Anaconda (roller coaster)
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| Anaconda | |
 The double-corkscrew element |
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| Location | Kings Dominion |
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| Type | Steel |
| Status | Operating |
| Opened | March 2, 1991 |
| Manufacturer | Arrow Dynamics |
| Designer | Ron Toomer |
| Model | Custom Looping Coaster |
| Height | 128 ft (39 m) |
| Drop | 144 ft (44 m) |
| Length | 2,700 ft (820 m) |
| Max speed | 50 mph (80 km/h) |
| Inversions | 4 |
| Duration | 1:50 |
| Capacity | 1400 riders per hour |
| Height restriction | 4 ft 0 in (120 cm) |
| Anaconda at RCDB Pictures of Anaconda at RCDB |
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Anaconda is a steel roller coaster, built in 1991, located in Kings Dominion theme park in Doswell, Virginia. It was built by Arrow Dynamics and designed by Ron Toomer; it was one of the few Arrow looping coasters built in the 1990s and was Kings Dominion's first roller coaster with more than one inversion. It is perhaps most notable for being the first roller coaster to feature an underwater tunnel.
Anaconda features a 128-foot-lift hill, 142-foot drop into an underwater tunnel, one vertical loop, a sidewinder, and two corkscrews. Its color scheme was originally black and green; but, more recently, it has been altered to orange, red and green. The coaster is built over Lake Charles. It is very bumpy, and it is a good idea to press your head against the seat to avoid hitting your head on the shoulder harness.
[edit] History
After the removal of the King Kobra and Lion Country Safari, Kings Dominion's Lake Charles and present-day Congo areas had a great deal of unused land; and Shockwave became the park's only looping roller coaster. Construction on Anaconda began late in the 1990 season. The lift hill portion was constructed over the former site of King Kobra, a flywheel-launched shuttle coaster. Anaconda opened to the public on March 2, 1991. In 1993, half of Lake Charles was filled in to make room for the Hurricane Reef water park, now known as WaterWorks. In spring 2006, The Italian Job: Turbo Coaster opened near Anaconda. On March 25, 2008, Anaconda was stuck at the top of the lift hill for about an hour, while the stranded passengers exited the stranded cars about 5 minutes after getting stuck and the walked manually down the stairs of the lift hill. However, the problems were later fixed and continued operating the same day.
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