Defunct Roller Coaster Shockwave

[Shane]

Pretty much any ride that is ever for sale is listed on italintl.com

 

[Luke]

Cool article:

Kings Dominion's Shockwave: “You can now loop the loop in a standing posture!”

http://www.dalebrumfield.net/#!Part-15-Kings-Dominions-Shockwave-“You-can-now-loop-the-loop-in-a-standing-posture”-UPDATED-Ride-to-Close-Aug-9-2015/c154d/553ea2e20cf21fee134ec642

 

[strycker]

This ride was my nemesis. It's the reason I was scared of roller coasters since forever. Never force someone on a coaster is all I'm saying (as a kid). I'd ride it now, but unfortunately it's mothballed and I didn't know it was going to be or I would have hit KD this summer.

 

[Nicole]

Honestly, you dodged a bullet.

 

[Mushroom]

Down she goes...
[Instagram=https://instagram.com/p/-ZK37AM71h/]

 

[Zimmy]

woot!!!!

 

[Thomas]

Brutal.

 

[James]

Where's the massive fireball?

 

[Thomas]

I would have expected the earth to swallow it like the house in Carrie...

 

[netdvn]

Only three people will miss you.

 

[strycker]

I had hoped to face the coaster that made me fear them since I was a kid, but I'll take on i305 in its place.

 

[Nicole]

Gone, but not forgotten...

It turns out that Shockwave has been preserved by Ingress.  It still exists in augmented reality, even though it has thankfully been removed from reality reality.

I know this because Pokémon Go uses Ingress' user-created points of interest database, overlaid on Google Maps, to display it's augmented reality universe.

 

[Zimmy]

It just won't die!

 

[The Hessian]

Didn't know it or ride it so I just don't care.

 

[Thomas]

 

[Luke]

Shockwave Construction pics:

 

[UncleDuncan]

All this talk today of KD tearing down shitty rides made me remember how much I hated this piece of shit ride.

Also, please tear down Anaconda next.

 

[CoasterAuditor]

Yeah I don't miss this ride at all. As a 6'3 male with a big frame. 1 and done.

 

[halfabee]

That rarest of rides, the perennially iconic and popular piece of ridiculous junk.

 

[Nicole]

Poor Anaconda. It isn’t that bad. Plus, it always gets that awful song in my head.