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More like Big. Bare mountain (with a little hill with a waterfall) I think a different name would’ve gone a long way for me-like BearQuest or BlackBear Run. Putting mountain in the name kinda makes me expect a… mountain

Sounds like she's a master at creating her own job security. Hopefully she hasn't convinced them yet that she wants to take on refurbishing the Log Flume logs. I heard she was also the same person in charge of figuring out what to do with the Hannibarrels area the season after it closed.

Hey, it's on topic! Check out my last report from possibly the last day of the last Kings Dominion Haunt before they make it a separately ticketed event! Oh, and what's this? I have an almost-forgotten Winterfest report as well? Hot damn! Who doesn't love Christmas in April? Photo TR: Kings Dominion Winterfest - Tuesday, December 20th, 2022 I arrived a little before 5:30 (for a 6:00 opening), and found the outside-the-gate tree properly decorated. I of course snapped a picture of Dominator that everyone takes from the smoking zone. And a shot of the nobody-sees-these-decorations. As always, hats off, KD. They opened the gates at 5:30, and allowed people in. Enjoy a bunch of pictures from the International Street area. Yep, it was a cold and ride-less night for me. Unfortunately, the frosted pretzels were pre-frosted, so I couldn't re-create my high-school "frosting on a normal salted pretzel" delicacy. Still good though. Awww, cute little mini-tower. Seriously, who rents these igloos? There were some delays before the opening show, but it still went off without a hitch. Of course, a video of the whole thing: Opening Show - Trim.MP4 Next up was the 2022 version of Tinker's Toy Factory, thankfully now indoors at the Kings Dominion Theater as opposed into the semi-outdoor theater in Planet Snoopy. Maybe something similar to the Halloween show happened where the production company bailed out, because this lost a lot from last year's show. Like...there was no positive message. Santa got hurt, elves freak out, turns out he wasn't as hurt as everybody thought he was. What's the message here? Trust people when they tell you things? A lot weaker than last year's theme of "even the simplest things can being people happiness." Did not cry. Anyway, enjoy some highlights. Tinkers 1 - Trim.MP4 Tinkers 2 - Trim.MP4 Tinkers 3 - Trim.MP4 Tinkers 4 - Trim.MP4 Tinkers 5 - Trim.MP4 Yeah, like I said, no coasters tonight. The star at the top of the Eiffel Tower has seen better days. At least the lights streaming down from the tower were refreshed, now with the newer high-resolution version. Big Tree - Trim.MP4 Candy Apple Grove's light-to-music synchronization has gotten better, but still nothing like it was when Winterfest was first a thing. Candy Apple Grove 1 - Trim.MP4 Candy Apple Grove 2 - Trim.MP4 Still the extent of their "winter holidays other than Christmas" display. Weak. Some of the other musical acts (that were totally not my speed). And finally, a bunch of pics of the various decorations across the park. I left before the parade, but I'm sure it was the same as last year's. See you next year (maybe), Kings Dominion! Thanks for reading everyone.

Krazy City, a now defunct indoor park at New York's Palisades Mall, used to have something called the Monster Roll Cage. Riders would board a capsule similar to those used on Cyber Space Mountain, except on the Roll Cage, you had a steering wheel. The ride was a racing simulator and you could control the car fully. Each crash, flip, and turn was experienced by the rider. I loved that attraction, but this looks like a much more futuristic and cooler version.