At the start of Kings Dominion Virginia's 2018 season, Volcano: The Blast Coaster was closed suddenly for the entire season. Are you thrilled with the potential for a new Bolliger & Mabillard project at Kings Dominion? Discussions. [2], The new coaster was plagued with a variety of technical issues long before it opened. Then I could see racer being removed. Just because they are real documents, doesnt mean that the plans we obtained are in any way final, however. It's no contest. Not likely to happen, though. Volcano: The Blast Coaster, or simply Volcano, was an inverted roller coaster located at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia. The ride theme, and type all sound amazing. I think after anaconda replacement grizzly will be next. [8] Intamin based the prototype design on their Suspended Catapult Coaster model. None. 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. This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register. Also, Tumbili was never considered a Volcano replacement. I could see then removing them in like 2040. Adnit to missing that when it was Smurfed;). Out with the old and unreliable. And thats around 3 years. style coaster replacing Volcano for one second, but personally I really want a flying coaster to be reserved for an eventual Anaconda replacement. 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. As popularity declined over the years, Smurf Mountain eventually closed permanently in 1993. Its unclear whether or not that structure would remain in this proposal, but it strikes me as fairly unlikely that it would. POV of Volcano taken from the park's official Facebook Page 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 don't think anything will truly "replace" Volcano for me. THEY SHOULD BE VIEWED AS A POSSIBLE PROPOSAL FOR VOLCANOS REPLACEMENT, NOT ASSUMED TO BE THE FINALIZED PLANS FOR THE PROJECT. I was thinking about a launched B&M wingrider or a launched Mack coaster like copperhead strike? Remove the lame backlot stunt coaster and the crazy mouse one and replace them with better coasters. You must log in or register to reply here. KD needs a new woodie. As with any article like this, we need to point out that we cannot verify the authenticity of these documents with 100% certainty. I think something will eventually replace Volcano, but I do not think it will happen soon. The park announced today that beginning in January 2023, Kings Dominion will expand to year-round operations. Currently a large fake rock structure featuring a waterfall is located in this general area. I am, very sad that Cedar Fair has given up on the attraction. Could this be a landing spot for the new generation Vekoma SLC ? 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. For Anaconda, I could see the old B&M Wing Coaster layout that was leaked. These posts that make parks call the cops. The real question is can the spinning trains go that fast? Home. 40.7474845,14.4830069. Then anaconda should be replaced by the old B&M wing coaster that was leaked a few years ago. I wouldnt complain about a F.L.Y. This page was last edited on 31 January 2023, at 18:42. I find they make it hard to tell what exactly the ride is doing. zambezi zinger for boomerang maybe. The rest was Ok. I know I keep repeating this, but since I know many people dont actually read our articles and instead just scan them for photos. 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. Yeah, today is big. That said, the existence of these documents and the details contained within them, do give us an incredible and unprecedented look inside the parks direction with the Volcano replacement project. Previous Id rather see Anaconda rebuilt so its not painful anymore as opposed to being replaced. There were rumors flying around the coaster community on whether the ride would reopen in 2019. We may even see this theme expand to a re-theme and update of Backlot Stunt Coaster, Flight of Fear, and Intimidator 305. You must log in or register to reply here. The ride manufacturer set out to develop a launch coaster, the company's first, that would be powered by a linear induction motor (LIM). Jonquil. I love the anaconda and the grizzly. That area is roughly approximated by the red shaded area in the map above. The Anaconda should obviously be removed after the replacement for the Volcano gets built. 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. 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. I would love it I mean I rode Manta to death last year that thing was fantastic. It may not display this or other websites correctly. I would love to see some variant of the Lost World come back to the park. Looked more appealing and interesting than the actual ride. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 16 riders per train. Alright so about that replacement idea: Me personally I would love a more intense version of Copperhead Strike. Close. We may even see this theme expand to a re-theme and update of Backlot Stunt Coaster, Flight of Fear, and . Kings Dominion recently placed two of its coasters in the finals for this year's Theme Park Insider Awards: Intimidator 305 and Twisted Timbers, so the park continues to offer great alternatives for coaster fans. Also KD has been getting VERY, VERY, VERY lucky.. 