page_title: Volcano: The Blast Coaster
section_title: Ride experience
hierarchical_section_title: Volcano: The Blast Coaster / Ride experience
caption_attribution_description: English: Volcano at Kings Dominion. Français&#160;: Volcano, The Blast Coaster , montagnes russes à Kings Dominion.
context_page_description: Volcano: The Blast Coaster was a launched inverted roller coaster at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia. Designed by Werner Stengel and built by Intamin, it was the world's first inverted roller coaster to feature a linear induction motor and was the only Intamin LIM-launched inverted coaster to complete a full circuit until the 2019 opening of Dueling Dragons at Guangzhou Sunac Land. It opened to the public on August 3, 1998. A portion of it was enclosed inside a man-made volcano. It permanently closed after the end of the 2018 season and was torn down early the next year.
context_section_description: Volcano's layout simulated the path of a volcanic eruption. Upon boarding one of two trains at the base of the mountain, riders made a slow turn left out of the station. The train then moved into its first of two launch tracks, which accelerated the train to 70 miles per hour (110 km/h). After making a sweeping 200-degree turn behind the mountain, the train entered the second launch tunnel, followed by a vertical section ending in a "roll out" element. The "roll out", similar to a sidewinder, was a vertical section of track followed by a quarter loop to bring the train completely upside down, then a loose half-corkscrew. According to Roller Coaster DataBase, the roll out element was unique to Volcano. The highest point of the roll out is 155 feet (47 m) above ground level, which made it the highest inversion at Kings Dominion, taller than Dominator's 135-foot (41 m) vertical loop. After the roll-out, the train made a sweeping turn around the mountain followed by a heartline roll in midair. The train made another turnaround and passed through a second heartline roll, which was embedded into the side of the mountain. After another turnaround and a third heartline roll, the train made a turning 80-foot (24 m) drop into the final brake run.
caption: Volcano: The Blast Coaster in action
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