Kentucky Kingdom (SFKK, KK) Discussion Thread

The park will not open in 2011

http://www.fox41.com/Global/story.asp?S=13405380

^Not that big of a suprise in my opinion....I was having a tough time believeing they had enough time to get the park back to shape with the off-season starting, they needed to start sometime in July or so to get the park looking good and having time to get money. I think it will reopen, but I knew it wasn't going to be 2011.

http://www.fox41.com/Global/story.asp?S=13405380

LOUISVILLE, KY. (WDRB Fox 41) -- Fox 41 News has learned that Kentucky Kingdom is not going to reopen next year.

 

Developer Ed Hart wants to double the size of the water park and add new rides, but needs $50 million to pay for it. He said in a news release, "We share in the disappointment that the park will not be ready to open next spring. For our part, we are proud to be the operator of choice and will certainly do our best to bring Kentucky Kingdom back as soon as is reasonably possible."

 

The Kentucky State Fair Board initially planned to use a $50 million bond issue, but officials are having a tough time coming up with that money.

 

So the Fair Board expects it will have to ask for funding from the state legislature, which doesn't meet until January. The developer says he will do his best to bring Kentucky Kingdom back as soon as is reasonably possible.

Not surprising indeed. Oh Well, now they have much more time to think about all this.

Too bad. Will have to wait until 2012.

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^Hmm...maybe there's still a chance for Twisted Twins to reopen. Sounds promising overall though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv7LySoj2IU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjG5GOzrWqI

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYS7K8PVn4w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufd5n0XQETs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91QLV-uStyw

There's now a website!!!

http://www.kentuckykingdom.com/

Ooh, a picture of an X-coaster! That'd be pretty cool if Kentucky Kingdom got one (I'm sure they won't), but don't those coasters have too many problems?

^ yep, they are a parts nightmare for the park. In fact, the one at Magic Springs no longer runs it's original program after being down for a year while they made repairs.

^Hmm...maybe there's still a chance for Twisted Twins to reopen. Sounds promising overall

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By the sounds of this it seems they have plans to get Twisted Twins back open.

I wonder what will happen to the wooden rollercoasters since they will have been sitting for so long...... The last time I was there 2 yrs ago Thunder Run looked in bad shape.

 

Kentucky Kingdom Our redevelopment plan calls for the renovation of all of the existing rides! KK has some great wooden coasters and we want to see them running like they were brand new!

Sounds promising!

I actually hope they determine that getting one of the woodies up and running would cost too much and a new Gravity Group or GCI is brought in

by the way it sounds, the park/ed's group doesn't care about getting a new wooden coaster. They just care about getting a new major steel coaster to replace Chang.

I would almost say just order another Chang and have it painted green, talk about getting under SF's skin! But, I highly doubt that would be a real good business decision. Good for PR, maybe. Instead he will just have to one up Chang, and Riddler's Revenge for that matter.

Bah. The stand-up fad is over. I'd go for a coaster like Walibi Goliath, Expedition Geforce, the US's first Mega-lite..

Kentucky Kingdom has 5 new videos from Ed Hart about his plans, Chang, Twisted Twins, etc.

http://www.youtube.com/user/thekentuckykingdom

They even added a new poll on what is your "second" favorite park: http://apps.facebook.com/polldaddy-polls/?view=results&id=4096175&answer=18439733&msg=voted&share=0

It is actually kind of refreshing to see a sound business model being applied to a restoration project. You know as opposed to those other ones in the news.

The news about Twisted Twins is very promising!

I really do prefer the "Double Trouble" name over Twisted Twins.

Out of the three names I actually like Twisted Sisters but since they couldn't keep that they should have gone to Double Trouble over Twisted Twins.

I wonder what kind of trains they'll end up with on "Double Trouble". Maybe Timberliners if GG can show good results (aka reduced track wear compared to PTCs) with Voyage next year.

I'm not sure any of these things will actually ever happen (I hope they do), but it's nice to hear that they'll be refurbishing Twisted Twins. Maybe they are the park that is getting a Mauer coaster that the representative hints at in Robb's video, but I'm not even sure they could contract for a coaster since they haven't gotten their money yet.

KY Kingdom needs $50-million to re-open, future still unknown

Read more on; http://www.wave3.com/story/13516464/ky-kingdom-needs-50-million-to-re-open-future-still-unknown.

Out of the three names I actually like Twisted Sisters but since they couldn't keep that they should have gone to Double Trouble over Twisted Twins.

DAMN YOU DEE SNYDER!!!