4 years between twisted Timbers and Tumbili, and its highly likely that volcano replacement will come on KDs 50th anniversary. The Intamin launch coaster opened in 1998, but had been down more than up in recent years. I hear it still has enough positive G's to limit reridability, but they had to go for a curvy layout to fit it there. Still gives me with great airtime every time in the back. [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. That looks fun, but I hope this trend of self-leveling videos, or whatever it's called, on coasters comes to an end soon. Rocking our peers and putting parks in fear Volcano was in my top 5. [2] After several months of postponing, a soft opening was eventually held on August 1, 1998. A place for anything relating to the theme park, Kings Dominion, Press J to jump to the feed. Regional parks & attractions, Disney, Universal, and more! Regardless, even if all we know is that Kings Dominion is in talks with Bolliger & Mabillard for Volcanos replacement, thats still a pretty major story considering were still a year and a half or more away from a possible opening. [9] In order to begin construction, several holes had to be sliced into the mountain to begin the process of gutting the interior. This is strongly suggested by the documents we obtained, but not explicitly stated. Kings. I wouldn't want it completely re built, i would just adjust the first turn once again. We prefer smoothness over a jarring video." I think they should probably repaint it, and retheme. [12] Volcano: The Blast Coaster officially opened to the public two days later on August 3, 1998. Kings Dominion is an amusement park located in Doswell, Virginia. Doing a full loop from bottom to top back to the bottom is a blast. WHAT Will Replace Volcano At Kings Dominion & WHEN? The park has decided to remove Volcano: The Blast Coaster. In my defense, Busch Gardens Williamsburg has kept me very busy with BGWFans. "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. Something Ive always wanted to see is a B&M hyper coaster with winged trains. That's gonna be a dope Camp Snoopy expansion! I do hope they revitalize that space in a Knott's Berry Farm fashion, revamping the mountain with some sort of narrative theme, and rebuilding the coaster with more seats and more reliability. coaster looks really interesting to me and is extremely unique in the way that Volcano was. [23], On June 23, 2006, the roller coaster experienced a launch failure when a train carrying 15 passengers stalled and rolled back slightly. youtu.be/2jvlC5. It may not display this or other websites correctly. 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. Here is WHY I think this roller coaster could become one of Kings Dominion's largest! KD badly needs a modern woodie. A portion of the ride was enclosed inside a man-made volcano originally constructed in 1979, which previously housed other attractions. [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. Something that may not be immediately obvious to many people is that the layout depicted above seems to actually be a modified version of an existing B&M wing coaster. That said, even if we assume for a moment that the coaster depicted roughly approximates the finished product, the surrounding elements like the station, queue, plaza, etc. 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. . [11] Originally, Volcano only featured one LIM launch at the beginning of the ride. You've come to the right place. 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. You are using an out of date browser. Additionally, a very large area next to Avalanche is earmarked in the plans as a plaza with no real specifics given. That's right, one of the most anticipated roller coasters in the US ran for much of its first season with just 8 seats per train, and with the systems only able to launch trains every 90-120 seconds or so, the overall capacity of the ride was pathetic. What do you think will replace volcano at Kings dominion? Reimagining the former Outer Hanks restaurant, Basecamp is the new eatery, bar, and retail establishment found at the beginning of Jungle X-Pedition. Are you disappointed in the scale of this proposal? The mountain and, to some extent, the wait gave it extra mystique. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/19X89hMGlqUqPxzNGAn2w3wW8VHe8BgcOVqZSn0W16nw/edit?usp=sharing. Some were stranded for more than two hours. hide. [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. Flight if fear should be replaced with a more jungle themeing. - YouTube Here is WHY I think this roller coaster could become one of Kings Dominion's largest! I have been on two different Free Spin models and I find the unpredictability of the layout to be exhilarating. Also the entire side of the FoF building could be painted or wrapped with matching scenery/colors, with enough real scenery in front to make that work. 