Grizzly at Kings Dominion
Standing-up airtimesince the retrack, riders say Lost in the foresthidden in the woods

Kings Dominion, Doswell, Virginia

Grizzly

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What riders love
  • There's ejector, laterals, even laterals while it's providing ejectors leading to crazy like... diagonal ejector.
  • Literally was getting ripped several inches out of my seat with each airtime and felt I was going to be tossed from the ride at any moment. So much fun.
  • Excellent standing airtime moments, excellent lateral moments, and excellent hand choppers in the tunnel.
  • It is very hidden in the wood which also gives it a fun aesthetic as if the coaster is getting lost in the forest.
  • Lots of zippy twists, turns, and pops of airtime make this a great ride, especially at night because of the hand choppers.
  • Throw in the excellent secluded setting in the woods and this is easily my second favorite coaster at Kings Dominion after Pantherian.
  • The first drop is amazing, especially if you get a back seat i was practically standing up on the first drop.
  • The first drop always catches me off guard.
  • The airtime is unreal, and the drop is the best drop I've EVER done.
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Performance

Vs. other coasters at Kings Dominion

Sit in the back while giving the lap bar some room and you’ll get some really sharp ejector pops to go along with those screeching laterals.

Bryan Bonafede

It was very rattly, which resulted in my and my mom being thrown about the car (and that was probably increased by the airtime).

Emerson Head

There is some airtime but it isn’t the best and the first drop is definitely fun in the back.

Shmee

The front also seems to get better airtime on this with quite a bit of floater and a few pops of ejector.

Michael M.

The second bunny hill being in a tunnel gives that extra touch - but the amount you float out of your seat is solid for a wood coaster.

Roller Coasters of Thailand

The gravity group’s retract also restored Grizzly’s air time as you get great pops of floater and ejector air time throughout the ride.

Coaster Adventures

Although the finale is still quite rough, the rest of the ride runs so smoothly and has such good airtime that it’s pretty easy to look past.

MapleFlakes

Grizzly is an incredibly smooth roller coaster after the recent full retracking, however I found the ride a little bland and short.

Liam Dodds

Sadly now it is showing its age, with much of the ride feeling very rough and the train bouncing its way around the track.

Theme Park James

I think that a 6 is fair, because there’s some fun left in its layout even though the fun is limited by the roughness.

Coaster Critic

With the latest retracking work, Grizzly is running mostly smooth (the main rattle is in a slow turnaround) and intense. Remains one of my favorite coasters in the park and is an excellent night ride!

Rachel P.

Great drop with that warp to the left, some intense laterals if you enjoy those.

Ethan Ransberger

I think Grizzly felt much more tame, but it makes up in setting.

Thunderbolt

This is a nice chill woody.

Nick Barrett

I was expecting an average wooden coaster but what I got a was wonderfully smooth, fast paced, fun ride filled with great airtime and laterals throughout.

Chris2626

But, because I’ve been around the block a bit and really notice how rough and out of gas it seems towards the end, it’s plain to see Grizzly’s not a top woodie by any means.

Coaster Critic

The dead spots ruin the pacing and there is a lot of pretty much straight track or slightly curved sections with no forces besides a bit of laterals.

Shmee

Never a line really likely because its hidden, and some don’t like the rough spots near the end which I think give it its charm.

Jeff Schulz

It has an excellent duration and never had a line when I showed up.

Max S.

Criminally short line as well.

symical coaster

It also gets way too long of a line for what it is.

Caitlin Wilcox

On the slower days that I visited, this coaster was running one train on my first day at the park which made the station wait close to the 30-minute mark: which just seemed unnecessary with it only...

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Specifications

87 ftHeight
305 Pantherian 157 Dominator 145 Rapterra 112 Tumbili 111 TwistedTimbers 87 Grizzly
51 mphTop speed
Pantherian90 Rapterra65 Dominator65 Racer 7556 Flight of Fear54 Grizzly51 090 mph
55°Drop angle
85°Pantherian82°TwistedTimbers57°Dominator55°Grizzlydashed line: straight down, 90°
0Inversions

What riders say

Praised for

Strong airtimeGreat viewsSmooth rideHuge first drop

Criticised for

Rough or rattly

Grizzly has a lot of airtime hills and has a fun rattle that makes it more grizzly.

Bolton Lawless, Captain Coaster review

I had heard it was re-tracked and a much better coaster than it had shown to be in recent years But personally, I found it to be a dud.

Sean Reardon, Captain Coaster review

It really needs some retracking to address the roughness and rattle, but some of the hills and turns aren’t half bad.

Josh Ragotskie, Captain Coaster review

A great, steep first drop with good airtime is complemented with some borderline violent pops of ejector right before and in the tunnel.

Mason Newton, Captain Coaster review

Here, Grizzly really shows its age as it shakes and rumbles its way around the turn causing some strong lateral g-forces for riders and making the guests in the queue wonder why the supports next to the station are moving so much.

Coaster Critic, published review

(by the way no offense to the grizzly fans out there) Location is the only ok thing about this ride, it’s so rough.

Forester F., Captain Coaster review

Photos

A train of the Kings Dominion park's Grizzly wooden roller coaster passing over a track switch and climbing the lift hill
BigThunderMtn, CC BY-SA 3.0
Grizzly at Kings Dominion
Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0
Grizzly at Kings Dominion
Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0
Grizzly at Kings Dominion
Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0

4 photographs. Swipe or drag sideways.

Planning your ride

History and awards

March 27, 1982Opened

, designed by Curtis D. Summers.

Golden Ticket Awards, top wood coaster: ranked in 15 polls, 1998 to 2026

14th1998, its first poll
23rd2026, most recent

Sources

Restraint types: Captain Coaster. History, incidents and awards: Wikipedia. Height requirement: Kings Dominion. Specifications and status: Coasterpedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Also read: Captain Coaster (converted to feet and mph). Rider sentiment and performance scores: rider reviews on Captain Coaster, youtube.com, themeparkjames.co.uk, coastercritic.com, read and scored by AirtimeFever.

Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: Jeremy Thompson (CC BY 2.0), BigThunderMtn (CC BY-SA 3.0). Video thumbnails remain the property of their channels and link back to them.

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What riders love, by theme (themes in the order riders pick them most on Captain Coaster): symical coaster, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I was probably fully standing up in the back…”; JJ Vavrik, rider review on Captain Coaster: “There's ejector, laterals, even laterals while it's providing ejectors…”; Frank Funke, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Literally was getting ripped several inches out of my…”; uhhh roller coasters, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Excellent standing airtime moments, excellent lateral moments, and excellent…”; roller rider, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Being in the forest in the darkness has to…”; Pine To The Cone, rider review on Captain Coaster: “It is very hidden in the wood which also…”; Coaster Carl, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Lots of zippy twists, turns, and pops of airtime…”; Bryan Bonafede, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Throw in the excellent secluded setting in the woods…”; Elena, rider review on Captain Coaster: “You get a great view of the bottom and…”; Bolton Lawless, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The first drop is amazing, especially if you get…”; Lettuce Two, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The first drop always catches me off guard.”; CoasterBroCam, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The airtime is unreal, and the drop is the…”.

The photo slider at the top and the fading stills: Angelo Giles's back row POV, GRIZZLY NEW FOR 2023 BACK SEAT POV 4K 60FPS Kings Dominion (YouTube), and the page's Wikimedia Commons photographs.