Kings Dominion Review | Amusement Park in Doswell, Virginia
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- čas přidán 1. 06. 2024
- Kings Dominion is an absolute behemoth of an amusement park. Spread across 280 acres, it’s home to 48 attractions and 13 roller coasters with one of our favourite and one of our least favourite coasters in the world. We witnessed stunning views atop a replica of the Eiffel Tower, had our minds obliterated by one of the most aggressive coasters we’ve ever experienced and discovered what a theme park is like when it’s had multiple different owners and operated over its 48 years of operation. Kings Dominion is definitely a controversial theme park with some people loving it, and other people hating it, especially when compared to its sister park Kings Island, so we were incredibly interested in discovering whether it was worth a visit, and what we experienced certainly surprised us.
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@2:11 “We’re more themed entertainment people here at ReviewTyme rather than coaster enthusiasts” is what I really appreciate about your channel. While I definitely enjoy coasters (especially airtime!), some with high positive Gs (like 305) can be too intense for me and I value fun factor, theming and experience most.
For fun factor, Twisted Timbers is the best coaster ever put in the park.
The price here seriously astounds me. $65 for entrance to a water park, free parking, free dining, & one of the biggest theme/amusement parks in the world is ABSURD
Kings dominion is that park where everyone is welcome without killing your bank account
This is my home park. Its cheap partly because they dont have a lot of top tier rides to offer. 305 is a monster and Twisted Timbers is a mid-high level RMC and once you get beyond that, there really isn't much worth going there for. Families with kids have tons of options and its a great park to bring the kiddos to for sure.
I love how, although you didn’t like Project 305, you respected it for what it does.
Had to stop and rewind I was laughing so hard after '... and of course Apple Zapple!' I failed in the battle for consciousness on 305, never ever again!
My daughter went on it with me in the first season, opening weekend.and tried it again several times over the summer. It wasn't until they put on brakes to slow it down that that she stayed conscious throughout the ride.
Glad you all had a great time! It really is an under-rated park (with a free water park, too!). The chaperone policy is a welcome addition. I've always preferred Busch Gardens Williamsburg vs. Kings Dominion in the summer mainly because I knew I wouldn't have to deal with hordes of teenagers at KD.
My home park! Haven’t been in years unfortunately, this video is why I will have to make a triumphant return very soon. I miss Volcano. Great content guys. Keep up the good work.
Volcano was best right at sunset. The line was usually shorter and coming out of the Volcano, "Oo! Pretty!"
Decent park…but I hated Intimidator 305…I was so disappointed because I thought I would love it. Greying out on coasters and getting headaches isn’t fun.
As for S&S free spins…I agree with you. I rode the original at Six Flags Fiesta Texas and got the living snot beaten out of me. I came off with shoulder cuts that stayed with me for weeks. These are NOT for taller people.
One of my favorite parks I visited in my childhood!
I live in Maryland. This is one of my favorite parks to visit. Glad you were able to come and visit the park. It’s was better back in the day as Paramount’s Kings Dominion. Project 305 is my favorite coaster there. Then Flight of Fear.
I loved Kings Dominion. I got to go on the volcano coaster, which blasted you straight out the volcano 🌋 and then looped backwards. It's gone now sadly.
I am so jealous I always wanted to ride that
That was many years ago. I miss that roller coaster. It was my favorite in the park for years.
@@TyrellDunn I met some 80 year old lady on line who loved riding it too. She was a badass lady
@@astroguster5522 she sounds like a LEGEND
I grew up on The Bush Beast and Beastie. RIP Australia's Wonderland.
This is the park I grew up going to, so I’m a little biased, but I absolutely love Kings Dominion! Love how intense I305 & Tumbili are too
Also just saying.. I was here about a month ago and spent over $50 on 2 chicken tender meals and the tenders sucked lol
Luke´s dance 😂😂😂
KD is my home park and Backlot always has one of the biggest lines in the park. I attribute this to the small capacity per train.
Its also pretty fun
One of the points made in news coverage of the Cedar Fair/Six Flags merger is that because season or annual passes had already been sold for the year, major changes in those and other policies will probably take until 2025 to be fully implemented.
Kings Dominion is an amazing park and I-305 is my favorite coaster ever,
Actually it’s project 305 now but it’s my favorite too!
They fixed all the effects on Flight of Fear, and most of the effects work on Backlot, it's just they don't always seem to turn them on. The only thing that was removed was the moving helicopter. Also, in the early days of Kings Dominion, the park was more of a Themepark over thrill park. We had a whole lost world mountain that had 3 indoor dark rides and even a train and monorail. Sadly, paramount removed lake charles, the train, the monorail, the removed the dark rides in the mountain to add volcano. Glad you had a good visit though!
The "action" theatre used to have iWerks motion seats with a cool proprietary James Bond film (Pierce Brosnan). Twisted Timbers used to be themed after Wayne's World 2 and the restaurant next to it was Stan Mikita's doughnuts. They had a mock up of the "Murthmobile" limo park out front.
14:41 THIS IS SO FUNNY LOL
Project 305 always has to be the last ride of the day. It is too intense to allow people to enjoy the rest of the day.
I am hoping to visit next week! You are making it sound like a great time
That was a hilarious RCT Joke! Nice nostalgia touch
I love this place so much. I try to go at least once or twice year. I haven’t gone during Christmas which I’m hoping I can change this year & would love to go back during Halloween Haunt this year.
