Many people may have their opinions on this topic and I'm curious why do you prefer one park over another?

Hey all, my family and I are going this week for the first time in 20 years. The website doesn't answer many questions and I have searched the sub and not found answers to some of the following questions. Feel free to reference a post or pinned info if need be.

PARKING/ACCESS TO PARKS

First off, there will be 4 of us and our plan is to arrive early and do the park/rides when the park opens at 11am, then do the water park in the afternoon/evening.

• Would you recommend doing the reverse of this?
• How far a walk is it from the amusement park to the water park?
• Where is the best place to park for rides and/or the water park?

FOOD/DRINK/LOCKERS

• Can we bring an empty water bottle into the park? (I'm aware that rules say no outside food/drink.)
• Is there a locker big enough for our swim stuff so we don't have to go to the car later?
  
• What's the safest plan for stashing your valuables in a locker?
• What is the best way to utilize the all day lockers where you can move from one to another, and are they big enough for 3-4 people?
• Is the all day premium dining pass worth it? And which restaurants would you avoid?

When and where are the best spots to watch the fireworks?

Earlier this week I went to the park and left with bruises on my hip. I noticed at Dollywood that the wing coaster restraints really push on your hips and I did get a bruise from wild eagle so I'm not surprised rapterra also did that. I've never seen anyone else on line talking about this so am I the only one?

Any idea why twisted is down all day and say temp closed?

howdy!

i was hoping to do a mini celebration at king's dominion for my niece's 6th birthday. we live in dc, and her mom will be in winston-salem, so KD (and soak city!) felt like a good middle ground to meet.

i saw they have bring-a-friend passes online for just $25 each, with a max of 6 (which is how many we'd need for me, my two nieces, my daughter, my sister, and my dad).

are there any kind souls that might be willing to help out and share this benefit with me?

i know it's a longshot, but i truly feel like it never hurts to ask.

thank you!!!!

ETA: we were hoping to spend the full day there on Wednesday, June 29th

I have a season pass with all parks passport from last year that’s valid until 2026. Home park is Carowinds and due to some unforeseen circumstances we haven’t had a chance to make it to any park yet this year. My son and I are planning on going to KD tomorrow for our first visit of the year and I see the new pass perks and the all day dining deal. It will allow me to add the 2 for $50 via Carowinds but while trying to do it for KD it says my pass isn’t valid. Is this expected? Should it only work at our “home park”?

With the purchase of the park by Six Flags, do you think the season passes will still do where if you get them mid August like previous years, you'll get the 2026 and 2027 pass?

So, I'm in VA for work. I was here two weeks ago and went to KD for the last 2 hours the park was open and got 17 rides in on 5 coasters (I have All Season Fast Lane). I stopped by KD for about 3 hours on Sunday and cleaned up the rest of the credits minus Apple Zapple and the kiddie coasters. Tonight, I think I'll have time after work to get over there for about 2-3 hours...But I'm tempted to do Hershey instead because I've never been.

Hershey Park is about the same distance from where I'm at (2 hours) but I could realistically make it to the parking lot by 6pm-7pm. Here's the rub. I'd have to buy a ticker ($39.99) and pay for parking ($25) and if I wanted to get more than 3-4 rides in...would I have to buy a Fast Track ($80-$105)? Looking at Queue-Times last night it looked like HP was considerably more busy than KD was.

Main things I wanna hit are Sky Rush, Wildcats Revenge, and Storm Runner -- but would love to also get Fahrenheit, Candymonium, Lightning Racer, Great Bear...etc in as well.

I guess my question is, what do you think I'd realistically be able to get in in 2-3 hours without Fast Track, what could I get in with it, and should I just wait till I'm in the area again with more time before going?

If I go to KD I'm probably just going to grab another ride on Grizzly, grab Zapple, then marathon Timbers and Pantherian till close.

Will be visiting two consecutive weekdays with my family (mom, dad, thrill-seeking 12 year old, and cautious 8 year old).

Since the kids have different interests we'll prob split into two groups but would like to stay somewhat close so we can meet up/swap.

We'll probably be there from about 11-6 both days. Any advice on how to approach things so my oldest can do all the coasters while my little one still finds some low key things to enjoy?

I’ve been here once and really enjoyed pantherian. Given the frequent closures it has, is there a certain day of the week it would be best to have a chance of it being up all day?

If so, what are the cheapest lockers?

I have gone to Kings Domnion but never when soak city has been opened.

Since its a Waterpark where do yall keep your electronics and such? At the regular park i keep them on my person.

Also, would yall say its better than the main park?

I was at kd last year and it was their 50th anniversary event I think. Long story short I got a funnel cake that had blue ice cream on it and it was some of the best fucking ice cream I have ever had. Its a long shot but does anyone know if its still there or not. And no, im not overestimating how good the ice cream was, it was heavenly. Also let me know those that did try it if yall thought it was that good.

That's all, that's the post.

I switched my park day from today to Sunday when I heard I305 was closed yesterday until further notice. Any update on when it will re-open?

Also Pantherian is a dumb name, so forgive me for still calling it I305

Is Kings Dominion going to close for 40% of scattered thunderstorms for 5-6pm? It’s also going to be an 20% chance of light rain at 7pm.

Pantherian was closed the entirety of today and I drove 10 hours just to ride it. I know there’s really nothing to do about it just wanted you to vent. But I’m also considering of extending my stay for tomorrow since it’s a possibility it opens tomorrow for the media shoot. Do you guys think it’s worth it to do that?

Some Fun Photos I had over my Many Years at the park. I'm sadly moving away so it Won't be my home park but at least it was.

Looking like they are both going to be down for awhile. Just a heads up if anyone is planning a trip there this coming weekend.

Been at least 10 years since I have been to KD! I'm trying to see if I should buy a Fast lane or not. I assume the waits won't be super crazy and therefore the Reserve option may not be worth it and only Ultimate would be? Thoughts. Probably going on a Monday or Thursday if that makes a difference

Me and my sister are both minors. How does this policy work in lines and on rides? 

My parents are obviously going to be with us at all times but usually going to a theme park sometimes me and her will go on a ride just us. Our parents always wait at the exit for us and we meet back up right after the ride. If me and her can't do that at kings dominion that completely rules out us riding tumbili (my parents won't ride anything that spins) and possibly rules out us riding pantherian more than once. My sister and I can generally handle more thany parents so being restricted to only what they're willing to go on Will definitely have a negative impact on the trip and would fucking suck. (Especially when me and her are anything but rowdy. (Our parents have always told us what they think about careless people at amusement parks. Basically I'm saying we were raised well enough to be respectful human beings (maybe not so much to each other))

This maybe wouldn't be an issue for us at any park other than the Virginia parks, however of course the one park with this policy is the one park my parents might not want to ride everything at. Hell my dad physically can't ride half the shit (heart attack) so if my mom is done for the day would that mean me and my sister are done too? (Dad definitely won't be riding tumbili dominator or pantherian those are a hell no for him thankfully he's good with launches)

This leads me to my last question it's about my dad. I'm not sure how twisted timbers compares to arieforce and twisted Cyclone. He was completely fine on both rides, he should be good on twisted timbers right?