The attraction drew criticism in the press for being in poor taste due to the region 's experience with mine disasters . '' Washington Post '' writer Peter Galuszka ( author of a book on the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster ) said that the attraction " hits a little too close to home for me " since " The idea of abandonment is a difficult topic for miners . At Kings Dominion , the suggestion of living miners left to die is meant to inject some enjoyable dramatic tension " , while in the '' Washington Monthly '' , Kathleen Geier decried that " agonizing deaths are being served up for fun and profit to the gawking , peanut-crunching masses " and asked " What next – a thrill ride based on the Rana Plaza factory disaster in Bangladesh ? Auschwitz : The Theme Park ? "
Upper Big Branch Mine disaster
Upper Big Branch Mine disaster
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