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Volcano, The Blast Coaster, nicknamed Volcano, is the launched inverted roller coaster at Paramount's Kings Dominion. It is one of the most popular rides there since its opening on August 3rd, 1998. It is a custom designed ride designed by Paramount Parks and famous roller coaster designer Werner Stengel. The ride was built by Intamin AG of Switzerland. At opening, the ride became the world's first LIM (Linear Induction Motor)-Launched Inverted coaster and to this day, remains to be the world's only full-circuit launched inverted coaster. The attraction is themed after the 1997 movie Volcano. Paramounts Kings Dominion is a 400 acre amusement park located in Doswell in Hanover County 23 miles (37 km) north of Richmond, Virginia on Interstate 95. ...
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August 3 is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (216th in leap years), with 150 days remaining. ...
1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
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1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The mountain this ride is built in and around has existed since 1979. A number of attractions were set inside the mountain before Volcano existed. This page refers to the year 1979. ...
History
The Mountain In 1979, back when the park was simply "Kings Dominion", the park constructed a 17-story tall mountain to be a part of the expansion of the Lost World/Lion Country Safari sections (defunct). The mountain housed four attractions aimed at families. A log flume ride was built called Voyage to Atlantis. The second attraction was a Rotor flat ride called Time Shaft. The third ride housed inside the mountain was Mt. Kilimanjaro, a "Bayern Curve" type flat ride. Lastly, a small roller coaster was built in the mountain called Land of the Dooz.
Throughout the 1980's, some major attractions were removed from the area, which included the nearby King Kobra coaster (which sat where Anaconda's lift hill is today), the monorail, and the Lion Country Safari. The removals didn't influence ridership and caused the renaming of the section from Lost World to Safari Village. Two of the rides were rethemed to refresh the mountain in the 1980's. First, the Land of the Dooz roller coaster was rethemed to Smurf Mountain and the Voyage to Atlantis ride was changed to Haunted River. In the early-mid 1990's, Mt. Kilimanjaro (the ride) was removed. The early 1990's came around and Smurf Mountain was removed in 1993. In the 1995, the mountain sat dormant when the rest of the rides were removed. 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...
1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
However, in 1993, Paramount Parks now owned Kings Dominion and became Paramount's Kings Dominion. Paramount wanted to bring movie themed attractions to the park after the latest films. Plans were drawn up to revitalize the mountain with a new attraction themed after the 1995 movie Congo. Unfortunately, the movie bombed and nothing came out of the plans other than renaming the Safari Village section into Congo. Nothing happened to the mountain until 1997, when holes, caves, and a repaint of the mountain occurred. Something was happening... Paramount Parks is an operator of theme parks and attractions, which annually attract about 13 million patrons. ...
The Ride In late 1997, Volcano: The Blast Coaster was announced. LIM technology was still somewhat new and the ride had many bugs in the launch system. However, this issue wasn't new with the park, especially with Flight of Fear nearby. After most of the summer days were gone by, Volcano finally had a soft opening on August 3rd, 1998. The ride then officially opened on August 15th, 1998 as the park's new star attraction. During the 1998 season, the ride operated at half-capacity, with every other row being loaded. In 1999, the bugs were fixed and Volcano was running at full capacity. In 2005, Volcano's structure was given a fresh coat of paint. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Safety - On June 24, 2006 it malfunctioned after the first launch and 2 people were injured.[1] The ride has since been investigated for any further malfunctions, with the ones that caused the ride to close having been repaired. As of July 10, 2006 Volcano has been fully reopened. [2]
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