Kings Dominion (KD) Discussion Thread

[tndank]

Yesterday, Sunday, was great.  They had everything open and most running 2 trains.  Never really saw any lines.  

Haunt was fun.  They do a good job on the houses.  Much better than BGW.  The scare actors were also more personable and interactive, inside houses and in the zones.  Light sprinkles off and on all night probably kept many away.  The park kept everything running.  Small crowd but they stayed open til 11.  We rode a lot more than we normally do now days because everything was a walk on and the ride ops were doing great.  Very leisurely pace with a few meals and we still rode 25-30 rides on the coasters and drop tower.

I'm told Haunt gets fairly crowded as October progresses.  That's good.  It's a solid event. 

If their current park development plans pan out, this place is going to be one of the best in the chain.  The new wing coaster looks great.  The park has said the plan is a 200+ coaster in the next couple years on the other side of the park and will not be a B&M.

[CaptainUnknown]

4 hours ago, tndank said:

The park has said the plan is a 200+ coaster in the next couple years on the other side of the park and will not be a B&M

Is this confirmed? I know the popular speculation is a hyper that uses the Dinos plot at least in part. When was this said? And if not B&M, do they go with Mack or Vekoma?

[tndank]

Park management has discussed their plans a bit with regulars at the park and events.  Nothing is official until it happens, but the plans included moving the burrito place to a new building (nearly done), redo P305 theme, possibly an animal theme, to fit the area, and an International street refurb.  Pizza place will move to the current burrito stand front of park.  New ride and section on the right near Dinos.  Dominator is being repainted with same colors this fall.  Intimidator painting has started.  Racer repaint next year. Sure this is always the case, but current management would like to go year round in the coming years.

Rapterra looks cool.  They have a nice display with the POV running all day at the front and near the ride showing it off to visitors.  Looks really good in that area.

[prozach626]

Hopefully they give Kings Dominion a quick boost like they did with Kings Island.