Tagged: Kings Dominion

The one with Drunk Trick or Treat

The Legend is back from his cruise, and Drew left for Jamaica.  Clint quits his job and becomes a professional podcaster (does not make the show better).  We talk about Kings Islands new ride, Wild Adventures new ride, Skline Attractions new ride, Toyko Disneylands new rides.  We talk a lot about new rides.

Kings Dominon: Haunt Review

Kings Dominion: 2014 Haunt Review

Who am I and why should you care about my opinion of the Haunt event? Well you shouldn’t. I am just here to give you guys my opinion and my insight. I have been to 8 haunt events this October and I will be putting out reviews through out the next few weeks of each of my experiences.

My visit to Kings Dominion this last October was not only my first time to experience Haunt, but was my first Trip to Kings Dominion, ever. Not only did I get to enjoy the park during the day but was also enjoying the nighttime at the park with all the Haunt experiences the park has to offer.

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First, lets point out one tremendously great thing about Kings Dominion. Admission Prices. If you would like to attend Kings Dominion and also enjoy the Haunt evenings the whole thing will only set you back $35 on Fridays and $39 on weekends. That’s right. From 9am-midnight, including access to all the mazes is $39. Wow!

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Best Virginia Haunt Experience: Busch Gardens vs Kings Dominion

Over the last two weeks I have had the pleasure of experiencing both Howl-O-Scream and Halloween Haunt on back to back days. The first weekend I did Kings Dominion on a Saturday and Busch Gardens on a Sunday, and the following weekends Busch Gardens on a Saturday and Kings Dominion on a Sunday. Each night was a different experience. I am going to break down each event by what they have to offer and rate those offerings. WARNING: There will be spoilers in this story!

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The one with NO BOO

Clint, Legend and Drew are joined by Braedon as they talk about all the Halloween related stuff they have done over the last few weeks.  They also talk about Universal Studios building in Beijing, Busch Gardens Tampa filing permits, Adventure Island building Colossal Curl, and much more.

The one with Wet Pants

Another long show for everyone to check out.  Clint talks about meeting Braedon, Kings Dominion Haunt, Busch Gardens Howl-O-Scream, and being on TV.  Legend and Drew talk about Orlando parks along with the closing of Maelstrom.  We go over some news including a possible 2016 attraction at Busch Gardens Tampa, Pinks Hot Dogs closing at Knotts Berry Farm, more on the fight at Six Flags America, and some news about the Fun Spot Orlando

Trip Report: Kings Dominion

Greetings Loopies, Braedon here with a park report. I made my first trip over to the east coast this past weekend to join Clint at a few parks. We visited Busch Gardens Williamsburg, as well as Kings Dominion. We did visit while haunt/hall o scream was going on but I will just focus on the parks their self.

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Kings Dominion Reveals More Water Works Details

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2015 is going to be a great year for Water Works as they continue to grow and expand the water park at Kings Dominion.  We will see new bathrooms, bath houses, cabanas, food options, sand volleyball court, kids play area, and a 65-foot tall slide complex called Paradise Plunge.  An overview of the area was recently posted showing us where all the changes will be taking place.

overvview002Let’s start with New Splash Island, the entrance to the water park. From the overview we can see the Shoot the Curl slides are missing.  These three slides are fairly old, and were rumored to be on the chopping block.  This clears the way for a path that would take you around the back side of the lazy river.  This is a great idea, because on really busy days the bridges going to the now called Splash Island created a bottle neck and made it hard to maneuver the front part of the water park.  The biggest addition to this area of the park is the new kids play area.  It looks like from the over view the area will include a cover, but from the artwork, it does not include one.  With the addition of Splash Island, these will double the amount of options the kids currently have at Water Works. Before we move on to the back side, it also appears the bath house will be expanded at the entrance of the water park.

overview005As we move to the other side of Rebel Yell we see more additions to the water park, including 2 new bathrooms, and a new bath house.  I never thought there was a shortage of bathrooms in this area of the park, but I guess you can never have too many when it comes to a water park.  More is better than the alternative.  Biggest surprise is the sand volleyball court going in.  I am now super excited about this as I love to play volleyball. overvview003As we look at the over view by the Tidal Wave Bay we can see they are going to expand the Cabanas.  With the expansion it looks like there may be another area that I hope is being used for adult beverages.  There is nothing better than laying around the wave pool and sipping a frozen girly drink. Best part of the whole expansion is the new water slide complex.  3 drop slides, and 3 crazy tube rides.  Dorney park received something similar to this last year and it was simply amazing.

overvview001The biggest surprise of all is if you look closely at the upper right hand corner you can see what looks to be a theater.  I have heard some rumors that KD would be getting another theater in the Safari area of the park in the location where there used to be a stage.  This would be an outdoor stage that would replace a groove of picnic tables in front of Backlot Stunt Coaster.  I have mixed feelings about this. I am all for more options of entertainment at the park, but I really feel the park should work on the options they have.  They currently have 6 stages that produce around 11 shows in the summer season.  I think most people would agree with me that half of those shows are not worth keeping.  I am a tech guy, but I am not a theater guy so I don’t know if what they are missing is a good producer, talent, or both.  All I know is All Wheel Sports plays to packed crowds and it’s hard to keep me away from that show, and when sitting in the back of KD40 you can watch crowds of people leave before the Signing Mushrooms leave the show to perform their own show.  I know Cedar Fair has the tools to produce great shows, and I really have high hopes that we will get high quality entertainment back to Kings Dominion.  I just wish we could work on that before building another stage.

Overall I am truly excited about this expansion.  I don’t spend enough time in the water park, but I really enjoy the time I do.