Something that bothers me and some other people is that Dominator has no theme. Many other B&M roller coasters have at least some sort of theme that ties the name to its color scheme or the ride experience. I thought that giving the floorless coaster a pirate theme would be nice, and that could also tie in with the adjacent Berserker to form an archetypical pirate themed sub-section of International Street. I also think the ride could still hold the Dominator name, because that's technically what sea pirates do. They ransack lands and towns looking for treasure and fight off those in their way.
I don't know about most of you, but I haven't been a fan of how the bright orange and yellow track contrasts with the navy-blue support structure. I also don't know how long it's been since Dominator was last repainted. If it has been a long time (and I admit the orange may be starting to go pale), I think they could repaint the top of the track yellow and the spine orange (reverse for the vertical loop) and change the supports to a lighter blue shade. Or they could go with the orangish-copper color for the track (leaving the loop yellow) since Cedar Fair has done that on many of their recent coasters.
As for the trains, one of them could keep its original yellow color with black and orange restraints to represent the gold that pirates crave, but the second train would be repainted cyan to reflect the seas traveled by pirate ships, and the third train magenta to symbolize either the treasured jewelry or even sea monsters the pirates would face. I'm not sure if the restraints kept their original orange paint at the bottom after their repaint in 2014 or if it was changed to orangish-yellow (amber).
The theming around the ride would involve the buildings for the station, storage, and souvenir shop repainted (or covered by wooden planks if they want to go that far) to have an old rustic tone to make the area resemble a pirate hideout. The shades in the queues would be redone to resemble something close to ship masts, and lanterns and torches (at least those with fake fire) would replace the lights along the pathways. The plaza would gain a new tense soundtrack that would give off something like a POTC or an ancient warfare movie vibe. The Dominator logo would also be redesigned as well so that the font fits in with the pirate theme, and pirate flags of courses would be put on walls and hanging from banners strewn over the walkways. To take things steps further, the interlocking corkscrews section could have rockwork built around the tracks to make for near-miss elements when trains whiz through, representing either jagged ocean rocks or rocky terrain on islands that pirates travel to.
These are only thoughts I had since Dominator doesn't have a definitive theme, but who knows what Kings Dominion has in store for the future. If they didn't retheme it as soon as it was relocated here from Geauga Lake, maybe they didn't intend to give a new theme. Mainly I thought it would be interesting if something like this happened, especially since a lot of other B&Ms, especially in Cedar Fair, have at least some layers of theming.
I don't know about most of you, but I haven't been a fan of how the bright orange and yellow track contrasts with the navy-blue support structure. I also don't know how long it's been since Dominator was last repainted. If it has been a long time (and I admit the orange may be starting to go pale), I think they could repaint the top of the track yellow and the spine orange (reverse for the vertical loop) and change the supports to a lighter blue shade. Or they could go with the orangish-copper color for the track (leaving the loop yellow) since Cedar Fair has done that on many of their recent coasters.
As for the trains, one of them could keep its original yellow color with black and orange restraints to represent the gold that pirates crave, but the second train would be repainted cyan to reflect the seas traveled by pirate ships, and the third train magenta to symbolize either the treasured jewelry or even sea monsters the pirates would face. I'm not sure if the restraints kept their original orange paint at the bottom after their repaint in 2014 or if it was changed to orangish-yellow (amber).
The theming around the ride would involve the buildings for the station, storage, and souvenir shop repainted (or covered by wooden planks if they want to go that far) to have an old rustic tone to make the area resemble a pirate hideout. The shades in the queues would be redone to resemble something close to ship masts, and lanterns and torches (at least those with fake fire) would replace the lights along the pathways. The plaza would gain a new tense soundtrack that would give off something like a POTC or an ancient warfare movie vibe. The Dominator logo would also be redesigned as well so that the font fits in with the pirate theme, and pirate flags of courses would be put on walls and hanging from banners strewn over the walkways. To take things steps further, the interlocking corkscrews section could have rockwork built around the tracks to make for near-miss elements when trains whiz through, representing either jagged ocean rocks or rocky terrain on islands that pirates travel to.
These are only thoughts I had since Dominator doesn't have a definitive theme, but who knows what Kings Dominion has in store for the future. If they didn't retheme it as soon as it was relocated here from Geauga Lake, maybe they didn't intend to give a new theme. Mainly I thought it would be interesting if something like this happened, especially since a lot of other B&Ms, especially in Cedar Fair, have at least some layers of theming.
