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Cedar Fair Parks | Kings Dominion
The Eiffel Tower replica at Kings Dominion. Photo taken March 24, 2019 by Andrew.
Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia, opened as the sister park to Kings Island on May 3, 1975. At 400 acres, it’s tied for 2nd with Carowinds as the largest park in the Cedar Fair portfolio.
Soak City is Kings Dominion’s water park. It was opened in 1992 and is included in the price of admission.
Kings Dominion KOA (Kampgrounds of America) is the official lodging option. The campground features deluxe cabins and RV sites.
Kings Dominion is 30 minutes north of Richmond, Virginia, and approximately one hour from Busch Gardens Williamsburg.
The Carousel is a historic 1917 wooden carousel built by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company. It was an opening-day attraction at Kings Dominion and originally operated at Roger Williams Park in Providence, Rhode Island.
Dominator is a B&M steel floorless coaster that was relocated from Geauga Lake. At 135 feet, it has one of the tallest vertical loops in the world.
The Eiffel Tower is a 1/3rd-scale replica of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, and an exact duplicate of the Eiffel Tower at Kings Island.
Flight of Fear is a Premier Rides enclosed steel coaster. It’s identical to the coaster of the same name at Kings Island.
Grizzly is a wooden coaster that opened in 1982. The Gravity Group reconstructed it extensively in 2022.
Project 305 is an Intamin Giga Coaster with a 305-foot height and a 300-foot first drop. It opened in 2010 as Intimidator 305, with theming based on NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt.
Racer 75 is a wooden racing coaster from Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters. It was an opening-day attraction at Kings Dominion.
Reptilian is a bobsled coaster, a rare roller coaster style. The coaster debuted in 1988 as “Avalanche” and was built by Mack Rides.
Twisted Timbers is a 2018 Rocky Mountain Construction steel coaster, which replaced the Hurler wooden coaster (retired in 2015).
Towards the end of the 2022 season, Grizzly was conspicuously standing but not operating at Kings Dominion. The Gravity Group has been tapped to re-track and re-profile portions of Grizzly using their new pre-cut wooden track.
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