Pantherian is now open at Kings Dominion.
The Intamin Giga roller coaster opened in 2010 as Intimidator 305 before being renamed Project 305 last year, after then-owner Cedar Fair lost the license for the Intimidator name from the Dale Earnhardt estate. Russell Meyer reviewed the coaster for us when it opened: Intimidator 305 debuts at Kings Dominion.
Last year, Six Flags announced that it would rename the coaster to Pantherian, giving the coaster a new color scheme, decorated trains, and backstory as "a mystical steel contraption built by the ancients," according to the park.
Kings Dominion missed having the ride ready at the start of the 2025 summer season, but it is open for riders now.
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The paint job on the train looks so cheap. They did the bare minimum.
I was surprised that they did this with so little fanfare. The KD fan groups provided more updates than the park did on the status of this coaster, and got it pretty dead on when the coaster was making test runs the first weekend of August and had an official attraction sign posted with just the state operating license missing. However, early observations have indicated that the coaster is operating sporadically due to some technical issues.
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Not actually that bad of a retheme. Sure, it sounds like Pantheon, but it's better than Project 305.