New KD roller coaster to be tallest on the East Coast
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Biggest, fastest rollercoaster
Take a ride on thePublished: August 20, 2009
Kings Dominion plans to build the tallest and fastest roller coaster of its type on the East Coast next spring, the park announced this morning.
The $25 million price tag for the Intimidator 305 roller coaster will be the theme park’s biggest single capital investment in its 35-year history.
Intimidator 305’s lift hill will tower 305 feet at its highest peak — close to the height of the park’s landmark Eiffel Tower.
The coaster takes its name from stock car racing’s Dale Earnhardt and the trains will be fashioned after Earnhardt’s signature black car.
After ascending, the Intimidator 305’s trains will descend 300 feet at an 85 degree-angle and thunder along the track at speeds in excess of 90 mph during its three-minute race to the finish.
Dale Earnhardt Inc. will partner with Cedar Fair Entertainment Co., the parent company of Kings Dominion, to bring the massive coaster to life.
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The headline is misleading. Intimidator 305 will not be the tallest roller coaster on the East Coast when built. That designation will remain with Kingda Ka, a 456-foot hydraulically-launched sratacoaster at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson Twp., NJ. The KD press release correctly states that the Intimidator will be the tallest coaster of ITS TYPE on the East Coast, a steel lift gigacoaster exceeding 300 feet.
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