40th Anniversary Celebration & Park Revitalization
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Boooooo.
I do hope they do take this opportunity to help clean up that lake, though. It's already a tiny remnant of its former glory, the least they could do is make it look like a clean little lake instead of a swamp.
I do hope they do take this opportunity to help clean up that lake, though. It's already a tiny remnant of its former glory, the least they could do is make it look like a clean little lake instead of a swamp.
I believe anacondas typically dwell in murky brown water, judging by the image above, it looks about right.
There's a difference between murky and disgusting. Someone could say the park dumps toxic waste into that hole in the ground and I wouldn't be surprised for a second. It legitimately looked like it was bordering on bio-hazard territory last year.
That's a great way to put it. The water in the little swamp in the queue for Boo Blasters on Boo Hill is "murky," which is fitting. Lake Charles was a disgusting mosquito breeding ground (which is no joke--I practically got attacked by them as I queued up once.).
On a different note, any idea what the last day of #KD40 Christmas will be? I honestly have no idea what to hope for at this point.
On a different note, any idea what the last day of #KD40 Christmas will be? I honestly have no idea what to hope for at this point.
Joe said:
Hard to say. It could be any of the following:
1) Rebel Yell to get painted.
2) Which rides in Candy Apple Grove are getting the lighting packages.
3) International Street Fountain renovation update.
4) More info on the 2014 Entertainment Lineup
5) Former ride making a comeback
I am not sure, with the end of the "12 Days of Christmas" announcements, if the park is done with disclosing the 2014 anniversary "surprises". Or, if the park has a couple more things up their sleeve to disclose later this off-season.
So, if the final announcement today is not about a former ride making a comeback, I don't plan on punching out Santa tonight.
Even without the return of a former ride for 2014, Kings Dominion is getting quite a bit of love from Cedar Fair this off-season with all these new and improved projects going on. It is something I felt is long overdue and will hopefully put back into the park some of the charm and atmosphere that was stripped out during the Paramount years of ownership.
This concludes our 12 days of KD40 Christmas!
This is what catches my attention. There's more to come!
Joe said:
This concludes our 12 days of KD40 Christmas!
This is what catches my attention. There's more to come!
I had an inkling that the 40th anniversary announcements were not quite over. Yet, I did not want to go too far out on a limb to make that a definitive statement. But, now that the "Fat Lady" has sung, it looks like the park will be baiting us for the next 3 months.
I'll stick my neck out and say that Kings Dominion will be returning at least one and maybe two former flat rides to the park. I've already listed 4 rides I think have a great chance of making a comeback for 2014. Now which of those four rides could we be riding next year? :shy:
And with all of that said, a new post on the blog! It's nothing that we don't know, but in case you missed something that was announced, then it's all there!
Great post, Evan!
After taking another look at the work going on by Volcano, I have to wonder if the steps being built will maybe serve as a secondary entrance in some way? Perhaps it will be the Fast Lane entrance, because the current Fast Lane setup really messes up the loading process of the ride.
After taking another look at the work going on by Volcano, I have to wonder if the steps being built will maybe serve as a secondary entrance in some way? Perhaps it will be the Fast Lane entrance, because the current Fast Lane setup really messes up the loading process of the ride.
They replaced that paragraph about some of the things returning next season on the employment site.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNl4XA9majs
Wow. Just wow.
All you need to know.
52,000 people at the park on opening day. About 60,000 people turned away. 95 North and South Backed up 10 miles. 301 North and South Backed up 10 miles. And Route 1 North South, backed up 10 miles.
The gates opened at 10am... closed at 9am.
Wow. Just wow.
All you need to know.
52,000 people at the park on opening day. About 60,000 people turned away. 95 North and South Backed up 10 miles. 301 North and South Backed up 10 miles. And Route 1 North South, backed up 10 miles.
The gates opened at 10am... closed at 9am.
I don't know if I have ever said this on here or not but one of my dad's good friends from his childhood was the family who owned the whole KD area before it was built. Back then it was a cattle farm where the parking lots are now. The kennel was actually his house. I'll try and see if I can find any pictures of it before the park was built.
Evan said:
The big question is, is the park big enough to contain that number of people now, much less when it first opened?!
Matthew said:
I forgot to respond last night, but I wouldn't want the park to fit that many. He stated that the people that came that day didn't come back for 3-4 years because of how hectic it was. I personally don't blame them. You will never find me at the park on a Friday or Saturday (unless it's Haunt)
Matthew said:
Because the park has expanded quite a bit since opening day, I'd expect the capacity to be a bit higher than that.
If you go on a traditionally busy day like during Haunt or July 4th weekend, I'd expect the park to hit those kinds of numbers as well.
Is the Floral clock going in its old location? Or is it going in a different location that it wasn't originally?