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Reptilian
Steel Bobsled at Kings Dominion, Doswell, Virginia. Opened 1988.
- Height
- n/a
- Drop
- n/a
- Top speed
- 41 mph
- Length
- n/a
- Inversions
- 0
- Ride time
- n/a
- Designer
- Mack Rides
Reptilian is a steel bobsled roller coaster at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia. Built by Mack Rides, it opened on March 26, 1988, as Avalanche and kept that name until 2021. For the 2022 season it was rethemed as Reptilian, with earth-toned colors and a reptile theme in the park's Jungle X-Pedition area.
After a chain lift, the cars race through a trough-shaped track that the park describes as a mud clay trough circling the jungle. RCDB lists a top speed of 41 mph. Trains carry 14 riders seated in pairs, one behind another. Wikipedia describes it as the only Mack bobsled coaster operating in the United States, and the park calls it the only ride of its kind in the Americas. Riders must be 46 inches tall, or 40 inches with a supervising companion, and no taller than 78 inches.
Sources
- sixflags.com/kingsdominion/attractions/reptilian (Park page: Reptilian in Jungle X-Pedition; zigzags through a mud clay trough; the only ride of its kind in the Americas; 46 inches alone or 40 inches accompanied, maximum 78 inches.)
- rcdb.com/282.htm (RCDB: operating since March 26, 1988; Mack Rides bobsled; 41 mph, 0 inversions; chain lift; 3 trains of 7 cars, riders inline in 2 rows, 14 per train; former name Avalanche (1988 to 2021); rethemed as Reptilian for 2022 with earth colors and a reptile theme.)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_Dominion (Wikipedia Kings Dominion: Reptilian, 1988, Mack Rides; the only Mack bobsled coaster currently operating in the United States; formerly Avalanche (1988-2021).)
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