Ride over water on the world's first looping rollercoaster to feature an underwater tunnel...
Ride over water on the world's first looping rollercoaster to feature an underwater tunnel...
| Theme Park | Kings Dominion |
|---|---|
| Park Area | Jungle X-Pedition |
| Type | Rollercoaster |
| Audience | Thrillseekers |
| Opened | 23 March 1991 |
| Manufacturer | Arrow Dynamics |
| Model | Custom Looping Coaster |
| Height | 128 ft |
| Length | 2700 ft |
| Inversions | 4 |
| Max Speed | 50 mph |
| Duration | 2 minutes |
Anaconda over the lake
Set mostly over water, Anaconda is a rollercoaster at Kings Dominion.
The ride is a Custom Looping Coaster from Arrow Dynamics which was built in 1991. It sits on Lake Charles and is the first looping rollercoaster in the world to feature an underwater tunnel.
Along with the tunnel, the coaster features a vertical loop, sidewinder inversion and a double corkscrew, which made it the first rollercoaster at Kings Dominion to feature multiple inversions.
The ride's track is easy to spot above the lake, with its colour scheme featuring red track with yellow running rails and green supports.
While Anaconda's location and underwater tunnel are cool features, sadly the rest of the ride is not fantastic: Fairly typical of Arrow loopers of the era, it is more painful than smooth and the train bangs its way around the track. It's definitely one to ride for the credit, then move on.
Anaconda entrance sign
Lift hill
Top of the first drop
Vertical loop
Corkscrew
Upside down
Inversion
Arrow rollercoaster
