I saw this Post from the KD Historians page, could be for another park or the Blue Ridge Tollway cars, but still interesting https://www.facebook.com/groups/1062775637085129/permalink/3972796966082967/
Here is a screenshot of the post I think @Mushroom was referencing. It was posted by Bethany M. to the Kings Dominion Season Passholders FB group:
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Racer 75 would be easier to run than TT with restricted capacity. They can run 2/3 of the rows and both sides. If TT is run at half capacity it would probably require timed tickets to keep the queue from getting out of hand.Someone posted a map of the event on a Facebook page showing Racer as part of the lineup too. Not sure if that's official though. The layout looked really similar to Winterfest's 2018 layout minus most of Old Virginia.
I didn't realize that they were opening so few days. Especially compared to BGW.Here is a screenshot of the post I think @Mushroom was referencing. It was posted by Bethany M. to the Kings Dominion Season Passholders FB group:
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I dont believe that schedule is much of a reduction from Winterfest except of course November being missing. There's a Friday not on there and the week of New Years cut back, but its pretty close otherwise.I didn't realize that they were opening so few days. Especially compared to BGW.
I guess I just didn't realize how few days they opened for Winterfest compared to BGW for Christmas Town.I dont believe that schedule is much of a reduction from Winterfest except of course November being missing. There's a Friday not on there and the week of New Years cut back, but its pretty close otherwise.
IIRC it was usually Fri-Sun, the week of Xmas, and the days around New Years.
And I think the week of Thanksgiving as well, which of course doesn’t apply in this case.
It was hauling last winterfest
I can testify to this.
For those who weren't there; I visited WinterFest 2019, on December 14th, 2019. I got to ride Twisted Timbers twice. That thing was hauling through the course like "I WAS LATE FOR WORK". But for those who think the cold effects it more; I would say that's up for debate. After the first drop; the train rips through the right turn like the bank got robbed.
It would be a shame for KD not to open it for WinterFest 2020. Me and my sister almost went to SFA's event; but when I looked at KD's ride list and saw that Twisted Timbers was open; we decided to take the 2 hour ride to the park. KD would literally be shooting themselves in the foot to keep Twisted Timbers closed. I hope they are reading these forums. The only other reason for closing it, could be for the threat of cold weather. The second time I went to Winterfest 2019, TT was closed for cold weather. The ride manufacture recommends closing it under 54 degrees for the threat of the fiber in the track breaking. This also called for Dominator to close too. With Dominator being a steel coaster; I was shocked that it closed.
KD, may want to consider installing heat lights underneath the loading station, to keep the wheels warm. SFA did this for Fright Fest 2020. Superman: Ride of Steel had heaters underneath the station. Pretty impressive and served the ride well.
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