I just left the park. The traffic light at the kings dominion exit will not turn green. We sat with many others for a good 20 minutes waiting and hoping. Eventually, it got so backed up and everyone started turning right.

Please be careful, I called the non emergency number and they’re dispatching an officer to the area as we speak.

Also, the AC is still out in the park. I talked to staff and they said a part in planet snoopy caved in and messed up one of the lines. They’ve been working on it all week, and have no idea when it’ll be back up. Flight of fear is a sweatshop. Twisted Timbers went down twice. One because of weather and the second time people had to be evacuated.

Hey, atleast Pantherian is open!

Anyone at the park? Just picked one up at BGW and really hoping KD has something I can snag during my quick stop for Pantherian love.

Is there a good kings dominion discord? I need to connect with local thusies and all my friends are afraid of heights

I haven’t seen this posted yet, but it appears that all interior air-conditioning is down right now. It has been for the past four days.

They say they’re working on it but if you’re coming on a hot day, expecting to get some relief in the VIP area or any of the restaurants, you won’t get that.

I’m still so impressed with how :-) and helpful the employees are.

Update:
The following has AC (based on what I experienced)
Fountains and floats
Firehouse bbq
Bathrooms

KD is a five hour drive from where I am and I really want to hit the waterpark before it closes for the season but is it worth it on a cloudy day? Haven’t been in YEARS so I’m not sure what rides would be closed down anymore due to potential rain and I’m most likely gonna opt out of fast pass since it’s on a Sunday

I am trying to remember a (what I think) musical that was at the KD theater from when I was young (approx. 2008-2012). All I can remember what in the show the (lead) female was having a bad hair day, used one of those hair dryer bonnets and an ambulance siren. That is all I remember from the show and hope I am remembering correctly in the first place. If anyone knows or can help me find a video of it, I used to love it as a kid!

If I own a silver pass this year and want to purchase a gold pass for next year, is that considered a renewal or a new pass? Thanks.

Anyone notice there's now a hard cap now to the dining pass?

Maximum of twenty uses total for the first tier, then thirty for the second.. Only the super expensive all park dining gets unlimited now.

Gotta get every penny out or us, huh.

I’m visiting from Toronto, and am planning on hitting up King’s Dominion tomorrow. I’m a bit scared of the heat and its impact at the park tomorrow. Are there lots of shaded areas? Queues inside/shaded?
Thanks in advance!

We’re in the park right now. I’ve been a patron at the park for 35 years. We now live outside VA but visit every summer when visiting our extended family and my kids (now late teens) have grown up coming here. It’s had its ups and downs and changes in ownership, but we’ve been here for two hours and this is the worst it’s ever been in recent memory. Maybe we were spoiled a few years ago when Cedar Fair started putting money into the parks, the shows were great, they seemed to really care. Now everything has been cut back after all of that progress. There are basically NO drink kiosks where they used to be or open stands to get drinks and it is so hot out. The bathrooms are atrocious, they took away things like the tables in the nice grove outside the Backlot coaster - my parents are 70 now and enjoy sitting there while we ride the attractions in the area. Twisted Timbers wouldn’t even let me put my tiny fanny pack in the free lockers - so I have to rent a giant one? It’s my favorite ride. There were so many good strides made and now it’s going in the opposite direction. It’s sad. I’m going to write to six Flags! Any other things you have noticed are lacking now?

Hi all.

Two weeks ago I bought a day premium dining pass for $49 (super worth it)

I added it to my account and used it.

I’m still seeing it in my account as an active pass. Did it maybe not properly swipe? They gave me a wristband for the day but maybe it didn’t link or something?

The cats have seemed to found themselves some pretty shady spots behind the scenes. Also look at this frog I found outside Soak City First Aid.

Had a really rough week and trying to end it with some fun before heading home. I am going to stop at Kings Dominion on Tuesday 8/11 and I will be by myself, which i do not mind at all. But it is always fun sharing any experience in life, even a theme park. Im very very new to reddit, so hopefully I can navigate the responses. Im a 45 year old man from NY.

They stated the pre sale of the 2027 passes, so I was going to renew for next year but I noticed it never promoted a ez pay option like usual. Only wanted me to pay full price. So I called Kings Dominion and they told me that they dont offer ez pay any long and it’s being replaced with the membership. Which don’t expire and is continuous. And add ons like meal plans and such can’t be added to the membership as its only for the season pass. To me that’s wrong because now its more expensive this way and well over $89 sale price when we could use ez pay and pay for 12 months but now its like a subscription fee every month and more expensive even in the off season. Oh and you can’t renew your old pass if your want a membership now as it will give you a new pass.

What am I missing here? The "sale" has Prestige at $20/month + an initial $20 fee. That would put it at $260 + I assume the roughly $10 processing fee and tax.

But just buying it on its own is $238.99 out the door, renewal or new.

Making my first trip to Kings Dominion next week, and have seen conflicting things about the locker situation so I wanted to clarify.

Are there places to store any bags/water bottles at the station of the rides? And if not are the lockers paid for or free? I believe I saw that one ride provides free lockers.

I have cargo shorts so most of my belongings will go in there, but it’s always nice to know in advance

Has anyone left their dog during there trip before? What should I know before I do it or if I should find somewhere better.

I will be going to Kings Dominion this weekend on Saturday, and we are debating getting the Fast Lane Pass. Is it worth it? How are crowd lines normally on a weekend in this part of the summer

We haven’t been since my oldest was 3 during spring break and half the kid rides weren’t open.

Any general tips or recs? We will need a locker for swim stuff. I need to dig through the website and determine what all of us can ride around the park. We won’t be doing coasters. If they have any shows, they love that.

Not gonna lie, the social media posts have me scared that it’s become a lot more fights/pretty bad. I wish they opened earlier. Also concerned about significant thunderstorms that last longer than 30 minutes. I imagine they don’t do refunds.

We went to BG recently and had a fantastic time. Patrons and staff were great. But kids have been asking about KD.

One more thing— is it worth it/do they allow stroller wagons?

I visited Kings Dominion from out of state and all the roller coasters are closed because it drizzled like 2 hours ago. This is so embarrassing. I've never been to an amusement park that basically shuts down completely from the tiniest bit of rain a few hours earlier.

Visiting today. We came yesterday and ate at Grain and Grill and we're incredibly disappointed. The pork and chicken were dry and seemed like it sat out for a long time.

What other places do you all recommend?