Kentucky Kingdom (SFKK, KK) Discussion Thread

[BotanicalStig]

One of those Chance Hyperlites? It's like a twisty little arrow-mega. So cute

 

Whatever it is it looks great.

[Woodie Warrior]

The coaster looks good, but the other announcements are even better.

 

122 foot tall world's largest waterslide

 

A new drop tower

 

$60 season pass, $45 day ticket

 

A bunch of new water slides and family attractions

 

I think this park has a good future.

[djboss302]

Pretty sure it's Chance-Morgan, as if you go to their website, you can see they still offer their roller coasters. But then again there's always a chance it could be a Vekoma. But anyways, it looks great! Hopefully I'll be able to stop by the park next year.

[A.J.]

That's definitely a Morgan. It's about time that they built a coaster with trains that aren't massive like the ones on the hyper coasters (and Santa Monica West Coaster).

[thrillseeker4552]

Very neat little coaster! I can see some very good potential airtime moments. And boy is their website overloaded right now.... Can't load it at all!

[Koasterking48]

Glad to see awesome improvements in store for the park! Can wait to try out the hyperlite!

[cfc]

^Yes, it appears to be one of these Chance models: http://www.chancerides.com/coasters/hyper_gtx.html

 

 

Looking forward to riding it during Mini New Hotness.

[GnastyGnoric7]

Nice to see the park improving and this coaster will be a great addition.

[vertigomkie]

I'm just excited that they got this off the ground. To be honest though, if you look at the map [http://www.kentuckykingdom.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/KK_ParkMap_Web.pdf] it's looking for this to be more of the new Hurricane Bay & Kentucky Kingdom (not the other way around), which is probably a better way of getting people back through the gate.

[thrillseeker4552]

^^^ Although I am curious why KK's model has inward guide rails (like Arrows) rather than the outward guide rails like the model shown on Chance's website.

[robbalvey]

Let me do an "official" New Website is UP post!

http://www.kentuckykingdom.com

 

Kentucky Kingdom:

New Coaster! Lightning Run

New Drop Tower! FearFall

New Flat Ride! Professor John's Flying Machines

New 5D CINEMA!

New Bumper Cars!

Thunder Run Refurbished!

 

Hurricane Bay:

New Wave Pool!

New Adventure River!

New Plummet Summit Family Raft Ride!

New Speed Slide Complex w/ America's tallest water slide!

New WIKIWIKI WAI SLIDE COMPLEX!

New WAIKIKI WIPE OUT (Bowl)

New KILAUEA (Proslide Tantrum?)

 

Videos:

 

Lightning Run

 

Thunder Run Refurbished!

 

Park Map:

Edited November 17, 2013 by robbalvey

[coasterbill]

I know the map is far from realistic, but that drop tower looks like a Larson tower based on the decorative piece on top. If that's the case that's awesome, those things are insane.

[Midgetman82]

^^Good official post. Now excuse me as I worship the park's new lineup.

[IronWolfman]

I was just wondering "What style/shaping is Lightning Run using? I've seen it before..."

Then it hit me..

It looks like Phantoms Revenge! Which is good because that means lots and lots of !

Excited!!

[booink]

That's awesome news ! The layout of Lightning Run looks awesome, and I'm really happy to finally see a mega lite in the US ! Curious to see how the first Morgan Mega-Lite will perform...

[themeparkgc]

I know the map is far from realistic, but that drop tower looks like a Larson tower based on the decorative piece on top. If that's the case that's awesome, those things are insane.

I think that's a pretty good guess. The picture on the park's website matches Larson's website and the height seems to also match.

 

It also looks like Lightning Run will be the first Chance Rides Hyper GT-X Coaster.

[Garet]

Let me do an "official" New Website is UP post!

Hurricane Bay:[/b]

New Wave Pool!

New Adventure River!

New Plummet Summit Family Raft Ride!

New Speed Slide Complex w/ America's tallest water slide!

New WIKIWIKI WAI SLIDE COMPLEX!

New WAIKIKI WIPE OUT (Bowl)

New KILAUEA (Proslide Tantrum?)

 

Americas tallest water slide.... wow something bigger is coming than the one schlitterbahn is building already?

[Drbcoaster]

Out of curiosity, does anyone know who's designing/building Lightning Run? It sorta looks like Chance Morgan's Hyper GT-X coaster model.

[nannerdw]

I read "Waikiki Wipeout," and thought they were bringing back Quake. lol

Edited November 17, 2013 by nannerdw

[Blue Fire Guy]

About Lightning Run:

 

 

(takes cold shower)

[Top Thrill Dragster]

Nice to see a new Morgan coaster. Its been close to 10 years since their last.

[GigaG]

Nice looking coaster. Hopefully it'll be on par with Intamin's mega-lites (a bit angry they didn't go with one of those.) Looks fun, and quite different than Chance-Morgan's older rides.

[robbalvey]

Surprised no one has mentioned this yet....

 

While *I* personally think it's great, does anyone else think it's sort of weird they are adding a drop tower for their re-opening year? Seems to me that's just asking for the press to bring up the accident. And that's only because the press are dumb and would be looking for a headline...

Edited November 17, 2013 by robbalvey

[Angry_Gumball]

Lightning run...looks awesome and far more exciting than the initial Morgan Hyper Lite design I saw. Wonder if we will see more of their designs in the near future.

[IronWolfman]

^^It is kinda weird, but I think since this drop tower is so significantly different from the one that the accident occurred on, people may be able to tell the difference. Then again, people and the press are stupid so there may be some controversy. If the park had purchased an Intamin drop tower though, there would probably be some problems.