Kings Dominion (KD) Discussion Thread

[CoasterKidKyle]

There going to trim the whole first drop until 150' feet, have it turn to the second hill, then drop.

 

Just my $.02

[KDCOASTERFAN]

^I agree. i305 is very intense, but not so intense to the fact that you can barely ride it more than twice a day.

 

To me, there's a huge line between too intense and enjoyable.

 

That & judging by the huge lines for the ride during haunt I'd say that a vast majority found the ride in it's current layout to be just fine.

[chadster]

So just how intense was this thing ( version 1 i'm referring to)

 

I didn't find it too bad at all, wished it would've had the new restraints on it when it first opened as that would've put icing on the cake. The only part I didn't care for were the twisty's due to the restraints. On the intensity level 7/10. Could ride it all day.

[KDCOASTERFAN]

So just how intense was this thing ( version 1 i'm referring to)

 

I didn't find it too bad at all, wished it would've had the new restraints on it when it first opened as that would've put icing on the cake. The only part I didn't care for were the twisty's due to the restraints. On the intensity level 7/10. Could ride it all day.

 

Prior to the trims being installed I found the twisties to be pretty intense & also had some major leg cramps from hitting the lapbar on the 150 foot hill as the air time there was really sustained & intense.

[Hoss]

I'm definitely only referring to the 1st version of I-305 when comparing it to the Mindbender. I managed to get on the 3rd version of I-305 this summer( new restraints and trim breaks). I have only been on 85 different roller coasters in my lifetime(i'm just 22). I would consider version 3 of I-305 to probably be the most intense coaster of them all so far for me. But that's the thing. It "probably" was the most intense. When the ride first opened it sounded like a stand alone most intense roller coaster( unless you were fortunate enough to ride one of those Anton Schwarzkopf steel loopers or maybe Goliath or Titan). As for the 3rd version, I have a hard time calling it that much more intense than MF.

 

I suppose that with the modifications this ride is receiving now, we should probably make clear once and for all the naming of the versions of I-305. Are we just going to call the new version this spring version 4? Or are we going to call the 3 versions this past summer versions 1a(opening day version),1b(when the trims were added to the first dop),1c(when the restraints were modified)and 2( whatever it is this spring).

[dougstanton]

I suppose that with the modifications this ride is receiving now, we should probably make clear once and for all the naming of the versions of I-305. Are we just going to call the new version this spring version 4? Or are we going to call the 3 versions this past summer versions 1a(opening day version),1b(when the trims were added to the first dop),1c(when the restraints were modified)and 2( whatever it is this spring).

 

...how about Intimidator 305?

[rider-x]

did everybody see robb on yahoo today. his i305 video in its entirety. Maybe its me but some of the comments about the "guy in the video" pissed me off. I know that people tend to post garbage about everything but personally I live vicariously through robb and elissa's travels and I feel like they are close friends even though we've only met once.(WCB 08).

I had to respond, and did. I just posted that the guy in the video has done more for enthusiasts than anyone and is a bonafide theme park expert so people should get a grip and stop criticizing everything that they don't understand. I mean, he is riding a roller coaster not performing brain surgury.

I do realize that Robb is probably way above responding to such garbage but i'm not and when someone messes with mine i got their back. Not that it will mean anything to anybody but for some reason I couldn't resist.

[CardCraze]

^Why bother? When it comes to amusment parks, you have four groups:

 

1. The Enthusiasts

2. The Ignorant

3. The Non-Enthusiast/Non-Ignorant

4. Kids

 

When it comes to people posting on sites on the internet, unless it is specifically geared towards enthusiasts, ignorance reigns supreme. There's no point preaching to the ignorant. Just don't let it bother you.

[chadster]

^ you forgot a group, those who just like to b!tch.

[cfc]

Most comments on sites like You Tube and Yahoo are lamebrained. My favorite in the batch from the Yahoo link was one that described riding the "Phoenix" at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. (Methinks the poster was a wee bit confused.)

 

I was quite happy to see Robb's I-305 footage there. He worked really hard to get that piece of video.

Edited November 14, 2010 by cfc

[Godwyn]

^ I noticed the Phoenix/Griffon mix-up also. But at least it was a mythical creature!

[Hoss]

I suppose that with the modifications this ride is receiving now, we should probably make clear once and for all the naming of the versions of I-305. Are we just going to call the new version this spring version 4? Or are we going to call the 3 versions this past summer versions 1a(opening day version),1b(when the trims were added to the first dop),1c(when the restraints were modified)and 2( whatever it is this spring).

 

...how about Intimidator 305?

I posted that simply b/c I sense the confusion that may be coming soon with all the changes that have been made to the ride. Perhaps you took that comment to mean that I don't like the changes or that the ride is so different now that we must call it something different. That's not what I meant. I simply posted that to help clear confusion that is inevitable.

[Hayzle]

Anyone have any updates? And now that the bitching has calmed down would you please give us a hint at what's up Robb????

[SharkTums]

^I'm pretty sure Robb was sworn to secrecy! In the meantime feel free to make up random things that will fit in where that track used to be!

[CardCraze]

^ In that case I feel it is a double zero g roll, followed then by a loop de looooop and finally ending with a pair of corkscrews. The GP will love it, regardless of how many laws of physics and logic it defies, amirite?

[dragonskeep]

Tophat.

[CP_RULES]

They're taking all of the trims off the drop and are moving them to a straight-away that the ride will now drop into. It will then take a new, extremely un-banked turn at painfully slow speeds just to launch back to 90mph into the rest of the otherwise unchanged course. Problem solved.

[SoCalCoasters]

Isn't it obvious! They are doing the one logical thing no one has mentioned! They must be turning the ride into an Aquatrax! Obviously they are removing the hill to add water effects! Duh!

[dragonskeep]

Maverick's heartline is going in at the bottom of the drop to reduce G forces.

[yankees15]

Tophat

 

That would be amazing!

[davisal771]

Norwegian loop anyone?

[Nitrous Oxide]

Maverick's heartline is going in at the bottom of the drop to reduce G forces.

 

Now that is what I'm talking about.

[cooksta77]

People they are tearing that part down to make it a wooden section that resembles Prowler......that loops.

-Cookie

[coasterlover420]

They are taking the lift out to add a launch to 151mph and then instantly trim it down to 65mph so that the airtime hill is so slow it gives the illusion that there isn't any airtime from the POV.

[chadster]

^ at least with that scenerio the speed record would make it's way back to the USA