Looking forward to seeing more US park reviews that aren’t Disney, Universal or Sea World
Man, I still miss Volcano: The Blast Coaster… R.I.P. I really hope they haven’t canned the thought of adding a wing coaster in its space either. And 305 is pretty intense but that’s why I love it so much! 10 years from now I may have to start considering if it’ll be safe for my health though! 😆
I'm proud to be able to call KD my home park. No offense here, but I'm glad P305 scares most people away. It's always a walk on, and that's great as it's currently my favorite ride.
Though a really good and detailed review, it actually makes me a little sad to see the park these days. I grew up going to Kings Dominion, and I believe the best years were from 1975 thru 1991. When it still had the full Lake Charles, and more themed lands than today. You could easily see the Disneyland influence.
International Street (Obviously inspired by Disney Main street, and the Eiffel Tower their kinda castle)
Hanna Barbera (Yogi Bear's Cave was a near historical landmark)
Candy Apple Grove (Styled after Coney Island)
Safari Village (with a Monorail animal ride)
Old Virginia (with three working Steam Trains, and regular shows in the theater)
For me - What KD is today just feels a little cheap, and has lost its classy past. I wish you could have seen it then.
I do suggest looking up Kings Dominion Historians, and searching for older maps from 1975 thru 1991.
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OMG, lol. I grayed out a little on intimidator 305 too! LOL
Lived in Virginia and went when it was just a safari. Kept going back as it grew up until I moved away from VA in 1982. I have great feeling for Kings Dominion. If I could build a theme park or amusement park I would absolutely demand lots of great trees and lots of great architecture. I've never been to a six flags park that was even half as nice an atmosphere. And I've spent a good bit of time at some six flags parks as a teen. They do not come close to measuring up for what I want in a park, despite the teen fun way they were for me.
I fucking love this channel
i used to ride intimidator over and over and bet my one friend that he couldn’t stay awake on it. i always could but he never did. made for some GREAT pictures 😂
Local here. I’ve been to KD once since they took out volcano. The park hasnt felt the same since. Very empty. This is mostly a park of clone rides you can find at other cedar fair parks before dominator, (which was shipped to KD from another park) Intimidator 305, and twisted timbers. I suppose if you’ve never been you’ll have fun but if you want more coasters, Busch Gardens Williamsburg is a just a little more down the Road. Hoping the next 10 years will see a lot more original additions to compete with BGW.
You should do a video on lagoon amusement park!
I live near this Kings Dominion theme park in Virginia, but I do not go there often as I should. I have this uncanny fear of heights.
It was called the hurler
I live about an hour away from the park and everything you said was SPOT ON….but I will say Tumbili isn’t THAT bad 😅
Ive went to kings island a bunch throughout my life. Seems like theres a lot of similarities with some differences. I recently went to cedar point again but always have a soft spot for kings island, idk maybe its nostalgia cause like this park, there's still stuff there that takes me back to years when paramount owned it.
Oh my god so loved Bush Beast back in the day …hope it lived up the the memory
Carowinds gets a lot more positive buzz, but Kings Dominion is really in the same tier of park. It has a fairly well rounded lineup and has excellent food options.
The two things holding the park back are:
(A) The park is rather disjointed. Some parts are peak Cedar Fair quality. While others feel abandoned. This is made very apparent with half the park's coasters being located in one section of the park, despite the park's massive size.
(B) It lives in the shadow of other parks. It's made in the image of Kings Island, but never really matched it. Worse, is its regional rival. Put simply, Busch Gardens Williamsburg is the better park in the region. It's award winning for its beauty and shows, and has a more balanced coaster lineup. This handicaps KD attendance in the region, which limits its investment budget from Cedar Fair.
KD is much more convenient to DC than BG, but the I-95 traffic is more atrocious than ever. Though the traffic out to Williamsburg is pretty bad too. I know people that refuse to go to Six Flags America anymore.
I want to go on something more thrilling than Giga Coaster 1!
So many trees. My home park outside chicago had such sparce landscaping compared to these east coast parks and their deep green forests. Kings dominion, great adventure, busch gardens for example
Yeah and the trees really sell the "fair games and bumper cars" alley which has fewer trees, as a seperate and unique space. The Old Dominion section of the park (they were themed in the paramount days) is great like you're in a forest with gas lamps and Georgian architecture. It's the perfect place to tuck Grizzly and the rapids ride into AND it's one of the more fun and effective rapids rides out there. My favorite thing about the landscaping is this one tunnel made out of vines where they blast mist inside.
@@ZM-jb6gc beautiful
I can't imagine what more kd could do for affordability lol
Definitely a 10 out of 10 in my book
305 is absolutely best in park
When I first came here in 2008, my experience was not that great as it was extremely busy resulting in very long lines for almost every ride, including the rides in Soak City, and every single ride broke down at the end of the day. When I came back in 2013, I had a much better experience. We went on less busier day making every single ride and slide a walk on, and every single thing mentioned in this video from the rides and operations to the atmosphere and staff friendliness make it worth visiting. I do prefer Busch Gardens Williamsburg more, but you can't visit Virginia without visiting both parks.
Helldivers 2 isn't 4th try, there's been no less than 10 videogame, boardgame and pinball adaptations of Starship Troopers. Including the game from last year that is still in early access!
Oh and all the weird Mormon movie sequels
9:16 Okay, 5/10 for entertainment? You clearly missed that package.
If you guys go to Magic Mountain can you please do X2?
305 used to be even more intense when it first opened if you can believe it.
bruh