Several Cedar Fair parks will be expanding their night-time entertainment options this year with the addition of a limited time night-time spectacular, taking place during the summer months. Cedar Fair will present Grand Carnivale, a one-of-a-kind immersive evening spectacular featuring...
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Kings Dominion Announces Removal of Volcano: The Blast Coaster
Earlier tonight, on their official blog, Kings Dominion announced that Volcano: The Blast Coaster would be removed. According to Kings Dominion, the closure revolved around the inability to keep Volcano: The Blast Coaster up to the park’s high reliability and...
Continue reading...From Tame To Thrilling: The Roller Coasters of Kings Dominion
Update: This post was originally written in 2019, and has since been updated to include Tumbili, Kings Dominion’s “New-For-2022” S&S 4-D Free-Spin Despite living four-plus hours away, I consider Kings Dominion to be one of my “home away from home”...
Continue reading...REVIEW: The Sights And Sounds of Kings Dominion’s Inaugural Winterfest
On August 16, 2017, Kings Dominion made their announcement for what was coming to the park in 2018. While everyone was excited that the park was getting the Mid-Atlantic’s first hybrid coaster in Twisted Timbers (and deservedly so!), Kings Dominion...
Continue reading...Cedar Fair 2019 Season Pass Options: Which Are Best For You?
We’re coming down to the end of the “regular” theme park season for 2018. While we still have another weekend of Halloween events and several dates of Winterfest to look forward to at multiple Cedar Fair parks, for many theme...
Continue reading...My Plan to Visit Seven New Parks Over Nine Days
UPDATE: I’ve finished my roadtrip, and it was awesome! I’ve been steadily putting together trip reports, reviews, tips and highlights together. Everything related to my trip and the parks I visited can be found here. As the West Coast based...
Continue reading...Sitting Down With Tony Johnson, Kings Dominion’s General Manager
It’s a big year for Kings Dominion. Not only have they opened their new hybrid coaster, Twisted Timbers, to rave reviews, but the park will also debut Winterfest later this year. However, these new attractions aren’t the only 2018 additions...
Continue reading...Eating My Way Through Kings Dominion’s “Taste of Virginia”
I love theme parks and I love to eat, so combining the two is almost always a winning combination. Now in its second year, Kings Dominion’s “Taste of Virginia” festival provided me an opportunity for a few things this weekend....
Continue reading...Twisted Timbers Opens at Kings Dominion
Following a months-long tease, Kings Dominion announced last August that Virginia’s first Hybrid Coaster, Twisted Timbers, would open at the park during the 2018 Season. The coaster, built on the structure of Kings Dominion’s former “Hurler” wooden coaster, was a conversion...
Continue reading...Coaster101 Takes on ACE Southeast’s Winter Warm Up
Earlier this month, two members of the Coaster101 team headed to Six Flags Over Georgia for the American Coaster Enthusiasts Southeast Chapter’s Annual “Winter Warm Up” event. There, we learned what several parks in the Southeast (and beyond!) are planning...
Continue reading...Our Thoughts On Cedar Fair’s “New for 2018” Lineup.
Cedar Fair, the company that owns parks such as Cedar Point, Carowinds, King’s Dominion, and Knott’s Berry Farm, used National Roller Coaster Day (August 16th) to announce their major new attractions opening in 2018. The lineup included several new coasters...
Continue reading...Which 2018 Cedar Fair Season Pass Options are Best for You?
With announcements for next season being made last week, Cedar Fair parks have started to transition into the 2018 season, and this includes the availability of 2018 Season Passes and their respective all-season add-ons. In many cases, the sooner you...
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