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 normal” schedule for 2021. While...
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More Details from Kings Dominion’s Tumbili Announcement (Haunt & Winterfest!)
Yesterday, Kings Dominion announced Tumbili and the re-theme of Safari Village into Jungle X-Pedition. But while we were able to get a quick release up on the website yesterday, there was even more going on at the announcement that we...
Continue reading...Kings Dominion Announces Tumbili Free Spin, Jungle X-Pedition Retheme to Safari Village
Expeditions are officially on the Horizon. Enter Tumbili and Jungle X-Pedition. After a season-long teaser campaign, we finally know the destination for the shipping crates. Kings Dominion is renaming and upgrading the Safari Village area of the park and introducing...
Continue reading...The Coaster101 Podcast: A “Grand” Tour of Carnivale at Kings Dominion and Carowinds
We talk about Carowinds a lot, but when one of our podcast co-hosts visits the park for the first time, you know we’ve gotta hit the highlights! Shane was vacationing in Charlotte with his family, and not only did he...
Continue reading...Kings Dominion Begins Dropping Hints for 2022
June 23: Mysterious Crates Earlier this season, sharp-eyed park visitors at Kings Dominion spotted a series of crates with “interesting” labels on them, located near the entrance to the park’s Safari Village area, beside Outer Hanks. Today, we received photos...
Continue reading...The Coaster101 Podcast: Cedar Fair Reopening Roundtable with Valleyfair, Kings Dominion & Schlitterbahn
Stop us if you’ve heard this before. 2020 was a roller coaster of a year. The good news is, it’s now 2021, and theme parks are getting ready to open again. All of Cedar Fair parks open later this month,...
Continue reading...Cedar Fair Parks Update COVID-19 Policies and Protocols
Cedar Fair parks across the country are preparing to open for the 2021 season — some for the first time since 2019 — with new or updated health and safety protocols to keep guests safe and combat the spread of...
Continue reading...Bridgette Bywater Begins New Chapter As Kings Dominion’s New Vice President & General Manager
This Article First Appeared on Kings Dominion’s KD Blog. It could be cliché to say that the amusement industry is in someone’s blood. But for Kings Dominion’s new Vice President and General Manager, Bridgette Bywater, it’s actually a very true...
Continue reading...The Coaster101 Podcast Episode 25: A “Taste” of the Season at Carowinds and Kings Dominion
Breaking News: Andrew visited a park in 2020 — well, actually two of them. Join John and Andrew this week on the www.coaster101.com/podcast as we chat about Andrew’s trips to Taste of the Season at Carowinds and Kings Dominion! We...
Continue reading...‘Tis The “Season” at Kings Dominion’s Taste of the Season
Like so many other parks, 2020 was a very long year for Kings Dominion. The park was planning to open a new Soak City expansion; Coconut Shores, which would have attracted countless families to Kings Dominion, before Covid-19 reared its...
Continue reading...Kings Dominion Gets Into the Christmas Spirit with Taste of the Season
Like fellow Cedar Fair park Carowinds, in August, it was announced that Kings Dominion would remain closed through the 2021 season due to COVID-19. However, there was a “Christmas Miracle” of sorts in Virginia, and Kings Dominion will indeed reopen...
Continue reading...Carowinds, Kings Dominion, Valleyfair, California’s Great America to Remain Closed for 2020 & More Cedar Fair Updates
As the “traditional” 2020 theme park calendar winds to a close, unfortunately, due to uncertainty surrounding COVID-19, several Cedar Fair parks will not open this season, and to COVID-19 as an entity, we have one thing to say: In a...
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