Comments on: Grizzly @ Kings Dominion | Roller Coaster Reviews

By: Linaskye

Linaskye — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 02:57:56 +0000

Grizzly before the retracking was sort of rough, but it wasn't horrible for me until coming back towards the station, we hit a bump that made a loud banging noise, and I'm not kidding, my boob came out of my shirt and smacked me in the face. LOL It makes me laugh every time I think of it now, but then I thought something was wrong and we were all going to die. I'd really like to ride this again now that it's been retracked.

By: Lev

Lev — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 02:06:47 +0000

Not nearly as rough as you people are saying.

I rode the Grizz 5 times straight last night. It's an awesome coaster, especially at night. There's nothing like that insane tunnel with the big airtime gap in the middle of it.

Rebel Yell and Grizzly alone make KD a destination spot.

By: L.J.

L.J. — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:11:52 +0000

I rode this a night and it was the best wooden coaster I've ever been on (coming from georgia where thier woodies are mediocre execpt for GASM which is fun) maybe it was because I was young or whatever but t wasnt rough to me at all it was amazing

By: raishi fox

raishi fox — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:52:48 +0000

If you get the chance to visit KD again soon, give Grizzly another try. They just retracked it and it shows, the ride really shines again. I just got off it, and it was the smoothest woodie I've ridden in years. Fast, tons of air, really an amazing ride again, very nearly Phoenix or Boulder Dash amazing.

By: XYZ

XYZ — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 15:31:26 +0000

It's funny that my first large coaster was the Grizzly @ Great America.

By: DRU

DRU — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 09:58:11 +0000

I have ridden it a lot this summer and love it. I was surprised to see matt say that Hurler was smoother. I thought Hurler was much rougher. Both were fun but worth the pain.

By: DC

DC — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 02:41:53 +0000

That is good news, Brian! I wish they'd restore all three of their full-sized woodies to their original, fun, SMOOTH states!

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 10:09:50 +0000

I feel like the ride has lost something over the years. I think it's a result of the go-karts, and neighboring attractions. I rode it earlier this season and they have done a lot of work on the ride (replacing boards) and it seemed like it was running much smoother than it had in previous years.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:54:00 +0000

Grizz is IMO among the best of KD's woodies(hurler stinks) & the rehab given this past offseason really shows,sure it's rough in a few spots but it throws you around in a good way compared to a certain piece of firewood next door & that tunnel always gets me each & every time I ride.

Despite the removal of trees in the area this coaster still shines when the sun goes down…it is dark as pitch back there in the first turn approaching the drop in the tunnel.The figure-8 finale could use a little bit of re-tracking though but other than that a sweet ride from start to finish.

By: DC

DC — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:03:23 +0000

Fond memories, at least early on. I rode it when it was only a couple of months old, in its sweet stage of infancy. I'm not sure who the designer was, but it aged like a Summers & Dinn or a Bill Cobb. Fortunately, it was never a huge monster so it's never gotten as rough as, say, Mean Streak or even Hercules.

I'll admit that I thought the first drop was just okay, followed by that flat, relatively slow turn. Boy was I in for a surprise! After that, the bear starting running through the woods. The trees obscured most of the ride back then and that sudden left turn into that surprise tunnel even made me snatch my hands down a bit.

I fondly remember many great rides on The Grizzly, even though I had a major case of coaster envy. (Kings Island just got The Beast.) I happily found out later that we got the best in that deal. The Grizzly ,well, all of the woodies, still gets a ride or two whenever I visit KD, especially since there's no longer lines for them