Kentucky Kingdom (SFKK, KK) Discussion Thread

[ratdogg68]

Getting Excited, come on May 17th, Amazons Company Picnic will be the First Guest's in The New KY Kingdom.

[mikeykaise]

Getting Excited, come on May 17th, Amazons Company Picnic will be the First Guest's in The New KY Kingdom.

 

 

any chance of sneaking me any spare amazon tickets?

[rcjp]

must have some good airtime in the back...

Definitely, looking at the shape of the drop and length of the trains, I imagine the back will just be thrown down all the way!!

[mark549]

Getting Excited, come on May 17th, Amazons Company Picnic will be the First Guest's in The New KY Kingdom.

 

There is also an ACE preview event on Saturday May 17, maybe they're overlapping, maybe not.

[larrygator]

Getting Excited, come on May 17th, Amazons Company Picnic will be the First Guest's in The New KY Kingdom.

 

There is also an ACE preview event on Saturday May 17, maybe they're overlapping, maybe not.

 

Amazon better be prepared for ACErs trying to stampede upon their picnic if the times are concurrent.

Edited May 3, 2014 by larrygator

[Midgetman82]

I totally forgot to mention in my last update, I saw a huge amount of Dippin' Dots rolling stands lined up near the security entrance.

[thrillrider]

^Great....

That means that there should be a wealth of information on future projects coming to the park.

[palmerleeberry]

All I can say is that the more photos of Kentucky Kingdom I see, the more excitable I become. I have to say something about Deep Water Dive: it looks crazy that you have a midget-looking blue slide with hills next to a very tall red slide, but I guess the small blue slide is there for people who either don't want to slide down from such a height or don't want to walk up all those stairs.

 

Those trains for Lighting Run looks sharp! The $64 question will be "But how will it run?"

 

And the biggest question to ask is "When the park opens Memorial Day weekend, what will the operations be like? How would the new rides and slides feel? How will Thunder Run and Lighting Run feel?" And more importantly: "How many rides can I ride the Roller Skater before I get sick of it?"

 

ROLLER SKATER - TAKE A RIDE AROUND OUR RINK!!!

[cfc]

Getting Excited, come on May 17th, Amazons Company Picnic will be the First Guest's in The New KY Kingdom.

 

There is also an ACE preview event on Saturday May 17, maybe they're overlapping, maybe not.

 

Amazon better be prepared for ACErs trying to stampede upon their picnic if the times are concurrent.

 

Amazon's reaction :

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Y73sPHKxw

[Diamondbacker27]

I hope KK let's taller passengers, AKA adults on Roller Skater. I know Six Flags did, but some parks don't allow adult passengers on kiddie coasters, unless you have a child with you. I know I enjoy them

[RCjunkie]

Amazon better be prepared for ACErs trying to stampede upon their picnic if the times are concurrent.

 

Don't worry, Amazon has its drones at the ready to fly over and drop Twinkies to distract the ACErs as their people escape the stampede.

[cfc]

^

[Gnome]

Any word on testing?

[mudvayneimn]

A coworker who was around the park today said they were testing the lift chain/motors...didn't see any train testing while he was there though.

[lbeeler]

Deep water dive and wave runner crazy but exciting height these where taken 4/28/14 I know Deep water dive is complete I don’t believe wave runner is complete yet I saw a little space between the tower and the slide on the way to work today I will try and get some more pictures soon

Deep water dive and wave runner

Deep water dive and wave runner

Edited May 7, 2014 by lbeeler

[lbeeler]

A coworker who was around the park today said they were testing the lift chain/motors...didn't see any train testing while he was there though.[/quote

 

 

yo yo yo finally made a profile lol

[glouthan]

^^Did you take those photos recently? On KK's facebook page it shows a completed photo of the slides...

[lbeeler]

^^Did you take those photos recently? On KK's facebook page it shows a completed photo of the slides...

these where taken 4/28/14 I know Deep water dive I don’t believe wave runner is complete yet I saw a little space between the tower and the slide on the way to work today I will try and get some more pictures soon

[mdwarn01]

^^Did you take those photos recently? On KK's facebook page it shows a completed photo of the slides...

I think it just looked like wave runner was complete because of the perspective. I drive by every time I go to school and as of Tuesday the top portion still wasn't complete. Deep water dive is complete, though.

[Basketball1234]

Raging Rapids ride at Kentucky Kingdom will not open until June 30th because they want to add more theming

[Midgetman82]

^The most themed ride in the park is being delayed for more theming?! A little weird (unless they're just refurbishing things), but as long as the ride's ready by July through August when the area gets especially humid.

 

Here's a pic KK threw on their Facebook Page from 3/4ths of the way up DWD's tower. Note the new river underneath the slide.

Source

 

Amazon better be prepared for ACErs trying to stampede upon their picnic if the times are concurrent.

 

Don't worry, Amazon has its drones at the ready to fly over and drop Twinkies to distract the ACErs as their people escape the stampede.

[DBru]

How are these things safe?

[Diamondbacker27]

Any ideal what they want to theme it to?

I would just keep the penguin theme, but change the name. It would save them money in the long run.

[mdwarn01]

At least they're trying and aren't going the Cedar Fair route of just renaming the ride. It seems like Ed Hart isn't trying to cut any corners.

[Basketball1234]

They wouldn't go into specifics of the theming.