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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
That sound you hear? It’s the return of theme park normalcy (almost, anyway.) After significantly shortened seasons (if even opening at all) in 2020, all of Cedar Fair’s amusement parks returned to a “closer to...
