It would be the park’s 14th roller coaster. Volcano: The Blast Coaster opened at Kings Dominion in 1998. It stopped operating in 2018 and closed in 2019. MARK GORMUS, Times-Dispatch ...

Virginia Kings Dominion announces brand new roller coaster for 2025 Construction on Rapterra is already in progress on the grounds where the former Volcano: The Blast Coaster once stood.

Kings Dominion has received the go-ahead from Hanover County to begin construction on a new roller coaster that could be the theme park’s biggest project in more than a decade.