Twisted Timbers (Kings Dominion)

Roller coaster in the United States
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Twisted Timbers
Kings Dominion
Location Doswell, Virginia, USA
Coordinates 37°50′11″N 77°26′44″W / 37.836323°N 77.445610°W / 37.836323; -77.445610
Status Operating since March 24, 2018
Replaced Hurler
Statistics
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°
HELP

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, including the name.[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

Elements

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

References

  1. "Kings Dominion's Hurler Getting an RMC Upgrade for 2018".
  2. "Kings Dominion reveals new, massive roller coaster Twisted Timbers".
  3. Kings Dominion Debuts New "Hybrid" Roller Coaster Twisted Timbers
  4. "Kings Dominion to install metal detectors on Twisted Timbers".

External links


Articles on Kings Dominion