May 10, 2025

Worlds of Fun - Park Update

 


New Season at Worlds of Fun and there are A LOT of changes to cover.  
First off let's start at Zinger.  There's a new jeep at the entrance

The biggest news in the enclosure of the lift hill to help the ride run in wet conditions

Honestly it is a weird experience now.  Nothing else like it.  To keep it from becoming an oven they left the bottom open and there are lots of fans blowing air

We rode it three times today and we found it to be a fun addition

Definitely gives the ride and even more distinct look

Boomerang received an extended queue line this season

The ride notoriously would spill out into the midway so they added some new switch backs

They also added some new theming which looks really nice

Zulu received a new paint job and a new lighting package for 2025

MAMBA got all sorts of updates for 2025

The track was painted a vivid green

The shade structures were completed

These will come in handy during those hot KC summer days

The nose graphics were retouched/redone on both trains

They finally removed the weird divider on the exit pathway too

Fury of the Nile finally received some shade structures for the queue

Prowler received some Titan track.  You can see it on the right hand side of the photo

They also redid the graphics on both trains to read Prowler again

The floral clock is receiving some maintenance

Detonator is having some issues and can only run Tower 2 right now

They had a generator powering the ride today

Timber Wolf is walled off for this season

The park is being very cryptic with why it is closed

This section of the park feels really dead right now

Peanuts characters are greeting guests in the former petting zoo area

Gold Rush is finally being used this season (and not for pizza)

The menu shows that they are serving turkey legs and pretzels here

A new car and a clock face was added to Autobahn

The Biergarten actually received some decorations this season

No show yet in the Moulin Rouge.  I think this cart might be new as well

Deja Vu is sitting empty, as is the restaurant next door

SteelHawk had its sound system repaired.  You get music again as you soar over the park

New line number signs at Patriot

Safety system was upgraded this off season and there is now a seat monitor screen to tell if seats are locked or not 

Spinning Dragons will soon have shade coverings in the queue

Spinning Dragons was also upgraded and has a restraint lock screen

New LED marquee signs have been added around the park.
Sand Dune Diner

Europa

Americana

Finally, the park is nearing completion of a lighting upgrade to the parking lot lights.  The new LED lights are much brighter than the old ones.