Twisted Timbers

Kings Dominion did not merely remove an old coaster and sweep the ground clean. The former Hurler structure was taken up for a new purpose, with Rocky Mountain Construction applying its IBox steel track to make a hybrid ride out of familiar timber. coaster101.com· rockymtnconstruction.com

When Twisted Timbers opened in 2018, it gave Candy Apple Grove a fresh landmark, a steel-and-wood tour set among the park’s orchard scenery. For the visitor walking that way on a warm Virginia afternoon, the old Hurler plot had plainly been given a second life. blooloop.com· coasterpedia.net

The engineering was the achievement: a 33.8-metre hybrid coaster capable of 87 km/h and three inversions, carrying a once-plain wooden course into a far more intricate form. It is the sort of reinvention a park guidebook could point to with quiet pride. coasterpedia.net· rockymtnconstruction.com

Early coverage from the ride’s opening found a coaster that still followed Hurler’s broad out-and-back idea, yet added new motion and a much fuller setting around the station and queue. The result was less a replacement than a careful rebuilding of a known corner of Kings Dominion. coaster101.com