Project 2025/305: Pantherian (Intimidator 305 Retheme)

[Nicole]

It doesn’t actually have to be specifically a panther:

The Pantherinae is a subfamily of the Felidae; it was named and first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1917 as only including the Panthera species, but later also came to include the clouded leopards(genus Neofelis). The Pantherinae genetically diverged from a common ancestor between 9.32 to 4.47 million years ago and 10.67 to 3.76 million years ago.

Panthera is a genus within the familyFelidae, and one of two extant genera in the subfamily Pantherinae. It contains the largest living members of the cat family. There are five living species: the jaguar, leopard, lion, snow leopard and tiger, as well as a number of extinct species, including the cave lionand American lion.

 

[Projecting305]

Strange name choice aside, I think the complete color scheme in the image looks amazing. The stripe thing that the track has going on looks pretty neat.

 

[metalman]

Pantera=Species of heavy metal band from Texas.

 

[Thomas]

Putting the term “therian” in the name is ultra bad.

All I see is Pansexual Therian- Pan Therian.

Please pick a new name.

I mean come on:

Amazon.com

 

[ShortsNShades09]

Strange name choice aside, I think the complete color scheme in the image looks amazing. The stripe thing that the track has going on looks pretty neat.

Stripe?

 

[Projecting305]

Stripe?

Yep. I could be mistaken, but in the picture the track looks like it’s alternating between the red on the lift supports and the orange that’s currently painted, using a stripe-looking pattern to transition between colors.

 

[Zachary]

Who wants to volunteer to read the source material so we can get a better grip on the lore?

Pantherian Passions Series by Nara Malone

The Tiger's Tale and Blind Heat (Pantherian Passions, #2)

www.goodreads.com

 

[Thomas]

Blind heat: the feeling you get when blacking out in the first turn during the summer.

 

[Thriller]

I don’t understand people’s obsession with keeping the alien/outer space theme of Flight of Fear. Aside from the UFO facade in the queue and some very simple alien mannequins in the station, there’s hardly anything distinct about the sci-fi theming. All of it could easily be replaced or redressed. Even if FOF doesn’t get rethemed for 2025, I imagine there’s a good chance there are plans to retheme it in the near future. FOF definitely should not stop them from building out a cohesive theme for Jungle X. Pantherian is a step in the right direction, and it corrects a big thematic mistake CF made in 2010 with I305.

Regarding Pantherian’s name, I neither love nor hate it. It’s oddly similar to both Pantheon and Reptilian, but it’s otherwise inoffensive. At least it’s original, easy to pronounce, and doesn’t have numbers. And I’m glad they went with a panther instead of an indulging some thoosies’ desire for a cheetah, which wouldn’t have made any sense for the jungle setting.

Funds would best be used retheming the completely out of place, junkyard coaster in the middle of Jungle X first IMO. It really breaks the cohesion.

FoF and 305 are off on their own, with no jungle (trees) around them. They could’ve easily been tied together into another theme without much expense.

 

[MysticClay]

I honestly wonder to what extent they’re planning to retheme the plaza, since so much of that is just explicitly nascar theming, especially that tunnel. I feel like flight could get caught up in that theming if they wanted to, a simple facade on the building could transform it from secret government hangar to cave where aliens too are studying jungle x, but I worry that between the repaint of Pantherian and all of Rapterra that they may not do too much

 

[Thrills & Chills WQAQ]

Name is ass, coaster is gas. All I need to say.

 

[Zachary]

Still nothing from Kings Dominion directly, but it looks like other media list folks have started dropping the same news now so we can call this confirmed.

Kings Dominion announces new name for Virginia theme park's tallest roller coaster

The new name is part of the ongoing rebranding of the section of Kings Dominion where the roller coaster is located as the Jungle X-Pedition area of the park.

www.wtvr.com

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And @Haunted River posted the logo which, for the record, looks sick.

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Absolutely adore the teeth in the negative space of the N. Super high quality work.

 

[Riboflavenus]

The name is too close to Pantheon. KD should have picked something else for that reason alone.

I disagree, I wish the parks would be more cut throat. The increased competition would only benefit the consumer. And nobody with two brain cells to rub together is going to confuse Pantherian and Pantheon.

 

[horsesboy]

I disagree, I wish the parks would be more cut throat. The increased competition would only benefit the consumer. And nobody with two brain cells to rub together is going to confuse Pantherian and Pantheon.

People get confused as to which rides are at which park all the time even with vastly different names. I almost guarantee it will happen and soon.

 

[warfelg]

People get confused as to which rides are at which park all the time even with vastly different names. I almost guarantee it will happen and soon.

O/U 2 weeks until we hear about someone yelling at a ride attendant for being in the wrong park. I got this 6 times yesterday when people went came to GOLFTEC (lessons) telling me I was wrong because they booked a bay to play (we don't do that) when they were supposed to be at X-GOLF (those same people saying I should let them do something we don't because they were here). What is with people unable to admit anymore they made a mistake then chastise the employee for informing them.

 

[CoasterSkinny]

The logo and colors are cool, but the name is just bizarre. Not exactly catchy; honestly, I had trouble remembering it this morning after the news leaked just last night. Also, I really hope the zero car has more theming than that... the trains look terrible in that Photoshopped image. After the great job KD did teasing this announcement, the payoff has been lackluster to say the least.

 

[Le Moose]

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[WrierSiamang152]

Putting the term “therian” in the name is ultra bad.

All I see is Pansexual Therian- Pan Therian.

Please pick a new name.

I mean come on:

Amazon.com

No no no, this is all a part of the marketing strategy. They even commissioned an artist from DeviantArt for a mascot for the ride!

 

[Riboflavenus]

O/U 2 weeks until we hear about someone yelling at a ride attendant for being in the wrong park. I got this 6 times yesterday when people went came to GOLFTEC (lessons) telling me I was wrong because they booked a bay to play (we don't do that) when they were supposed to be at X-GOLF (those same people saying I should let them do something we don't because they were here). What is with people unable to admit anymore they made a mistake then chastise the employee for informing them.

All of the catchy names are either already trademarked, or unable to be - Still better than "The Big Bad Wolf: Less big, and moderately wolfly" or whatever they're calling.

 

[the_pantsmith]

Are they planning on showing us theming plans? Or lack thereof? I'm afraid that if there was significant theming changes they would be advertising it with the coaster