Having visited both Kings Island and Kings Dominion, I noticed a few similarities between the placement of the two parks:

-Both parks are located directly off an interstate

-Both parks are located approximately 20 miles north of a medium-sized city

-Both parks have a small cemetery in the parking lot

-Both parks have a house located somewhere on park property (KI's in Ye Olde Witch's Acedemy, KD's in the parking lot)

I find the last two to be quite interesting. In my opinion, it is improbable those two characteristics would be found on both sites without making an effort to do so (notice: improbable, but not impossible). Would anyone happen to have any insight into how Taft determined where to place their parks?

now that i think about it, thats true lol

the cemetaries freak me out though

Did you also know that both parks have the word "Kings" in them!!

Really??!?! Who'da thunk it!

Having visited both Kings Island and Kings Dominion, I noticed a few similarities between the placement of the two parks:

-Both parks are located directly off an interstate

-Both parks are located approximately 20 miles north of a medium-sized city

-Both parks have a small cemetery in the parking lot

-Both parks have a house located somewhere on park property (KI's in Ye Olde Witch's Acedemy, KD's in the parking lot)

I find the last two to be quite interesting. In my opinion, it is improbable those two characteristics would be found on both sites without making an effort to do so (notice: improbable, but not impossible). Would anyone happen to have any insight into how Taft determined where to place their parks?

Well, I'm sure when the marketing dept. did their research on where to build KI and KD, there were reasons (of which I am not sure of) that both were placed directly off an interstate and near medium-sized cities.

Well, I don't think there was a "Coney Dominion" that got moved because of flooding, to a place called "Kings Mills, Virginia."

-Both parks have a house located somewhere on park property (KI's in Ye Olde Witch's Acedemy, KD's in the parking lot)

Where exactly is the "Ye Olde Witch's Academy?" I know of where a house is on the property, it might be the same exact place just different name.

-Both parks have a house located somewhere on park property (KI's in Ye Olde Witch's Acedemy, KD's in the parking lot)

Where exactly is the "Ye Olde Witch's Academy?" I know of where a house is on the property, it might be the same exact place just different name.

The "fort" to the right of the train as you leave from the station in Boomerang Bay was, at one time, known as Ye Olde Witch's Academy, but that sign was not visible on my train ride this past Sunday.

Come to think of it, "Academy" may have been spelled with an "ie," but I'm not entirely sure...

[edit] posted the same time as ^

You're correct on the spelling with 'ie'.

I would say it's all a coincidence. I doubt Taft went around looking for a place with a house and a cemetery. I would assume, though, that they were looking for locations right off an interstate.

I would love to see a documentary or read a book about them planning those parks. I read one about the planning of Disney World. Very interesting stuff.

Especially the careful buying of lots of acreage, to avoid the kind of sprawl that butted up to Disnleyland in California.

Well, I don't think there was a "Coney Dominion" that got moved because of flooding, to a place called "Kings Mills, Virginia."

No, but over in Virginia, they did build a park besides Kingsmill, Virginia. Of course the latter is a luxury development, and the park? Something about Europe...used to be The Old Country....

Rebel Yell and Racer both go West to East. And I can not find any thing on this to verify, but I do believe that both towers are the same distance from the highways.

The "fort" to the right of the train as you leave from the station in Boomerang Bay was, at one time, known as Ye Olde Witch's Academy, but that sign was not visible on my train ride this past Sunday.

Come to think of it, "Academy" may have been spelled with an "ie," but I'm not entirely sure...

Thanks for clearing that one up. We were thinking of the same place, but we used to call it Fort Washington.