Take a look back at how Virginia’s two largest amusement parks have changed over the last five decades. Read More
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Kings Dominion and Busch Gardens Williamsburg — Virginia’s largest amusement parks — turned 50 in May, and they’ve both grown immensely in the past five decades. But for loyalists, the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Catina Hadijski’s mother was one of 50,000 people at Kings Dominion when it opened on May 3, 1975, and going to the park is one of Hadijski’s earliest memories. “I remember going when I was just a few years old,” she says. A native of Richmond, she lived in Arlington, Falls Church, and Burke for about 20 years before returning to her hometown in 2021.
