Dominator

Dominator is a floorless roller coaster located at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia. Built by Bolliger & Mabillard, it originally opened as Batman: Knight Flight at Six Flags Ohio on May 5, 2000. Cedar Fair Entertainment Company purchased the park in 2004 and renamed it Dominator. Following the park's permanent closure in 2007, the roller coaster was relocated to Kings Dominion where it opened on May 24, 2008, in the International Street section of the park.

Dominator is the world's longest floorless coaster at 4,210 feet (1,280 m), and it has one of the tallest vertical loops in the world at 135 ft (41 m).

History
Dominator, then known as Batman: Knight Flight, was announced at an event on December 9, 1999 as the only floorless roller coaster in the Midwest. It opened on May 5, 2000 at what was then known as Six Flags Ohio. The ride was a part of the conversion and major expansion that occurred between the 1999 and 2000 season, transforming the park from Geauga Lake to Six Flags Ohio. Dominator was built in the Gotham City section of the park, a common themed area in many Six Flags parks.

In March 2004, Six Flags sold Geauga Lake (then known as Six Flags Worlds of Adventure) to Cedar Fair for $145 million. All references to Looney Tunes and DC Comics characters had to be removed prior to opening day the same year, since Cedar Fair did not have licensing rights. As a result, Cedar Fair renamed Batman: Knight Flight to Dominator. The process included the melting of the Batman symbol off every seat, the removal of the Bruce Wayne Foundation text on the station, and the renaming of the Gotham City section to "Power City."

In August 2007, rumors of Dominator being relocated to Kings Dominion surfaced. On September 21, 2007, Cedar Fair announced that Geauga Lake would no longer operate as a traditional amusement park, and instead become solely a waterpark, Wildwater Kingdom. As a result, September 16, 2007 was the last day the ride would operate at Geauga Lake. With that announcement, the rides from the amusement park side began to be relocated to other Cedar Fair properties. The new location of Dominator, however, was not released.

On October 23, 2007, it was announced that the Dominator would be moved to Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia. Dominator sits on the former site of the bus parking lot, behind Berserker, an Intamin Looping Starship. When it was relocated to Kings Dominion, it received a new paint job. The supports remained dark blue, but the track was painted orange instead of yellow. The record-breaking loop, however, is still painted yellow. It opened to the public on May 24, 2008.