Editing Kings Dominion (section)

===Growth under KECO management (1983–92)===
[[File:Kings Dominion Eiffel Tower.jpg|thumb|275px|right|The replica Eiffel Tower at Kings Dominion]]
Taft Broadcasting Company sold its theme park division in late 1983 for $167.5 million to [[Kings Entertainment Company]] (KECO), a new company formed by senior executives and general managers of Taft's Amusement Park Group.<ref name="kicentral">{{cite web|url=http://www.visitkingsisland.com/public/news/media/history/timeline.cfm |title=Timeline: A History of Kings Island |publisher=Kings Island |access-date=10 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723151917/http://www.visitkingsisland.com/public/news/media/history/timeline.cfm |archive-date=July 23, 2011 }}</ref>  Three parks were involved in the sale&nbsp;– Kings Island, Kings Dominion, and [[Carowinds]]&nbsp;– along with a 20-percent stake in [[Canada's Wonderland]]. [[American Financial Group]] later purchased KECO in 1987 but allowed KECO to continue to manage operations at the amusement parks.<ref name="kiarchive">{{cite web|url=http://kiarchive.webs.com/parkdevelopment.htm |title=Kings Island Development |publisher=Kings Island Archive |access-date=10 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326195504/http://kiarchive.webs.com/parkdevelopment.htm |archive-date=March 26, 2012 }}</ref>

One of the first additions under the new management group was Berserker&nbsp;– a [[Looping Starship|looping starship]] ride added to International Street in 1984.  Also that year, [[Smurf Mountain]] replaced the mine ride Land of the Dooz, transforming the Lost World into [[The Smurfs]] theme.  Kings Dominion unveiled a [[TOGO]] [[stand-up roller coaster]] in 1986 called [[Shockwave (Kings Dominion)|Shockwave]], the first of three roller coasters to be added under KECO.  Shockwave had one loop, similar to the older King Kobra but added a helix.  King Kobra was removed at the end of the season.  A water slide complex known as Racing Rivers opened in 1987, and [[Avalanche (Kings Dominion)|Avalanche]], which remains the only Mack [[bobsled roller coaster]] in the United States, debuted the following year in 1988.<ref name="rcdbmackbobsleds">{{cite web|title=Roller Coaster Database |work=Search Results (Mack Bobsleds) |access-date=28 July 2006 |url=http://www.rcdb.com/installationresult.htm?column=1,10,3,4,5&order=1,2&model=131 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041029134531/http://www.rcdb.com/installationresult.htm?column=1%2C10%2C3%2C4%2C5&order=1%2C2&model=131 |archive-date=29 October 2004 }}</ref> The trains of Avalanche now known as “Reptilian” were themed after bobsleds from various countries including the United States, France, Germany, Canada and Switzerland creating the experience of a bobsled race in the [[Winter Olympics]].<ref name="pkdplaceavalanche">{{cite web|title=PkdPlace |work=Avalanche |access-date=28 July 2006 |url=http://www.pkdplace.com/index.php?page=avalanche |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051222012328/http://www.pkdplace.com/index.php?page=avalanche |archive-date=December 22, 2005 }}</ref>

Kings Dominion continued to expand over the next few seasons starting with Hanna-Barbera Land in 1990 with the addition of more children's flat rides. A new, looping roller coaster from [[Arrow Dynamics]] called [[Anaconda (Kings Dominion)|Anaconda]] was introduced the following year in 1991 featuring the world's first underwater tunnel which travels under part of Lake Charles.  Anaconda was also originally billed as having six loops,<ref name="anacondaad">{{cite web | title=Traveling Today | work=Calling All Thrill-Seekers! Welcome to Paramount's Kings Dominion | access-date=14 December 2006 | url=http://travelingtoday.com/resources/articles/kingsdominion.htm | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070103200517/http://travelingtoday.com/resources/articles/kingsdominion.htm | archive-date=3 January 2007 }}</ref> but unlike Arrow's six-inversion coaster [[Drachen Fire]] that opened at [[Busch Gardens Williamsburg]] the following year, the Anaconda actually has only four inversions: a [[vertical loop]], a sidewinder, and two consecutive [[corkscrew (roller coaster element)|corkscrews]].<ref name="rcdbanaconda">{{cite web|title=Roller Coaster Database |work=Anaconda (Paramount's Kings Dominion) |access-date=28 July 2006 |url=http://www.rcdb.com/id92.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060908045157/http://www.rcdb.com/id92.htm |archive-date=September 8, 2006 }}</ref>

A new {{convert|20|acre|m2|adj=on}} water park addition called Hurricane Reef opened in 1992. To build the water park, Kings Dominion filled in two-thirds of Lake Charles near the Candy Apple Grove region of the park.  Originally it featured the Monsoon Chutes (two pairs of free-fall body slides, at 70 and {{convert|50|ft|m}} high, respectively), the Torrential Twist (two enclosed body slides that wrapped around each other), the Pipeline (four open body slides), Cyclone (three enclosed body slides, the center of which was a free-fall), Tidal Wave (two open slides, which riders rode on [[inner tube]]s), Splash Island (an area for children with five water slides), and a [[lazy river]].<ref name="hurricanereef">{{cite web|title=Richmond.com |work=Don't let the heat and humidity of a Richmond summer keep you stuck to your vinyl car seats. |access-date=28 July 2006 |url=http://www.richmond.com/output.aspx?article_id=106 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070926213401/http://www.richmond.com/output.aspx?article_id=106 |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 September 2007 }}</ref>