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Twisted T imbers: Kings Dominion


Wood and steel inter twine into twisting barrel roll drops, dynamic inver sions and gravity-defying weightlessness on Kings Dominion’s newest hybrid roller coaster, Twisted Timbers, set to open in the spring of 2018 at the Doswell, Virginia, park. From Rocky Mountain Construction, Twisted Timbers is an innovative hybrid coaster that combines wood supports with a steel track to give riders an exhilarating experience with maneuvers previously impossible on a traditional wooden coaster. Features of the ride include a 109 foot (33 m) tall barrel roll drop, 3,351 feet (1,021 m) of track, a top speed of 54 mph (87 kph), three loops, three overbanked turns, and 20 airtime moments.


Twisted Timbers will be located in the Candy Apple Grove section of the par k and is themed to an abandoned apple orchard on the edge of town. The story behind the coaster is that an unknown force – supernatural or natural– destroyed the harvest years ago and froze the orchard in time. Now the strictly “off-limits” orchard has reopened for tours, with the twisted ride as its highlight.


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SEPTEMBER 2017


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