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 Review of Volcano, The Blast Coaster @ Kings Dominion
0 Rating Posted by: hrrytraver on 7/16/2005 7:15:00 PM
the theming going on here is totally goofy and i love it. they are so cornball down there at PKD. of course the queue looks like a long winding tiki hut. but i think they shouldnt stop there. what if they imported some authentic natives from papua new guinea or borneo to be ride ops? before every ride the native ride ops could chant an invocation to the volcano coaster god or something. that would be some tight theming!! themes can really bugger a ride for me personally, but i was really in the mood to get shot upsidedown out of that paper mache volcano that day. the ride itself is a pretty sweet one, and i dont know why people dis it. it is a very powerful launch. while you advance to the front of the line, you can see the train leave the loading position and creep around the bend, into the mountain. just as its about to go out of sight, it squirts right propmtly into that launch, looking quite like a cartoon, only instead of leaving a cloud of dust where it once stood, it leaves behind a residue of screams emanating from somewhere within the bowels of the ride. its a very nice thing to muse over while you wait. once situated in the front seat, i forgot to get a nice deep breath before launching, and i definitely felt like i was gonna die from asphyxiation going through that long tunnel. but it was a good kind of asphyxiation, like if i died then it would have been a fine death. the rocket straight up and out of the volcano is beautiful. a totally unforgettable first half of the ride. i guess as others have said the ride peeters out somewhat as it winds around the top of the volcano. the inversions ARE really fun, though. they could have used the height and speed to a better use, the ride could have been longer and had perhaps another surprise or two, but im not going to be a hater. it gets an 8 for the cheesed-out goof theming and rad launch/inversion.
 
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