Kings Dominion announces Intimidator 305

Looks like fun, I'll be there next year!

~Rob Willi

Sounds great, but I'd have to say i'm a little dissapointed that this ride didn't take out MF and SD2000 as the tallest and fastest gravity based roller coaster.

It's as if Millennium Force and Maverick had a love child. Looks like fun to me. Boy it didn't take long for someone to be disappointed. I was looking at the site and the amount of track in the staging area and figured out a few weeks ago that someone would be disappointed.

My only gripe is all the renderings appear to show OTSR's, but under stats they say "overhead lap bars but no OTSR"... so that sounds OK then. Looks like a great ride to me. :)

I think we all know that Dick's ego will prevent a ride bigger than MF to be located somewhere other than across the street from his house.

But this ride does look like it'll have more air time than MF, especially that second hill. I think the low and fast turns are brilliant. Hopefully they can keep the heat issues under control on the wheels and bearings.

The Millennium/Maverick combination seemed clear to me too. I don't enjoy the NASCAR theme, but I'm sure the people in Virginia will eat it up. I will definitely be heading back to this park next summer.

Looks like a nice ride for KD, but like others said, I'm disapointed that it's not as big/long or bigger than MF...but I didn't think CF would out do MF either...so I'm not surprised. Don't think I'd make a trip down to KD for this as I'd rather go to CP if I had the choice of the 2.

"MF and Maverick have a love child" lol well said.

I was just hoping it was going to be the rumored 350 feet. that's all really

And I still want to go on this next summer, the 45 foot difference hasn't changed that.

I really wonder how much airtime those hills are going to produce. Its hard to tell at those speeds.

And I agree with Jeff, this once and for all proves Dick's ego! I'm surprised they didn't make the first drop 79 degrees :) I must say the 85 degrrees is the most impressive part of the ride.

I like NASCAR, was never an Earnhardt fan though, but it doesn't seem like that theme will fit in that section of the park.

CP Chris said:
The Millennium/Maverick combination seemed clear to me too. "I don't enjoy the NASCAR theme" "I will definitely be heading back to this park next summer."

I could not agree more. The guy died years ago just let him and stupid a**car die.

It looks like a Giant Mega-Lite... which is of course, a great thing.

I wonder if it will break down a lot considering it has a Chevy Logo on the front car.

No comments yet on the lift hill structure? That thing is ridiculous!

I have to say that I am rather underwhelmed by the ride as presented. The biggest killer for me are the OTSRs, which are definitely not needed. Other than the two really fast direction changes, I can't see this being a very forceful coaster. I would love to have the opportunity to have my opinion changed, though.

Layout looks fun, still bothered by the restraints in the renderings. OTSRs would really make this a lot less appealing to me.

No complaints about the restraints yet? Amazing!

Edit: Nevermind...

An 85 degree first drop at 300 feet looks pretty amazing to me! That is a steeper angle than MF at the same drop height!

GIGAFORCE01 said:
I was just hoping it was going to be the rumored 350 feet. that's all really

If your referring to the rumor started by Screamscape, the 350' that was spoken about was in regards to the height of the Eiffel Tower. I e-mailed him about it, though he never posted that information.

If its NASCAR themed, shouldn't that first big turn go left? And all turns for that matter?

Here's what I want to know: how is the maintenance person they're looking to hire going to climb all the way up to 350 feet when Intimidator is only 305 feet tall?

;)