When you have the opportunity to connect with a long-time industry veteran, you’re bound to get some incredible stories. When that industry veteran is Dennis Speigel, the stories are even better. A former Kings Island and Kings Dominion General Manager,...
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13 Defunct Theme Park Monorails
While Walt Disney may have thought they were the way of the future, monorails have failed to become a widespread mode of transportation. Like stream trains, after the Disneyland monorail opened there was a building boom of theme park monorails...
Continue reading...2023 Coaster101 Park Mania: The Finals!
It’s an all Cedar Fair Final! This. Is. March. You know what March means? It’s that time of year at Coaster101 where we typically fill out a college basketball bracket, have it bust after the first two days of the...
Continue reading...Gravity Group Restoring Grizzly at Kings Dominion
Kings Dominion is enlisting the help of The Gravity Group to perform track work on Grizzly to make the 40-year-old wooden coaster smoother, faster and more thrilling. Opened in 1982, Grizzly stands 87 feet tall and stretches 3,150 feet in...
Continue reading...Kings Dominion Coasters Ranked By a First-Time Visitor
Isn’t it odd how sometimes there’s a park somewhat close to you that you still haven’t visited? Kings Dominion was one of those parks for me until recently when I decided to visit the park on my trek down to...
Continue reading...The Coaster101 Podcast: Virginia is for Coaster Lovers
They say Virginia is for Lovers…Coaster Lovers. Recently, Andrew and Eric both had the (separate) opportunities to experience the new-for-2022 Pantheon at Busch Gardens Williamsburg while Andrew was able to extend his commonwealth trip and experience Tumbili (and Jungle X-Pedition)...
Continue reading...The Not-So-Hidden Details of Jungle X-Pedition at Kings Dominion
Until recently, the former Safari Village at Kings Dominion was facing a bit of an identity crisis. Over the years, the land had originally featured an actual Safari (that opened in 1974, prior to Kings Dominion’s official opening date in...
Continue reading...The Coaster101 Podcast: Inside Tumbili & Jungle X-Pedition with Kings Dominion
It’s a big week for Kings Dominion, opening for the season on March 12. In celebration of that big week, we’ve got a BIG episode centered around the all-new Tumbili 4-D Free-Spin and re-themed Safari Village, which is now known...
Continue reading...Kings Dominion’s Scrambler Renamed Arachnidia Ahead of Jungle X-Pedition Debut
Something else is crawling in Jungle X-Pedition. Arachnidia. The park’s Eli Bridge Scrambler ride, which made its debut in 2000, will now be known as Arachnidia. It was formerly known as Witch Doctor and Scrambler. Arachnidia becomes the second attraction...
Continue reading...Kings Dominion Announces Reptilian: A Re-Theme for Avalanche
On social media today, Kings Dominion posted a series of crytpic images that seem to point to something that is related to the park’s new Jungle X-Pedition area, highlighted by the addition of Tumbili for 2022. The park later confirmed...
Continue reading...20 Years of Fear: A History of Halloween at Kings Dominion
This post first appeared on the KD Blog. Your pulse rate soars to 200 beats per minute, and you’re too terrified to open your eyes. Five All New Worlds of Horror, including the Bloodbath, Mummy’s Revenge and Elvira’s Superstition, plus...
Continue reading...10 Defunct Theme Park Steam Trains
Earlier this year we brought you a list of the best theme park steam trains still operating in America. But sadly there really weren’t that many to choose from as steam locomotives are becoming more and more scarce. The cost...
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