Kings Dominion
Ride Opening year Manufacturer Description
Blue Ridge Tollway 1975 Passenger-driven cars that ride along on a guide rail
Flying Eagles 1975 Bisch-Rocco A Flying Scooters type ride
Grizzly 1982 Curtis D. Summers / Taft Broadcasting A wooden roller coaster similar to Wild Beast at Canada 's Wonderland
Kings Dominion Theater 1975 A theater that currently houses Cirque Imagine . Originally named The Mason-Dixon Music Hall and later named The Paramount Theatre during the Paramount era
Shenandoah Lumber Company 1975 Arrow Development A log flume ride
Gran Prix Raceway 1995 R.E . Enterprises Pay-per-ride Go-kart racing track
White Water Canyon 1983 Intamin A River rafting ride
Areas and attractions -- Old Virginia
Grizzly Along with International Street , Old Virginia is the only original section of Kings Dominion that has kept its same name throughout the park 's history . Set in the Blue Ridge mountains , the area has a vintage , rustic theme marked by its wooded architecture and country-style decor . In the 1970s , Old Virginia had an Intamin Flying Dutchman flat ride called Jamestown Landing ; behind it , Old Virginia had a steam train ride , Old Dominion Line , which ran through the woods in the back of the park . [ 37 ] Jamestown Landing closed by 1980 ; [ 35 ] the Old Dominion Line stayed until it closed in the 1990s .
Kings Dominion is an amusement park located in Doswell, Virginia, 20 miles (30 km) north of Richmond and 75 miles (120 km) south of Washington, D.C. Owned and operated by Cedar Fair, the 400-acre (1.6 km2) park opened to the public on May 3, 1975, and features over 60 rides, shows and attractions including 12 roller coasters and a 20-acre (81,000 m2) water park. Its name is derived from the name of its sister park, Kings Island, and the nickname for the state of Virginia, Old Dominion.