visiting and following Kings Dominion thoughwe just havent run into anything worthy of writing aboutwell, that is, until now. Now, as weve covered already, we know these plans are a few months old at this point. Building off of the assessment that these are real, working copies of Volcano replacement project plans, we can safely say that, as of a few months ago, Kings Dominion was working with Bolliger & Mabillard on a relatively small wing coaster slated to open in 2021 on the site previously occupied by Volcano: The Blast Coaster. A Suspended Catapult Coaster, Volcano: The Blast Coaster offered the unusual combination of an inverted track with a launch. Another ride manufacturer, Premier Rides, had pioneered the concept two years earlier with the design of Flight of Fear at Kings Island. JavaScript is disabled. If it got re profiled to where its nowhere intense, enthusiast would cry. [23], On June 23, 2006, the roller coaster experienced a launch failure when a train carrying 15 passengers stalled and rolled back slightly. . It seemed possibly a bit rougher, especially during the 155-foot rollout, than it had during my previous visits but was otherwise running right as rain. I think Universal might have an issue with that. [12] Volcano: The Blast Coaster officially opened to the public two days later on August 3, 1998. THEY SHOULD BE VIEWED AS A POSSIBLE PROPOSAL FOR VOLCANOS REPLACEMENT, NOT ASSUMED TO BE THE FINALIZED PLANS FOR THE PROJECT. When I had a chance to ride Manta a few times in an evening, I found that the only thing worth reriding for was the pretzel loop. 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. Its a nice, family friendly ride. Volcano was such a popular ride that if it does get a replacement, it'll have to be on par or if not better than the ride. That second launch and shooting out of the volcano was always exhilarating. [20] A section of track, a ride vehicle, and signage from the retired attraction were later donated to the National Roller Coaster Museum in Plainview, Texas. Something Ive always wanted to see is a B&M hyper coaster with winged trains. It may not display this or other websites correctly. If it does well, KD would probably take Canada's Wonderlands place and ride into the top tier parks. [22], The highest point of the roll out is 155 feet (47m) above ground level, which made it the highest inversion at Kings Dominion, taller than Dominator's 135-foot (41m) vertical loop. - YouTube Here is WHY I think this roller coaster could become one of Kings Dominion's largest! Guests would now climb down the former Fast Lane entrance staircase to access the new station. what other contenders are out there? Also, Tumbili was never considered a Volcano replacement. I dont think anything will truly replace Volcano for me. 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. In my defense, Busch Gardens Williamsburg has kept me very busy with BGWFans. Make it stop. Kings Dominion announced the decision in a blog post on their website. The scheduling change adds additional weekends to the calendar in January, February and early March, with regular park operation continuing throughout the rest of the year. Its unclear whether or not that structure would remain in this proposal, but it strikes me as fairly unlikely that it would. I genuinely don't know a single person who likes that ride. I could see people making comments like "they should have put those flipping seats on the wing coaster!' That's a shame to hear the wing coaster was "cancelled." It's a real shame, because every time I went to the park last year, it was either down or had an intolerable line (over 30 minutes). You remove a coaster it will be a decade before its replaced and another for a new coaster. They would NDT the trains and find cracks all over them and then the ride would be closed for months. Tumbili is not the Volcano: The Blast Coaster replacement fans were hoping for, but it does complement the parks coaster lineup nicely. Replacement for Volcano_ The Blast Coaster.pdf. New posts Search forums Account Upgrades. ^They should put those restraints on every non-B&M Mega model honestly. KDFans has exclusively been given copies of what we believe to be a legitimate, work-in-progress draft of a layout proposal for a wing coaster from Bolliger & Mabillard. Those coasters are to new to be removed. 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. After a left turn, the train returned to the station. Volcano had a long history of maintenance issues, so its closure is not surprising, but the timing is hard for long time fans. 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. CoasterAuditor; Mar 7, 2020; 17 18 19. This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register. We prefer smoothness over a jarring video." [11] Originally, Volcano only featured one LIM launch at the beginning of the ride. