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Park News - (5/7/13) Kings Dominion will host SnoopyCon on July 6th, 2013. This is a special Coaster Enthusiast Family & Friends Event that will include a Peanuts Character Breakfast, Early Ride Times, behind the scenes tours, lunch and many more surprises. To find out all the important details on how you can get a ticket to attend ($59.99) visit the official site here and check out the event flyer.
    (5/6/13) Windseeker is open
    (3/28/13) The Fast Lane system at Kings Dominion will be split in two this year, offering regular Fast Lane passes (starting at $35) as well as new Fast Lane Plus passes (starting at $45). The only difference between the two is that access to Intimidator 305 and Volcano: The Blast Coaster is only included in the Fast Lane Plus tickets.
    (3/11/13) Source tell me that every Cedar Fair park with a Windseeker ride have also taken delivery of one of the same new Evac Platform contraptions that we saw pictures of at Knott’s Berry Farm last week. The new Cedar Fair policy on this is that the park’s can not run their Windseeker rides unless they have an Evac Platform in working order and ready to go. (For example, I’m told that Kings Dominion already has their platform and is keeping it stored nearby in the old Hypersonic station area.) With the platforms in place, we should seen the Windseekers ready to run on opening day at most Cedar Fair parks. (Canada’s Wonderland, Carowinds, Cedar Point, Kings Dominion and Kings Island).
    (2/4/13) I’ve got one quick update this week on those “fountain upgrade” projects in the works for Kings Island, Kings Dominion and Canada’s Wonderland.  Screamscape sources tell us this is actually a project that wont see the light of day until the 2014 season, so don’t look for any work to start in the parks anytime soon.
    (1/31/13) The rumor mill on what is planned for the park entrance fountains at Kings Island and Kings Dominion has been abuzz with talk about adding a sort of Bellagio style light and fountain show that would perform to different music tracks. Unfortunately it seems this was just a leftover whisper from a previous proposal that was canceled months ago. Instead I’m told it has been replaced by a more modest and smale scale fountain improvement project according to the latest rumors.
    (1/23/13) Sweet Frog, the popular self-serve frozen yogurt chain, will open their first theme park location in 2013, coming to Kings Dominion as part of the new Planet Snoopy area.
    (1/21/13) Comments made by Matt Ouimet have indicated that Cedar Fair will perform some kind of special update / upgrade to the fountains at Canada’s Wonderland, and followed by upgrades to the fountains at the entrance to Kings Island and Kings Dominion as well, based on something they saw at IAAPA. Anyone have a clue what could be in the works?
    (12/12/12) KDFansite has posted a few interesting pictures showing off the park’s boneyard area, featuring the remains of several old park attractions (El Dorado anyone?) and includes new rides removed from KidZville.

2013 - Planet Snoopy - (5/1/13) Coaster Crew was on hand for the official Planet Snoopy media day at Kings Dominion. Check out the video action with Clint below.

    (4/17/13) Another report on the new Planet Snoopy at Kings Dominion has been posted to TPR this week.
    (4/10/13) KDFans has posted a new update showing off over 125 new photos of Planet Snoopy at Kings Dominion.
    (4/8/13) KDFansite has posted an interesting set of side-by-side comparison photos showing off the new Planet Snoopy area looks now compared to last year.
    (3/20/13) KDFans has posted a construction update from Kings Dominion this week, showing off the progress over at the new Planet Snoopy area.
    (2/27/13) KDFans has posted a construction update from Planet Snoopy this week as well as uncovering five shows coming to the park in 2013 as listed on the MoonMaxx Productions Facebook page: On Boardway: From Broadway to the Midway, Karaoke Superstars, Got Country, Pop Fusion and Kings Dominion Street Beats. All Wheels Sports also announced on their Facebook page that they would be coming to KD as well this summer.
    (12/19/12) KDFans has posted the list (and some pictures) of eight new rides coming to the new Planet Snoopy at Kings Dominion. In addition to Snoopy’s Rocket Express aerial tram, they will add Linus Launcher (Zamperla Kite Flyer), Woodstock Whirlybirds (Mini Tea Cups), Lucy’s Tugboat (Zamperla Rockin’ Tug), Flying Ace Balloon Race, Charlie Brown’s Wind Up, Snoopy’s Junction (railroad) and Snoopy’s Space Buggies.
    You can also find a new construction photo update posted to their Facebook page.
    (12/11/12) Kings Dominion has mentioned some new details about Planet Snoopy, showing off art for Snoopy’s Rocket Express, a new aerial monorail ride.
    (12/7/12) KDFans has posted a new construction update from Kings Dominion showing off the early progress of transforming Kidzville into Planet Snoopy for 2013. Check it out!
    (9/13/12) As expected, Kings Dominion’s big 2013 announcement was indeed about adding a massive Planet Snoopy land to the park along with a  slew of new attractions as seen in the animated video below.

    (8/8/12) If you visit the Kings Dominion page and watch the scrolling graphics at the top you’ll find a teaser for 2013 showing off a large rocket blasting through space and the message, “Breaking Records… Again! The countdown  begins Sept. 12”. While I’d love to see a major new thrill ride added to Kings Dominion, my gut says that we’re likely going to see a large Planet Snoopy kiddieland project.

2015 - New Coaster - Rumor - (12/12/12) If the early rumor holds true, I’m hearing that we pretty much wont see anything at all added to Kings Dominion for the 2014 season while the park makes preparations for their next big coaster in 2015.