Specific Type: Wooden Jr.
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In 1974 Kings Dominion had a soft opening with a preview of their plans and two attractions; Lion Country Safari & their first roller coaster, Scooby-Doo. In 1975 the park had its grand opening featuring 13 additional attractions. Scooby-Doo is a junior wooden coaster designed by John Allen, and uses the plans from sister park Kings Island junior coaster. Over its history the ride would be rethemed, named and painted several times: Scooby-Doo from 1974-1996, Scooby-Doo’s Ghoster Coaster from 1997-2009, Ghoster Coaster from 2010-2012, and finally Woodstock Express from 2013 to the present. This coaster used to hold the distinction of being an ACE Coaster Classic, however this honor was rescinded when changes were made to the trains.
The riders board their trains two per row, two rows per car, and five cars per train. The buzz bars lock into position and the train creeps out of the station in a slow right hand turn to line up with the 35 foot tall lift hill. The train glides down the main drop of this figure eight coaster at a family friendly 35 MPH. The coaster ascends and negotiates a turnaround and drops again towards the lift where is goes over a bunny hill and up into another turn around. It repeats arounds itself and delivers the train back to the station to conclude its 1,385 foot long circuit. Young thrill seekers are delighted as they depart wishing to get taller on the spot to graduate up to the larger coasters. |
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