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Looking for statistics on the fastest, tallest or longest roller coasters? Earlier today, Kings Dominion in Doswell, VA announced a significant thematic overhaul to one of the parks lands as well as unveiling the details of Cedar Fairs only significant construction project for 2022. Out with the old and unreliable. What Will Replace Volcano at Kings Dominion? I know some guys that had try and maintain those impulse coasters with their Six Flags budgets, very tough thing to do lol. Essentially, it would be something with the layout of a traditional B&M hyper, but with winged trains and open restraints similar to the ones found on their. Would Kings Dominion be able to afford something along those lines? In a sense they can still be the best part of the ride because the whole thing's ruined. Discussions. were all clearly unfinished at the time when this iteration of the plans were drawn up. For Anaconda, I could see the old B&M Wing Coaster layout that was leaked. Not entirely unlike Copperhead but less intense and far less expensive, and no inversions. I'd still have to ride FLY to say if it's actually any good and if inversions can work on a flyer, but at least it appears to do them properly rather than rolling you around in your restraints. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. The Safari area of Kings Dominion has undergone a number of tweaks throughout the parks history, but none as significant as this. As to how long it ran, 20 years doesn't strike me as a long life span for a coaster - certainly not when you consider the fact that the Coney Island Cyclone celebrated its 90th birthday two years ago - although with a coaster of this complexity I suppose that one should figure in a reduction in life expectancy. 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. Lets get into it. After three and a half sennights of almost continuous combat the decisive breakthrough that the rebels had sought came when Gerold Hightower and his principal subordinates were caught up in an assault near the hamlet of Bluestone; Hightower himself was killed by Robert Baratheon in a ferocious contest, while his subordinates were either killed or captured. [3] In 1996, the park moved in another direction hiring Intamin to design a new roller coaster. "This wasnt an easy decision for us, because we know that people love this one-of-a-kind coaster; however, over time it became nearly impossible to keep the ride up to our high standards of reliability and guest satisfaction, and for these reasons we had to make the tough call," the park said on its website. Its been a while, I know. [1] Voyage to Atlantis was renamed Haunted River for the 1980 season. Nah, I dont think KD would do that. Nope no special Haunt announcementsyet. 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. From that downward spiral, we enter the corkscrew, a banked turn, and then the final brake runall of which are located in areas previously occupied by Volcano. For volcano I can see the SNS Axis. I find they make it hard to tell what exactly the ride is doing. youtu.be/2jvlC5. The visual of wing coaster trains diving down through that inversion from this angle would, surely, be fantastic. Pretzel Kaiser; Jul 30, 2014; Replies 2 Views 3K. We can, however, say that we are 99% sure that what were looking at is real and, furthermore, that we are sure enough in our judgement to bet KDFans reputation on it. [6][7] Upon completion, Volcano would also become the park's tenth roller coaster and Kings Dominion began marketing its collection of coasters as the largest on the East Coast. 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. Lego 41027 - Der TOP-Favorit unserer Produkttester. Volcano's final year of operation was in 2018, and in the off-season that followed, Kings Dominion made a sudden decision to retire the roller coaster. In 1984, Land of the Dooz was refurbished and rethemed to The Smurfs franchise, becoming known as Smurf Mountain. I would still give them more credit than that. We may even see this theme expand to a re-theme and update of Backlot Stunt Coaster, Flight of Fear, and Intimidator 305. Flight if fear should be replaced with a more jungle themeing. It may not display this or other websites correctly. I will also share with you my. Nah, depends on how volcano replacement does. You've come to the right place. Theres a lot of people posting on those sites that do stuff like that purely for the reactions and attention. Or if we ever do get a replacement. Ideally the layout would be more a curvy out and back for more short 10-45 degree curves and airtime and maybe inversions. 2. After a series of delays, Volcano opened to the public on August 3, 1998. As with any article like this, we need to point out that we cannot verify the authenticity of these documents with 100% certainty. [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. Kings Dominion is an amusement park located in Doswell, Virginia, 20 miles. That's gonna be a dope Camp Snoopy expansion! hide. [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). Find it all and much more with the interactive Roller Coaster Database. I would love it I mean I rode Manta to death last year that thing was fantastic. Istg i walk out with a concussion and burst eardrums every time i rode that thing me and everyone i know skip that one entirely now. I think a clone of Beyond the Cloud would be super cool, and I thought a Mack Extreme spinner would be cool too, the only problem is that they'd have two spinning coasters next to each other, and the GP would confuse them. There is nothing "obvious" about removing Anaconda! It has a great layout. 