What is going on? It’s Theme Park Brandon, and in this video I’m taking you all around Kings Dominion for their 2026 opening day. I start out by Dominator (one of my all-time favorite B&M floorless coasters—this ride and I go way back to when it was Batman: Knight Flight at Six Flags Ohio). From there, I’m basically doing a full park day with the family, hitting the big stuff when we can and spending a lot of time where the kids want to be—Planet Snoopy and the kid rides—because that’s just how it goes when you’ve got little ones with you. The big mission was Panthetherion, the “intimate giga” and, in my opinion, the best coaster at Kings Dominion… but opening day had other plans. It went down with a wheel issue right when I had my shot, so I never got on it. Instead, we leaned into Rapira (the newer B&M wing coaster) and ended up lapping it a bunch—my son Mason absolutely loved it and even gave his review: a little rattle, but still running very good. I also talk about some practical stuff like the Rapira queue still needing shade canopies (because summer out there is brutal). Overall takeaway: Kings Dominion looked phenomenal for opening day—clean, great employees, and the park hasn’t looked this good in years. There were a few hiccups, but nothing crazy, and I still got on solid stuff like Dominator, Grizzly, Racing 75, and Rapterra. Underrated park? I’ll let you decide, but I’m leaning yes.