As part of KD's 50th celebration, the "Gazillion Bubble Show" runs July 12th through August 3rd:
I enjoy any use of the Kings Dominion Theater. And for the park's 50th, it was nice to see the theater (finally!) used for the Prizm: The Ultimate Laser Show. And shortly after it ended, another 3-weeks for this one. But alas, even with constant personal visits to the park, it was not until the show's 3rd running weekend here that I was actually able to see it.
Apparently no one at the park thought to realize, bubbles mixed with a sloping painted cement floor of the Kings Theater would be a poor combination, causing all sorts of issues when people would try and leave the theater after the show - where I've heard numerous reports of people falling trying to walk out, or trying to help get their kids get out.
I'm not sure what percentage of the show times were canceled due to this. And even after it was sort of resolved (more on this later), another "technical" issue arose, which led to more shows cancelled. But after so many personal visits to the park in attempt to see this show - either showing up to the park and seeing no show times posted outside the Theater (because the park can't/will not post them online), or when there were actually (supposed) show times on a day, and waiting outside the Theater (in the sun) for 10 minutes after the show was supposed to start, only to be told the show was cancelled - I "finally" got my chance to see it this weekend... where I must admit, it was worth the wait (kind of).
Now, in the show's 3rd weekend, stationed outside the Theater are warning signs:
And inside the Theater you can see their solution, which are little strips taped to the floor to provide 'traction' - provided you take special care to "only" step on the strips; where I can personally attest, stepping anywhere outside of them is not good:
Unfortunately the strips are not a permanent solution, where in the row behind me you can see what happens - where it seems they are only able to keep roughly half the theater's rows open:
But as for the show itself, I was rather impressed - where here are some photos, showing a variety of the different parts of the show:
So though the show is not quite as good as some of the shows I've seen in the Theater over the years, it's still very enjoyable (where I enjoyed it much more than Prizm: The Ultimate Laser Show, that preceded it here this summer).
Hopefully though the park learns from some of these operational issues, as since this was one of the brief 50th anniversary additions to the park, it would have been nice to enjoy it more, while it was at the park.
I enjoy any use of the Kings Dominion Theater. And for the park's 50th, it was nice to see the theater (finally!) used for the Prizm: The Ultimate Laser Show. And shortly after it ended, another 3-weeks for this one. But alas, even with constant personal visits to the park, it was not until the show's 3rd running weekend here that I was actually able to see it.
Apparently no one at the park thought to realize, bubbles mixed with a sloping painted cement floor of the Kings Theater would be a poor combination, causing all sorts of issues when people would try and leave the theater after the show - where I've heard numerous reports of people falling trying to walk out, or trying to help get their kids get out.
I'm not sure what percentage of the show times were canceled due to this. And even after it was sort of resolved (more on this later), another "technical" issue arose, which led to more shows cancelled. But after so many personal visits to the park in attempt to see this show - either showing up to the park and seeing no show times posted outside the Theater (because the park can't/will not post them online), or when there were actually (supposed) show times on a day, and waiting outside the Theater (in the sun) for 10 minutes after the show was supposed to start, only to be told the show was cancelled - I "finally" got my chance to see it this weekend... where I must admit, it was worth the wait (kind of).
Now, in the show's 3rd weekend, stationed outside the Theater are warning signs:
And inside the Theater you can see their solution, which are little strips taped to the floor to provide 'traction' - provided you take special care to "only" step on the strips; where I can personally attest, stepping anywhere outside of them is not good:
Unfortunately the strips are not a permanent solution, where in the row behind me you can see what happens - where it seems they are only able to keep roughly half the theater's rows open:
But as for the show itself, I was rather impressed - where here are some photos, showing a variety of the different parts of the show:
So though the show is not quite as good as some of the shows I've seen in the Theater over the years, it's still very enjoyable (where I enjoyed it much more than Prizm: The Ultimate Laser Show, that preceded it here this summer).
Hopefully though the park learns from some of these operational issues, as since this was one of the brief 50th anniversary additions to the park, it would have been nice to enjoy it more, while it was at the park.
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