Kings Dominion opened to the public on May 3 with five themed areas: International Street, Old Virginia, Coney Island, The ...

Tony Johnson, general manager at Kings Dominion, got his start at the park the first year it opened — 1974 — when he worked as a seasonal employee in the Lion Country Safari.

Kings Dominion is set to launch Tumbili, a new 4D Spin roller coaster, ... Safari Village, which pays homage to the 46-year-old park's original Lion Country Safari attraction, ...

Kings Dominion is set to launch Tumbili, a new 4D Spin roller coaster, ... Safari Village, which pays homage to the 46-year-old park's original Lion Country Safari attraction, ...

Johnson started at Kings Dominion in 1974, working as a seasonal associate in the Lion Country Safari area — a drive-thru animal preserve that opened a year before the main park opened.

(I'm doing a story about Lion Country Safari for our Sunday History page. I'll put a link here when the story is posted.) From 1974 to 1993, the trains carried more than 15 million Kings Island ...