Volcano: The Blast Coaster
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Volcano: The Blast Coaster
Kings Dominion · US · Intamin Inverted LIM launch coaster
“The old mountain opened, and Intamin sent the train out like fire.”
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Fast facts
- Volcano: The Blast Coaster was a steel inverted LIM launch coaster by Intamin at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia. coasterpedia.net
- It opened to the public on August 3, 1998. en.wikipedia.org
- The ride stood 47.2 metres tall and reached 113 km/h. en.wikipedia.org
- Its course included four inversions. en.wikipedia.org
- Its reported cost was $20 million. en.wikipedia.org
- Its listed capacity was 950 riders per hour. en.wikipedia.org
- Kings Dominion announced its removal in February 2019, citing reliability, guest satisfaction, throughput, rider capacity, uptime, and maintenance considerations. coaster101.com
The story of Volcano: The Blast Coaster
Before the coaster came, the traveller found a great man-made mountain at Kings Dominion. Opened as The Lost World in 1979, the structure had held earlier amusements, and by the later nineteen-nineties it was prepared for a new piece of machinery. coasterpedia.net
Intamin’s design made a considerable claim for 1998. Volcano was built as a launched inverted coaster, using linear induction motors, and it carried its passengers from the dark body of the mountain to a high roll out above the crater. en.wikipedia.org· thrillride.com
The opening was not effortless. Contemporary accounts and later histories described delays and adjustments before the ride opened on August 3, 1998; the result was a twenty-million-dollar Kings Dominion landmark with four inversions and a maximum speed of 113 km/h. thrillride.com· en.wikipedia.org
Volcano last operated in 2018. In February 2019, Kings Dominion chose removal after evaluating reliability, guest satisfaction, throughput, rider capacity, uptime, and maintenance; the coaster and mountain were demolished that year, while a lead car later reached the National Roller Coaster Museum and Archives in Texas. coaster101.com· ridewithace.com
Sources
- coasterpedia.net Preferred source
- en.wikipedia.org Acceptable source
- coaster101.com Acceptable source
- thrillride.com Acceptable source
- ridewithace.com Acceptable source