Kings Dominion Name Their NEW 2025 Roller Coaster!

Kings Dominion Name Their NEW 2025 Roller Coaster!

Kings Dominion have officially named their NEW for 2025 roller coaster!

Rapterra – an exciting new launched B&M winged roller coaster is set to invite thrill seekers to bravely ‘take to the skies’ in 2025.

The incredible looking new thrill coaster will dominate the park’s skyline and exhilarate all who ride it with it’s death defying loops and inversions as well as it’s eye watering speeds.

The new roller coaster which broke ground at the Virginia based theme park around a month ago was revealed in all of it’s winged fury yesterday (July 31st 2024) by the park themselves giving those brave enough a taste of what they can expect when stepping aboard the new roller coaster next year.

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Rapterra is the official chosen name for Kings Dominion's exhilarating NEW winged roller coaster opening at the park in 2025!

Rapterra is set to soar high above the park reaching heights of up to 145 ft, speeds of up to 65 mph and will feature THREE gigantic inversions throughout it’s 1 minute and 29 seconds of adrenaline fueled ride time.

As well as the name of their new ride Kings Dominion have also revealed the backstory for the ride too which reads as follows;

“Centuries ago, ancient leaders built a shrine to honor the mighty Jungle Hawk. People who entered the shrine became spiritually linked to—and temporarily possessed—the powers and abilities of the bird of prey.

Building the temple at the base of a volcano, Mt. Inferna, proved unfortunate. The ground surrounding the magma chamber collapsed, burying the Jungle Hawk temple under mounds of volcanic rock. The temple seemingly vanished from the earth.

Archaeologists recently discovered the volcanic site and unearthed the remains of the Jungle Hawk shrine. The bird’s ferocious spirit remains at the site, launching brave riders to exhilarating new heights. Rapterra: The world’s tallest and longest launched wing coaster.”

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Rapterra will reach speeds of up to 65 mph, heights of up to 145 ft and feature 3 head spinning inversions!

Although Kings Dominion have yet to set an official opening date for their brand new roller coaster, construction of the ride is well and truly underway.

Installation of the ride’s brake run and launch sections are already complete and installation of the gigantic 145 ft “wingover” element is also progressing quickly too.

With all of this in mind we’d expect to see Rapterra open to the public around April/May time (as seems to be tradition in the U.S. with many new roller coasters).

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Are you excited to experience Kings Dominion’s new roller coaster – Rapterra next year? If so, we’d love to hear your expectations for the new ride in the comments below!

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Rapterra will open at Kings Dominion in 2025, however an exact opening date for the new roller coaster is still yet to be announced!