Kentucky Kingdom (SFKK, KK) Discussion Thread

[mudvayneimn]

The most pronounced visual design difference is after the double inline twist and final turn. The final stretch on T2 is completely straight. All of the other SLCs in existence have that funky curve thing going on.

 

[mike541x]

El Condor and T2's first drop isn't as steep as the current SLCs as well.

[sfkk]

The Kentucky Kingdom park map has been updated and now includes a new family tea cup ride and a few other small changes.

[gerstlaueringvar]

Wow! T2 only has 7 cars? That must be a capacity nightmare.

[tarheel1231]

Can someone in the Louisville area go take some pictures of Lightning Run?

[TheDarkMaxim]

If you head over to google maps, they've update the imagery to some point during fall 2013. You can see groundwork being done for the waterpark construction. And GL is removed.

 

Link For The Lazy

[PhantomNick]

Can someone in the Louisville area go take some pictures of Lightning Run?

 

I'm sure considering your demands, that all the Louisville folks are running to their cars to jump right on that request!

 

Patience. More photos will come out in due time.

[samhimburg]

Can someone in the Louisville area go take some pictures of Lightning Run?

 

The park is on fairground property, so it's tough to get close to without paying to get in. There's not a good road close to Lightning Run to get pictures without paying.

[larrygator]

Of course if the coaster doesn't turn out so good, everyone will question going with a prototype.

 

For the record I approve of KK trying to do something different.

 

Something Different? This is what Kentucky Kingdom was always about back in the day. I am sure being different is going to be the title of this park in the future as well.

 

Yes, KK's strategy in building this ride in different than the approach taken by many parks. I wasn't questioning the history of previous KK decisions, just applauding their current decision.

[A.J.]

One thing I've never understood about those two is El Condor's layout is more akin to the current SLC layout whereas T2's layout is very clearly protoype-ish.

El Condor and T2 are both SLC prototypes. The layouts are the same.

[KyKingdomMike]

Check this Facebook profile of Mark Brunner. He was a ride operator at Chang for Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom and will be a ride operator again for the New Kentucky Kingdom. He posts regular photos of Lightning Run's construction.

 

Mark Brunner Lightning Run Photos

Edited March 17, 2014 by KyKingdomMike

[Midgetman82]

Can someone in the Louisville area go take some pictures of Lightning Run?

 

The park is on fairground property, so it's tough to get close to without paying to get in. There's not a good road close to Lightning Run to get pictures without paying.

There's days when there's nothing going on (or nothing major at least), so getting in is totally free. That, or you tell the toll booth person to hand you a voucher that'll refund you if you make it out within 30 minutes.

 

Kinda sad I know this stuff, but eh. If you want any photos of Lightning Run, here's one I made on March 9...

By now, the drop after this hill is completed, and reached the ground.

[Diamondbacker27]

Any progress?

[coasterbill]

Yes. Read the post directly above yours from less than 2 days ago.

[KingRCT3]

Mark Brunner posted new pics on Facebook :

 

 

 

Twistyy?

 

 

 

Source

[Midgetman82]

I was there just yesterday, and ^those curves definitely weren't there! It looked like this:

I would've had this up earlier but... greetings from Florida

[rcjp]

That first hill looks relatively tight, hopefully it will be the ejector type!

[jmicha]

I'm excited to give this park a try for the first time this coming summer. I never got to it before it closed and now it's looking like they'll have a fantastic new coaster to tout. I'm loving the look of Lightning Run. I really hope this trend of small, high thrill, high intensity coasters continues because they're excellent. Thanks everyone for all the updates.

[Diamondbacker27]

AMAZINGGG

[DJeXeL]

Thanks for the updates. This looks like a an Arrow creation with those transitions.....

 

[Diamondbacker27]

Let's just be glad it's not.

[rcoaster10]

That first hill looks relatively tight, hopefully it will be the ejector type!

 

It does. It will be interesting to see what kind of speed it has coming over that hill. I'm also hoping for ejector air!

[gerstlaueringvar]

Ejector please! Make it as intense as possible!

[viking86]

The Morgan track is rather large and bulky so it looks kind of weird with the small hills and sharp transitions. Looks really good though, hopefully it will ride well too!

[DJeXeL]

If it's anything like Steel Eel or Steel Force, all will be well.