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 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. Should keep them both and just add more. [2] Although the early ride design from this concept wasn't used, much of the proposed theme was retained. There is nothing "obvious" about removing Anaconda! They will however need to step up their game if they want to compete with Busch. Had a long run and that mountain can become home to yet another new attraction. The visual of wing coaster trains diving down through that inversion from this angle would, surely, be fantastic. With that out of the way, what does this draft show? Unpopular opinion: I-305 should be rebuilt. If the wing was canned then thank god. Volcano has now officially closed. Lets get into it. I also heard that many Gerstlauers have gotten rough over time, but I don't know what the deal is with that. 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. I hadn't actually ridden it since the end of the 2017 season, so I'm extremely disappointed that it has been closed so abruptly. A Suspended Catapult Coaster, Volcano: The Blast Coaster offered the unusual combination of an inverted track with a launch. The two attractions remaining inside Haunted River and Time Shaft were completely removed along with the remains of Smurf Mountain that had been idle for several years. [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. 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. This supplied the added boost needed to crest the 155-foot (47m) roll out inversion on a consistent basis. JavaScript is disabled. Explosion, overpowering The "roll out", similar to a sidewinder, was a vertical section of track followed by a quarter loop to bring the train completely upside down, then a loose half-corkscrew. Let me rephrase that: what if another amusement park built a flying launch coaster from Vekoma with a larger scale track layout? Kings Dominion announced the decision in a blog post on their website. Seems like CF is finally realizing that KD has potential, a lot of supporters, and hype around it. Buying an Intamin coaster like this is like buying a Lamborghini, you feel like a bad a** when you get it but reality comes crashing down the first time it needs repairs and you realize its going to be an endless money pit. I feel fortunate to have found it operating when I visited Kings Dominion last April. If you're a content creator, I highly recommend using this platform! 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. Thanks for reading! 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. Fans have lost one of the most unique roller coasters in the world. Upon boarding one of three trains at the base of the mountain, riders made a slow turn left out of the station. [5] At a cost of $20 million, the new ride would become the first launched roller coaster in the world to be inverted. KD would probably become even more hated(not that it is hated). I think Universal might have an issue with that. After another turnaround and a third heartline roll, the train made a turning 80-foot (24m) drop into the final brake run. Not entirely unlike Copperhead but less intense and far less expensive, and no inversions. Has anyone really pictured in their minds how cool the new S&S Axis Coasters would be if installed as a Volcano replacement? [13][14] Volcano featured a roll out at 155 feet (47m), making it the tallest inversion on any roller coaster. I hope they can still integrate the volcano structure for a new coaster or flat ride. I could see a Gravity Group woodie, or a really good GCI. E: ThemeParkPredictions@gmail.com Thank you so much for watching - Brandon - Check Out The Theme Park Predictions Merch Store: https://themeparkpredictions.com - All music is downloaded from Epidemic Sound. Volcano: The Blast Coaster, or simply Volcano, was an inverted roller coaster located at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia. 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. But I dont see it being removed before Grizzly does. Cookie Notice Their coaster line up which is highlighted in this video makes it a destination for thrill seekers worldwide. Kings Dominion is a Cedar Fair park and sister park of Kings Island located in Doswell, Virginia. 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. They even do it on smooth coasters, which I don't get. 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. Grizzly is just way to hated for it to still be around. Chapter Text The Dragon's Lair. Lego 41027 - Der TOP-Favorit unserer Produkttester. [4], On July 22, 1997, Kings Dominion unveiled the name of the new ride, Volcano: The Blast Coaster, along with several ride specifications in a press release announcement. Anyone who follows BGWFans closely will know that when we obtain areal bombshell of a leak, its tradition to lead the post with a cringy spin on a hit song. So Mack CAN make good launches hmm I wouldnt mind a Mack being the replacement of volcano if it was like this minus the top hat. Leaked coaster plans for a proposed B&M Wing Coaster. 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. 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. I still think they'll be getting something from B&M like a Wingrider Alpengeist's is old, so I highly doubt a new invert would affect anything much. Ideal and Likely Volcano Replacement Ideas. For anaconda, wing coaster will come. You are using an out of date browser. 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