New Roller Coaster at Kings Dominion Opening Day
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Mark your calendars for Kings Dominion’s Opening Day on March 29, 2025! Another AMAZING season of rides, shows, and attractions awaits at Central Virginia’s home of thrills and excitement. There is something for everyone in the family to do when they come to the park!
With our ginormous collection of roller coasters — among the East Coast’s largest at 13 — there is something for every thrill seeker in the group. Also, be among the first to conquer the skies on Rapterra, the world’s tallest and longest launched wing coaster. The littlest thrill seekers can find their own joy and excitement at our 14-acre kids' area, Planet Snoopy, featuring rides themed to the PEANUTS™ gang designed for families to enjoy together and much more.
New in 2025 is Rapterra, an all-new record-breaking roller coaster with low 48-inch height requirement. Experience what it’s like to be the king of the skies. Unlike traditional roller coasters that start with an uphill climb, Rapterra uses electromagnetic propulsion to blast you straight out of the station, accelerating from 0 to 65 miles per hour in 4 seconds—just like a Jungle Hawk when it mounts an attack on its prey. The intense launch thrusts you skyward to soar 145 feet above the jungle floor. You plunge downward into a steep dive, gaining speed before pitching upward again into a tight dive loop - the first of three stomach-churning inversions. Like a Jungle Hawk, you weave through the air, gracefully shifting from side to side and changing direction and altitude as you please. After soaring high above the midway for a second time, riders sweep sideways as they drop down to the ground. Riders flip head-over-heels spinning through the corkscrew, crest a peak with a momentary sense of weightlessness and quickly swoop into a 360-degree raptor roll before landing.
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