Showing posts with label Kentucky Kingdom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kentucky Kingdom. Show all posts

July 25, 2019

Kentucky Kingdom

Welcome to Kentucky Kingdom

The Giant Wheel towers over the park

Skycatcher is a great way to get a bird's eye view of the new addition for 2019

This is Kentucky Flyer, a new Gravity Group wooden coaster

While not a very big wooden coaster, it features lots of good pops of air.  It's honestly a great ride that will quickly become a favorite for the younger thrill seekers

T3 continues to be one of the worst SLC coasters out there.  I honestly think that its the train that's the problem, but it is not fun to ride.

Thunder Run on the other hand was a lot of fun this time.  After taking some advice from a few frequent park visitors, I found the next to the last seat on the train to be pretty smooth.  Best rides I have ever had on Thunder Run

Eye of the Storm is where the dragster cars used to be.  It just feels out of place there.  It would have been better if they had just torn out all of the remnants of that old ride before the installation 

Storm Chaser continues to be the top ride at the park

My only complaint is that it seems to run out of steam quickly and just sort of crawls through the last part of the ride.  Still a quality ride though

Mile High Falls continues to have crazy tall waves

Since it was National Carousel Day, I had to take a ride on the Bella Musica Grand Carousel

Since I grew up at Worlds of Fun, I always get excited to see rides like this.  Unfortunately this Flying Dutchman is not run as fast as the one at WOF.  The boats barely even swing out it turns so slowly.

Roller Skater is a great kiddie coaster.  Seriously a lot of fun.

Since my last visit to the park, they have removed their Enterprise and replaced it with an Endeavor.  This is the same model that Six Flags St. Louis got this season.  They call it Scream Extreme here

I took time to visit the 5D Cinema on this trip.  They were showing Escape 2 Mysterious Island today.  It was honestly a lot of fun

Himalaya.  Makes me miss Rock'n'Reeler at Worlds of Fun

The park has a great sea lion show.  Definitely worth watching

FearFALL continues to be one of the scariest drop rides I have ever been on.  I'm still not sure how I feel about the straight to plunge once it reaches the top.  No sitting around at the top, just down

Bluebeard's Bounty has to be one of the largest rocking ship rides out there.

Cyclos.  The program it was running this time didn't do as many complete loops as I remember doing last time, but it is still insane going all the way over

Professor John's Flying Machines.  They run it so slow, there's no chance of getting your flyer to snap

Breakdance.

Final coaster in the park is Lightning Run

I still don't understand why other parks haven't built something like this.  It is a lot of fun.

Had a great time at Kentucky Kingdom.  I definitely will be back in the near future

July 1, 2016

Kentucky Kingdom


Welcome to Kentucky Kingdom

Let's start the day off right with Lightning Run

This coaster is basically a baby hypercoaster

It has lots of violent airtime moments

Once you crest the lift hill hold on for dear life.

FearFall is a really good drop tower

Cyclos is an interesting version of a pendulum ride.  Yes, it goes all the way around.

Professor John's Flying Machine was actually "snappable"

Bluebeard's Bounty

Breakdance

The park has an extensive kiddie area

More of King Louie's Playland

Some more of King Louie's Playland

Rounding out the first part of the park - Enterprise

Angry Birds was playing in the 5D Cinema

The last ride of the front part of the park is Himalaya

They have added a new crossing to get to the back part of the park

Welcome to the back part of the park.  Bella Musica Carousel greets you.

Roller Skater is the kiddie coaster of the park

Flying Dutchman

Let's ride another coaster - Thunder Run time

This is the only "real" wooden coaster left at the park

The park did some work on this woodie... somewhere... I think?

I found it to be rougher than it needs to be

Mile High Falls was on the route to my next destination

Let's be honest - this is the reason I am here.  STORM CHASER

Storm Chaser is a RMC conversion of the former Twisted Twins.

You'll notice it is only one coaster now instead of two,

I think RMC did a great job with the conversion considering what they had to work with

I wouldn't put Storm Chaser in the upper echelon of RMC coasters, but it is very fun

 
Raging Rapids River Ride is still a very wet ride

So from a fun coaster to an absolutely horrible coaster.

They did get new trains for the ride.

Here is the ONLY smooth section of the park

About here is where you realize you made a poor life decision

Here you are just begging for your life to end.

Skycatcher is the park's high swings ride.
Please don't ask me why it's in the middle of the waterpark - I have no idea.

Finally it was time to go up in the Giant Wheel

Front section of the park

Front section of the park

Front section of the park

I had a great time at the park.  Kentucky Kingdom is definitely back!