Conquer the skies on Kings Dominion’s Rapterra, the world’s tallest and longest launched wing coaster. New in 2025, Rapterra simulates the flight of the legendary Jungle Hawk with an intense initial launch, plunging dives, twisting maneuvers and sweeping turns.
Rapterra’s Immersive Backstory: Centuries ago, ancient leaders built a shrine to honor the mighty Jungle Hawk. People who entered the shrine became spiritually linked to—and temporarily possessed—the powers and abilities of the bird of prey.
Building the temple at the base of a volcano, Mt. Inferna, proved unfortunate. The ground surrounding the magma chamber collapsed, burying the Jungle Hawk temple under mounds of volcanic rock. The temple seemingly vanished from the earth.
Archaeologists recently discovered the volcanic site and unearthed the remains of the Jungle Hawk shrine. The bird’s ferocious spirit remains at the site, launching brave riders to exhilarating new heights. Rapterra: The world’s tallest and longest launched wing coaster.
Rider Safety Information
- Min Height
- 48"
- Max Height
- 78"
- A high-speed, launched wing looping roller coaster which turns Riders upside down three times. Riders will experience weightlessness and rapid movements from side-to-side.
- Guests must be between 48" and 78" tall to ride.
- A shoulder harness with a between-the-legs safety belt secures each Rider over the head and across the chest.
- Due to the nature of the restraint, this ride may not accommodate Guests of a larger size. A test seat is located at the ride entrance which can be used to ensure proper fit and comfort prior to waiting in line.
- Guests must have a minimum of three functioning extremities that includes one functioning arm with a hand. Two functioning arms are sufficient instead of three functioning extremities if the guest has a normal center of gravity and lower extremities are sufficiently strong to maintain proper riding posture under the dynamic conditions of the ride. Amputations must be below the knee.
- Guests with a cervical collar, neck brace, or broken collar bone are not permitted to ride. Casts are not permitted on this ride.
- Guests with certain amputations may be able to ride with the use of a separate full body harness provided the guest has remaining leg and arm residual limbs to be secured by the harness. Guests should check with Guest Services to determine if they are eligible to ride using the full body harness.
- Guests with any upper extremity prosthesis must ensure the device is properly secured or removed prior to riding.
- Leg prosthesis are not permitted.
- Alternate access is available via the exit.
- Guests will have to take several steps, on their own or with the assistance of a companion, and be capable of elevating themselves up into a suspended seat.
- Please do not use the ride restraints for support while entering and exiting, as they will shift.
- This ride contains strobe lighting.
- This ride utilizes magnetic systems during the ride.
The Launch
Are you ready to take on Rapterra’s power, speed and fury? Experience what it’s like to be the king of the skies. Unlike traditional roller coasters that start with an uphill climb, Rapterra uses electromagnetic propulsion to blast you straight out of the station, accelerating to 65 miles per hour in 4 seconds—just like a Jungle Hawk when it mounts an attack on its prey.
The Rapterra Experience
The intense launch thrusts you skyward to soar 145 feet above the jungle floor. You plunge downward into a steep dive, gaining speed before pitching upward again into a tight dive loop - the first of three stomach-churning inversions. Like a Jungle Hawk, you weave through the air, gracefully shifting from side to side and changing direction and altitude as you please. After soaring high above the midway for a second time, riders sweep sideways as they drop down to the ground. Riders flip head-over-heels spinning through the corkscrew, crest a peak with a momentary sense of weightlessness and quickly swoop into a 360-degree raptor roll before landing.
Ride Stats
Designed by: Bolliger & Mabillard
Coaster type: Launched Wing
Tallest point: 145 feet
Launch speed: 65 miles per hour
Inversions: 3 (Dive loop, flat spin corkscrew, 360° raptor roll)
Length: 3,086 feet
Duration: 89 seconds
Trains: 2
Riders per train: 20
