Also none of the air conditioning was on in Flight of Fear's building, it was 90+ degrees out and as you can imagine waiting in that line was not very pleasant. Also FOF's queue is lit with the work lights and you can clearly see all the non-working show lighting all around you, and the effects did not work on Backlot Stunt Coaster. Another thing that is frustrating is the wireless microphones combined with the fact that the ride operator must say "check" every time they check a restraint, So you end up listening to "check" over the speakers while you are waiting in line a few hundred times, and anything they say to someone everyone can hear. I remember them doing the same thing at Geauga Lake also, just seems very unproffesional (and annoying) to me.
Overall I think of Kings Dominion to be like Cedar Fair's version of Great Adventure. It's kind of the like the flagship park (CP/SFMM) but without the big-ness and infastructure of the main park. The new areas of the park, like around Dominator for example, have a very Cedar-Fairish type feel where its just pavement and garbage cans. You can clearly tell where CF has input new things, for example walking through the Congo area (which is pretty well themed surprisingly, even has dramatic African music playing in the bathrooms) then bam, out of nowhere, you are at a huge racecar themed coaster.
The good news is Intimdator 305 is an awesome coaster, much better than Millennium Force. The drop is very steep and has good air (although it has a very long trim, you can definitley tell they needed to slow the ride down because the 2nd half is so fast). The transitions are very smooth and no headbanging at all thanks to the new shoulder-strap harnesses and the ride is a positive g machine. Volcano, despite the bad capacity, did not dissapoint either and was just as cool as it looked. They also have a pretty sick Arrow looper that drops into a tunnel under the lake and it isn't too rough (in the 7:1 seat of course).
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Cedar Fair = 100% committed to making all our parks look the same
A bizarre looking entrance, these 5 windows are the only ticket sales windows
There was one person working at the SP processing center, however this old lady was faster than any of the ride ops
Intimdator 305 coasterdynamix model in the gift shop at the front of the park
The entrance is just like Kings Island but smaller
Dominator was down as we entered the park
Ghoster Coaster was a very good kids coaster
The old Scooby Doo dark ride
Awesome Intamin launched SLC
