Kings Dominion Project 2024: Victoria's Pizza Renovation

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horsesboy said:
KD uses a system where nonprofit organizations provide volunteers to staff food locations in exchange for a charitable donation of a certain amount back to the organizations. CF then list the donation a Charitable deduction make it a even bigger win for their budgeting. All those folks you see in kaki aprons with temporary paper stick on name tags are volunteers not park employees.
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From my experience, concession stands at various large permanent venues such as outdoor music venues and sports arenas have used this tactic for decades now.

It's not a new phenomenon, and though perhaps antiquated as opposed to other kinds of charitable fundraising activities the park could come up with, I don't think is necessarily an invalid option.

If this is a way for local or regional organizations to effectively fundraise in exchange for basic food service labor (also assuming all they're doing is serving and ringing up sales) during times of the year where they couldn't easily do the same at the more traditional venues, then why not as long as the volunteers are not being forced into it?
 
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Ouch. Indoor, climate controlled pizza was critical for a pit stop with the kiddos. Not only is pasta less appealing in an amusement park on a hot day as @warfelg said, but it's infinitely messier and takes significantly longer to eat. Also, I just worry that the pasta will be lower quality. I don't want to be negative but the vibe I get from amusement park pasta is the same one I get from hospital cafeteria pasta. I still worry about food quality going downhill after Denis was canned. Genuinely hope they prove me wrong on this one.

Have you seen a 2yr old try to hammer a plate of red sauced pasta? FML. I'm dreading it already.
 
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warfelg said:
Personally - pasta is not something I enjoy on hot summer days.
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No disrespect to you, but didn’t you recently complain that KD has too many pizza places and suggest that one of them serve something else? If the rumor is true, it seems like they’re doing exactly what you wanted and you still aren’t happy.
 
Mushroom said:
No disrespect to you, but didn’t you recently complain that KD has too many pizza places and suggest that one of them serve something else? If the rumor is true, it seems like they’re doing exactly what you wanted and you still aren’t happy.
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My issue was the proximity to each other not that there was two of the same.
 
rswashdc said:
I really wish they had done a facade update. It's really a dated style externally and not historical in any sense.
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It does sorta have a 1970s 'Pizza Hut' vibe to it. Charming, but not really what I think they want to be going for. Now I'm wondering what a 70s Pizza Hut in a theme park would charge for a pitcher of Pepsi.
 
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A 1970's vibe?

When the restaurant opened in 1976, CAG theme was Coney Island in the 1890's - 1900's era. Late Victorian style with all the ornamented exterior trim, stained glass, etc. Plus, Victoria's did not serve pizza until the late 1970's. It initially served sandwiches and subs for the first 2-3 years.
I believe the switch to pizza happened in 1978 or 1979.

The Pizza Huts in my area back in the 1970's were brick, red roof with narrow windows. On the inside, tables, booths, chairs were dark stained wood. I thought the tables were covered in red/white checked table cloths and dark red curtains framed the windows. Can't remember if the light fixtures were stained glass or not.
 
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mwhinva said:
A 1970's vibe?

When the restaurant opened in 1976, CAG theme was Coney Island in the 1890's - 1900's era. Late Victorian style with all the ornamented exterior trim, stained glass, etc. Plus, Victoria's did not serve pizza until the late 1970's. It initially served sandwiches and subs for the first 2-3 years.
I believe the switch to pizza happened in 1978 or 1979.

The Pizza Huts in my area back in the 1970's were brick, red roof with narrow windows. On the inside, tables, booths, chairs were dark stained wood. I thought the tables were covered in red/white checked table cloths and dark red curtains framed the windows. Can't remember if the light fixtures were stained glass or not.
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Perhaps a comparison to one of those '70s ice cream parlors; the ones that tried for a sort of Victorian appearance, would have been more apt. Point is, like a lot of theming does over time, it's aged. It probably did look pretty spot on when it opened, but it's very long in the tooth at this point, and the upcoming updates are very welcome.

I think of it as similar to the Country Bear Jamboree; timeless, yet also very of it's time.
 
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