Twisted Timbers (Kings Dominion)
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| Manufacturer | Rocky Mountain Construction | ||||||||
| Product | I-Box Track | ||||||||
| Type | Steel - Hybrid | ||||||||
| Propulsion | Chain lift hill | ||||||||
| Height | 111 feet | ||||||||
| Drop | 109 feet | ||||||||
| Top speed | 54 mph | ||||||||
| Length | 3361 feet | ||||||||
| Inversions | 3 | ||||||||
| Drop angle | 82° | ||||||||
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Twisted Timbers is a steel hybrid roller coaster located at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia, USA. It opened on March 24, 2018 and is a Rocky Mountain Construction I-Box refurbishment of Hurler, which opened in 1994 and closed in 2015.
History
The ride was semi-confirmed when RMC track was spotted at Kings Dominion in April 2017.[1]
More details about the ride were announced on August 16, 2017.[2]
Twisted Timbers opened to the public on March 24, 2018, three years after the closure of Hurler.[3]
In 2019, a metal detector was installed in the queue line and cell phone pouches were added to the trains.[4]
Design
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Twisted Timbers has three inversions, three overbanked turns and twenty moments of airtime.
Ride experience
The train leaves the station by making a right turn and climbs the 111 foot tall chain lift hill. At the top, riders hit a right turn and flip into a 109 foot tall barrel roll downdrop. They reach a max speed of 54 mph upon touching down the ground. The train rolls through a small airtime hill and an over-banked curve. After going through three hills, riders go through a cutback. Then, the train goes through some smaller airtime hills. Riders move through a right turn and a zero-g roll. This is followed by a right turn and several airtime hills. The train then hits the final brake run and riders return to the station.
Trains
6 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows, for a total of 24 riders per train.
Images
The barrel roll downdrop at sunset
The safety sign
The queue farm
The farm scenery
The overhead tractor
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References
- ↑ "Kings Dominion’s Hurler Getting an RMC Upgrade for 2018". https://coastercritic.com/2017/04/kings-dominions-hurler-rmc-coaster-upgrade/.
- ↑ "Kings Dominion reveals new, massive roller coaster Twisted Timbers". https://www.wtvr.com/2017/08/16/twisted-timbers-kings-dominion/.
- ↑ Kings Dominion Debuts New "Hybrid" Roller Coaster Twisted Timbers
- ↑ "Kings Dominion to install metal detectors on Twisted Timbers". https://www.nbc12.com/2019/04/22/king-dominion-install-metal-detectors-twisted-timbers/.
External links
- Twisted Timbers on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