16 34 34 Comments Best Just because they are real documents, doesnt mean that the plans we obtained are in any way final, however. A man-made mountain, originally called The Lost World, was constructed at Kings Dominion in 1979. Let me rephrase that: what if another amusement park built a flying launch coaster from Vekoma with a larger scale track layout? Alright so about that replacement idea: Me personally I would love a more intense version of Copperhead Strike. The rest was Ok. I got so tired just reading the title of this thread that I can't think of anything. [2] Although Volcano's design accounted for rollbacks and allowed them to occur safely, the frequency of the problem led to multiple delays of the ride's grand opening. The plans, themselves, provide a very interesting glimpse into the development process for this coaster, but its hard to know just how solidified any of the details presented actually are. After getting emails about users on this forum attempting to access the file, I decided to convert this to public format. [21], Volcano's layout simulated the path of a volcanic eruption. The ride manufacturer set out to develop a launch coaster, the company's first, that would be powered by a linear induction motor (LIM). Nah, depends on how volcano replacement does. Thus, we are fairly confident in saying that, as of a few months ago, Kings Dominion was working to have Volcano's replacement ready for 2021. [2] It remained closed for the rest of the season. Jungle X-Pedition introduces parkgoers to the Amazonian discoveries of Professor Gerald Winston Whey, who so generously sponsored the new area. This is a perfect example of why Intamin sales have been so low for 7 or so years, and why ever since Kinzel retired pretty much all of Cedar Fairs big coasters have been B&M. These posts that make parks call the cops. Growing up in VA, KD was my home park. Now that we have the proposed coaster layout, lets place it inside Kings Dominion. 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. At the start of Kings Dominion Virginia's 2018 season, Volcano: The Blast Coaster was closed suddenly for the entire season. 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 think Grizzly gets removed. Tbh, I'd sacrifice Racer before The Grizzly. With that out of the way, what does this draft show? Between having to replace those members, which would have required even more cuts into the mountain's structure (over the past year, a number of cuts were made into the mountain to access and inspect these supports) and the cost for a ride that is already one of the most expensive in the park to operate (because of the 2 launches using older, inefficient LSMs), Kings Dominion probably made the right call. report. POV of Volcano taken from the park's official Facebook Page (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Let's imagine Hollywood's ultimate star-driven theme park resort. Depending on if they are keeping the mountain or not, it may be 2021 before a replacement comes. Kings Dominion is a Cedar Fair park and sister park of Kings Island located in Doswell, Virginia. Their coaster line up which is highlighted in this video makes it a destination for thrill seekers worldwide. It's a shame that this concept was canned, as I actually think wing coasters can be pretty fun, enjoyable rides, however I personally think that they canned it because they're planning something better for 2021/2022 instead; they wouldn't neglect a park as large as Kings Dominion in that way. Kings Dominion is a Cedar Fair park and sister park of Kings Island located in Doswell, Virginia. They'd have to take me with it, Anaconda unfortunately might be next. Then anaconda should be replaced by the old B&M wing coaster that was leaked a few years ago. It originally opened at Six Flags Ohio on May 5, 2000 under the name Batman: Knight .more 3 Volcano, The Blast Coaster Kings Dominion 108 votes Opened In: 1998-08-03 Height (m): 47.244 Max Speed (km/h): 112.65408 G Force: 2.4 https://parkfans.net/threads/who-are-the-gp.2421/#post-72622. 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[2] Nearly a year later on February 8, 2019, Kings Dominion quietly announced intentions to remove Volcano from the park, citing issues with reliability, rider capacity, and overall customer satisfaction. Lastly, we have to address a major datapoint that weve successfully avoided until now: the timeline. Making plans rain down like a monsoon Previous That area is roughly approximated by the red shaded area in the map above. Replies 372 Views 27K. Wasn't much of a fan when it was up and running. Its launch mechanism utilized linear induction motor (LIM) technology. Unfortunately, KDFans reports that the B&M Wing Coaster plans that were in development have been "shelved" and that the park is looking at going in a different direction. The existence of a single storage track essentially confirms that this coaster, as designed in this draft, would only run two trainsagain, not really uncommon for the model, but its worth noting nonetheless. 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