It was in the park for nine seasons before being relocated to Jolly Roger Amusement Park in Ocean City, Maryland, Alton Towers in England, and later to Hopi Hari in Brazil where it exists today as Katapul. The King Kobra featured a 50-ton counterweight drop launch and was the park's first launched roller coaster. Kings Dominion added its fourth roller coaster, a Schwarzkopf shuttle loop known as the King Kobra, in 1977. General manager, Dennis Speigel, was forced to close the park at 9AM shortly after opening. areas, vehicles attempting to enter the park, caused 10 mile backups of the nearby roadways, State Route 30, U.S. Due to high demand of the area's residents in the greater Richmond, VA & Washington, D.C. Opening day of the park saw 50,000 guests, with an additional 50,000-60,000 guests waiting to enter. Daily admission price in 1975 was $7.50, and a dollar for parking. Original themed areas included The Happy Land of Hanna-Barbera, International Street, Lion Country Safari, Old Virginia, and Coney Island.
In addition, Kings Dominion's 1/3-scale replica of the Eiffel Tower and the International Street Fountain greet visitors near the main entrance to the park. Also present at the opening was a log flume, steam train, a collection of flat rides and a cable-car sky ride that transported visitors between Old Virginia and The Happy Land of Hanna-Barbera. The new park was designed with Kings Island in mind as the blueprint using similar themes, rides, and activities.įollowing a limited preview of the park's Lion Country Safari, a drive-through animal zoo with 230 species of animals, and the Scooby-Doo rollercoaster in 1974, Kings Dominion officially opened on May 3, 1975, offering fifteen attractions including the Rebel Yell (later renamed Racer 75), the Lion Country Safari Monorail, Galaxie, and a junior wooden roller coaster known as Scooby-Doo. A 400-acre (1.6 km 2) site was chosen in Doswell, Virginia, north of Richmond in the heart of the Mid-Atlantic, and construction began on October 1, 1972. The park entrance as seen from the observation deck of the replica Eiffel Towerįollowing the success of Kings Island in Mason, Ohio, northeast of Cincinnati, Family Leisure Centers (a partnership formed between Taft Broadcasting Company and Top Value Enterprises) decided to expand into a new region of the country by opening a second park.
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