Into the Unknown: A Study of Kings Dominion’s “Jungle X-Pedition” as a Model For Regional Theme Park Storytelling

Coaster Catch-Up In 2006, Viacom (then-owners of Paramount Pictures) underwent a corporate split, dividing into a new Viacom and renaming itself the CBS Corporation. In the divorce, the Paramount Parks division went to the latter. But in the ramp up to the Great Recession, CBS probably had little interest in the very large capital expense…

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