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White Water Canyon
River Rapids at Kings Dominion, Doswell, Virginia. Opened 1983.
- Height
- n/a
- Drop
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- Top speed
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- Length
- 1,800 ft
- Inversions
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- Ride time
- n/a
- Designer
- Intamin
White Water Canyon is a river rapids ride in the Old Virginia area of Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia, one of the park's original sections. Built by Intamin, it opened in 1983, when the park belonged to Kings Entertainment Company; similar rides were installed at Kings Island and Canada's Wonderland.
Large family rafts seat up to six riders and float down an 1,800-foot course of rapids, churning currents and turns that ends with a cascading waterfall. The park notes that no two trips are exactly alike and that riders get soaked. Riders must be at least 46 inches tall. The park's older water ride, the Shenandoah Lumber Co. log flume, dates from 1975.
Sources
- sixflags.com/kingsdominion/attractions/white-water-canyon (Park page: rafts seating up to six; 1,800-foot journey through rapids, currents and turns ending in a cascading waterfall; minimum height 46 inches.)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_Dominion (Wikipedia Kings Dominion: White Water Canyon, 1983, Intamin river rafting ride; Old Virginia is one of the park's original sections.)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Water_Canyon (Wikipedia: river rapids rides at Canada's Wonderland, Kings Dominion and Kings Island installed under Kings Entertainment Company; six-seat rafts; Kings Dominion version opened 1983 in Old Virginia.)
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