Welcome to Kings Dominion - Celebrating 50 years
Lots of nice decorations around the main area of the park for the 50th
New this season is Rapterra, a B&M launched wing coaster
Rapterra is built on the former site of Volcano the Blast Coaster. To pay homage to the ride, there is a caldera that will rumble occasionally in the queue line area
The station is themed to a dig site for the Whey Foundation and honestly it works
The launch is through some very cool looking arches
Overall it is a very fun ride
We did notice some bouncing with the train as it goes through the course, but this can be minimized by riding closer to the front and/or riding in the inside seats
Next door is Reptilian and this might be our favorite ride in the park
Tumbuli is also in this area. It is a 4D Spinner. This is the same model as the one at Adventureland, but it is not even in the same league. I think we got maybe 2 flips total on our ride
Flight of Fear has received a new outside paint scheme to fit into the newly expanded Jungle X-Pedition area. The inside is basically the same
Also in this area is Backlot Stunt Coaster. Strange how it hasn't been rethemed yet. They rethemed I-305 to Pantherian this season (even though it is not open yet) so this is the lone hold out
Heading back to get the two coasters at the front we stopped at Boo Blasters
Woodstock's Express ... will always be Scooby Doo to me
Dominator was running quite well today
Heading over to the "neglected" side of the park - seriously they need some new attractions on this side of the park - we pass the Shenandoah Logging Company log flume
We took a lap on Grizzly. It has been recently retracked and is running amazing. Wish it was running more than one train because we would have liked to have ridden it multiple times
We will always ride these when we visit. Yes we got several snaps
Twisted Timbers gave us bruises on our thighs reminding us once again that not all RMC coasters are worth binge riding
Apple Zapple wins the award for worst ride ops of the day.
Windseeker - the placement in the park is weird. There's not much to see when you're up on the ride
Americana. I have never understood the need for this ride. You have the Eiffel Tower and Windseeker - both do a better job because of their height. Why did Cedar Fair bring this here after Geauga Lake closed?
Most of the day, the park only had the blue side of Racer 75 open - running only one train. You can imagine how long the line was
Mid-afternoon they finally opened the red side - again only running one train
But at least they decided to finally race the trains, right?
Very pretty carousel
Delirium was open this time. Not my favorite version of this ride type
Mad Apple - never going to pass up a ride on a Troika
Drop Tower.
They finally got the Eiffel Tower fixed for this season so it's time to go up and look around
Here's the main entrance area
Dominator
This area looks so different from the last time we were up in this tower
There's Pantherian (not open) and a lake without Anaconda (was removed last off season)
Candy Apple Grove area
Grizzly hiding in the woods
Heading back down
Happy 50th anniversary Kings Dominion
Thank you for a fun day
