Anaconda • Kings Dominion

Inversions Dead spots Layout

Overhated, but some of the criticism is certainly true. The middle third, the part after the MCBR and before the corkscrews, is awful, awkward, and terrible. The other parts of the ride I enjoy. Get your credit in now before it's gone.

Nice surprise! Fun Hangtime

This was a solid ride, I don’t understand why everyone hates it

Location Rattle Headbanging Tear it down!

After the initial drop under water, they should have just tracked this right back to the station. Functions better as rollercoaster art than as an actual ride. Still, the location over water is fantastic, and would function well for a new coaster.

First Drop Location Dead spots Layout

I did this two times in the front and back of the ride. Will say the first drop in the back is not bad and the hangtime on the corkscrews is neat but that's about it. I feel that after the first inversion, Arrow just gave up and threw some things together to complete the circuit. While the location is great and there are some aesthetically pleasing angles around the ride, the overall ride is very lackluster. Just get the credit and a few photos and go enjoy a better ride next door on I305.

Nice surprise! Location Hangtime Discomfort Dead spots Intensity

It’s really not as bad as people say. It hurts a little bit due to the bad transitions, especially during the helixes but the pain is definitely manageable. This coaster also surprised me with the random airtime and lateral combo entering the mid course and the insane hangtime during the corkscrews. Most of the ride is boring, pointless and forceless though so it still isn’t that good.

Capacity Headbanging Inversions Layout

I didn't die but I wanted to after the spaghetti that is the second half.

Intensity Hangtime Rattle Headbanging

The first sidewinder is really good and the corkscrews give very good hang time. The problem with this ride is the twister section and the transitions in and out of the corkscrews are some of the roughest moments on a coaster.

Hangtime Discomfort Pointless Dead spots

This is the weakest arrow looper I’ve ridden. It has some alright hangtime but it’s a pretty dumb ride with a bad layout with a pointless rough jerky butterfly element that takes up a solid 40% of the ride. It isn’t terrible but it’s pretty boring and doesn’t do much besides having two hangtime filled corkscrews. Plus that sidewinder is pretty jarring so brace for it

Headbanging Discomfort

Ow. Just ow.

Inversions Dead spots Layout

The drop was slow and the inversions forceless. Not as interesting as I thought it would be. The drop looks cool from the edge of the lake, but less so when you're at the top. Plus the layout is weird in a bad way. For being on a pond, it doesn't use the landscape very well.

Location Hangtime Headbanging Pointless Layout

This ride is alot like my Biology teacher, stupid.

Inversions Location Headbanging Tear it down! Layout

In staunch contrast to its reptilian sister an hour away at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, Anaconda is a travesty—standing for everything that makes Arrow loopers awful. Anaconda does feature a relatively unique layout for its time—but that is likely because Arrow could never manage to achieve what they set out to do with Anaconda. The underwater tunnel is a nice touch, but it can never make up for the layout that follows. Truly painful through and through.

Location Hangtime Discomfort

Not as bad as most people make it out to be. It's not the most comfortable ride in the world but I didn't think it was much worse than many other Arrows I've done. I rode this last in the late season so it wasn't running the fastest and that turned out to be a good thing. Ended up getting plenty of hangtime through the corkscrews. The location over the lake is also pretty cool. Not terrible but I think a replacement wouldn't be bad either.

Intensity Headbanging Discomfort Tear it down!

My main problem with this ride is that it's very boring. It has some awful transitions in the second half, but it takes them way too slow for them to be especially bad. I did actually really like the first half of this ride, it was way more intense than I expected and is fairly smooth.

Location Layout Headbanging Pointless

Can I even put into words how much head banging there was, it gave me a migraine for another hour. Not to mention that it was my 2nd to last ride of the day. This ride sucks.

First Drop Hangtime Rattle Discomfort

I didn't find it to be nearly as bad as what other enthusiasts say, but it's not particularly memorable. The first drop into the underwater tunnel is pretty cool and there's some nice hangtime moments, but it's a one and done kind of coaster. There's also a noticeable rattle.

Hangtime Rattle Headbanging Discomfort

While I have a bias towards Arrow loopers, this is not a very comfortable ride. As a native Virginian, I go to Kings Dominion at least 10 times a year, though I rarely remember having a good ride on this coaster. While the hangtime on the corkscrews offers good hangtime, they are rough and due to the over-the-shoulder restraints your head will bang into them, and as a tall person, I rode this and have had neck pains for the rest of the day. If this is not your home park, I suggest riding this coaster for the credit then moving on to something else, I would not recommend a second ride, definitely with a better multi-looper in the park that offers a much better ride. Also, one year I rode this, I had my glasses in my case in my pocket, at the end of the ride not only was the case broken but the glasses as well.

Inversions Location Headbanging Tear it down! Dead spots

Vortex died in vain, because this is Cedar Fair's worst Arrow looper. Why does such a big ride only have four inversions? Why is there no awesome drop? Why is so much potential energy wasted on the worst designed turns in the history of American steel coasters? Why does the midcourse hit so hard? Where's the final helix? Now it's not all bad, because the inversions are quite good, and the location is excellent, but that's about it. Anaconda is such an anomaly, and this enormous land plot over the water is way better suited for a kickass Mack launched coaster.

Location Pointless

I wish it was the Anaconda (the movie) of rides. It needs to be bonkers and could use Jon Voight with a stupid accent to make it better. Its very boring and uninspired. It has a cool location but its a nonsensical tame layout. It struggles rather uncomfortably to get through its odd profiled turns and slow corkscrews. I don't think it will last much longer. Hopefully. On the plus side...its far from the most uncomfortable arrow looper I've ridden.

Layout

By no means the worst Arrow concoction, but by no means the best either. Smoother than it looks, however the layout is somewhat on the less inspired side.

Location Hangtime Rattle Pointless

Anaconda isn't as bad as many make it out to be. There is a slight rattle, but I've never found it distracting. The ride is absolutely beautiful over the lake. Unfortunately, the ride is kinda boring. It has a lot of slow, circle-like maneuvers, with wonky transitions. The corkscrews were actually my favorite part because you get some hangtime going through them so slowly.

Location Rattle

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Location Headbanging Inversions

Headbanging

Location Rattle Harness

Location Discomfort

First Drop Location Headbanging Dead spots

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Inversions Nice surprise! Location Harness Discomfort

Location Discomfort Pointless Dead spots

Rattle Headbanging Discomfort Tear it down!