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I love when parks fly the flag when topping tracks. Beautiful. It really towers over the rest of the park from those angles.

Screw it. You're already supporting them every time you drive your car. I stopped paying attention to the outspoken mentality from businesses, corporations, and even some religions. There are so many anti-cop and anti-Christian organizations out there that it's exhausting to try to pay attention. I'm still benefitting the individuals working at these places who have nothing against me personally. I support the individuals who have jobs and lives. I suppose I've dealt with enough people who literally want me dead that people who are outspoken against me or my way of life don't bother me. It doesn't matter anyway, since a roller coaster isn't enough to get me to board a miserable intercontinental flight.

That, and it's KI, so there's hope.

It was in the tunnels in a quarry/mine.

Another one bites the dust due to "urban development." I wonder if/how much the lane lease was raised to force them out for a more profitable lessee or buyer. I couldn't find any public record. Hopefully, they can use the land to build plenty of "luxury" apartments to accommodate the growing number of people in their 20-30's who don't have a financial incentive to have children, and can't afford to buy homes. Top end gray laminate vinyl plank flooring and gray press board cabinets for all! Hopefully, high priced retail stores and chain restaurants will be included in whatever development they're planning. This world is so full of character.

When you realize there are actually people on that lift, but the drop is so massive you have to zoom in to see them... What a monster.

Holy crap. Reading your TR's made me remember that Europa Park is on my bucket list.

Is there an after hours option?

I didn't realize S&S was based out of Utah. Thanks for that little bit of info.

Travis Swift doesn't seem to care much about the mid-smaller parks enough to do anything with them. No need to send them to Michigan's Adventure just to send them to a flagship park later on if the park eats shit along with SFA.

My wife and our kindergartner went to KK for their Christmas event last Saturday. It was very cold, so it wasn't that crowded. They only had portions of the park open, including most of the children and family sections. The Christmas lights were really well done. The buildings were covered with mostly traditional red, green, and white colors. They had a group singing Christmas carols to the left when you came in. The big Christmas tree was also lit up for photo ops at the main entrance. The videos we saw from years prior recommended to skip the wait for Rudolph. However, they didn't have kids with them, so we decided to wait it out about 30 minutes. The show was a very well done condensed 5D version of the classic Rudolph. Our little girl loved it. The abominable snowman was in the shop at the exit, which we didn't see until our daughter noticed him and excitedly pranced over there. KK was selling photo-ops with the creature (and aforementioned tree). However, most of the kids just wanted to meet him. That, and even with the tree, they had large unobstructed areas to the side where you could take your own decent pictures that just weren't directly in front of you. Every roller coaster in the park was closed, including the small children and family coaster. That didn't bother me, since I usually get one ride in at most when we're with our daughter. We have a lot more fun going on the bullshit kid rides and watching her, anyway. Crazy how things change. The park had a small snow area for young kids. There was also a 150 foot ice/tubing slide. My isn't brave, so she wasn't having anything to do with that. It was predictable, and I was thankful because the lines were packed. The antique cars looked like they had a few light displays throughout, but our daughter decided she had to pee badly when we were about to board soon, after about 20 minutes. Lol. IYKYK KK did not serve alcohol during this event. Instead, they had hot cider and hot chocolate. They really nailed the temperature of the hot drinks, so kids could dive right in without burning their lips. KK had plenty of Christmas merch throughout the store. I got my first park Christmas ornament. It's a metal Ferris wheel with Christmas colors and "Kentucky Kingdom" on it. However, I wasn't allowed to put it on our Christmas tree, since there are no "custom" ornaments on it...... We had a good time. We were there for about 3 hours. I wouldn't say it was worth a weekend trip from Saint Louis to Louisville alone, but we planned other events along with it. If you're int he area, I can't recommend Lights Under Louisville, enough. It's about a 30 minute drive-thru light display through a quarry, and it was so well done. For me, it was by far the best Christmas light display activity I had ever done. Be aware, lines will back up several hours long onto the interstate, it's that popular. We went at 2PM on a Saturday and waited about 45 minutes, which wasn't bad. I wouldn't go any later than that, unless you buy the priority pass. That can still be a lengthy wait from what I read.

Says average afternoon temps for this time of year are in the 70's. Although heat will play into it in the warm months, I'm sure, I wonder if this is just a business decision. Like Garet said, it's not unusual in other countries. I remember seeing weird hours on a lot of TPR reviews... when people used to be active here.

lol wtf

Open daily at 4pm???

I was worried you didn't make it out.

I wonder if the control panel looks like a video game controller.

Those trains are!!!! fine.

This

I don't think our park needs to replace it's most state of the art roller coaster. A compact raptor would fit in the Boomerang and tidal wave location. Anything can fit in the area around Ninja.

That would be a tragedy. Freeze is an icon. You can hear the roar throughout half of the park.

Mine says, "page not found."

Parks really seem to be cashing in on these and family boomerangs lately.

I had a friend visit the park a couple weeks ago. From someone who doesn't really pay attention to theme parks, he echoed a lot of the same things that have been said here. He said the park was a let down.

I hope the wait time is advertised.

I'm curious about the cost to do that. I don't think it would be worth it, and it would require a lot of grading.