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Kentucky Kingdom: General Discussion
Dar
TS Member
One POV:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWpk14xuB7Q
As much as I dislike the track style, this does look like a nice fun ride!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWpk14xuB7Q
As much as I dislike the track style, this does look like a nice fun ride!
Although the park officially opens next sat, the park opened up for enthusiast group ACE and Amazon rented the park for its employees yesterday. Reviews of Lightening Run all say its an amazing coaster which is full of ejector air airtime and that Chance will sell loads of them. It cost less than $7m (Around £4m max). This is the perfect ride for a non merlin UK park especially Drayton Manor or Flamingo land, plus gives smaller parks the opportunity to get a decent coaster when cant afford a Mack, Intamin or B&M coaster.
Alastair
TS Team
Great. It looks hideous, reeks of cheapness (mostly by virtue to it looking identical to ugly coasters built 25 years ago) and is horrible to look at. Did I mention it's ugly?
Also, it might look fun but when you can get a Mack (Alpina Blitz) for a similar cost, why would you go with Chance?
Also, it might look fun but when you can get a Mack (Alpina Blitz) for a similar cost, why would you go with Chance?
CGM
TS Member
Alastair said:Great. It looks hideous, reeks of cheapness (mostly by virtue to it looking identical to ugly coasters built 25 years ago) and is horrible to look at. Did I mention it's ugly?
Also, it might look fun but when you can get a Mack (Alpina Blitz) for a similar cost, why would you go with Chance?
Am I alone in liking the way this coaster looks? It's true that the track design has its roots in Arrow hyper track but it's not identical, it has different ties and most significantly, the track shaping is worlds away from Arrow's efforts.
To me the fluid, modern, properly heartlined shaping gives it a completely different look. I've never found Arrow's hyper track to be that unsightly anyway, it was always the support structure that I found offensive.
There are many reasons to not buy a Mack if you're a US park. For a start, they're based in Germany which will push up the cost of the ride much more than a ride made in America. Plus if anything goes wrong, can you imagine having to pay for and wait for parts if there's an issue?
I'm not sure if Mack outsource their US production in the way that B&M do but if they don't, it might go some way towards explaining why there are so few Macks in America.
I don't have anything against Mack, it's obvious that they produce quality coasters but the fanboyish attitudes of many towards them is ridiculous. It's okay to install a coaster that isn't a Mack!
BigAl
TS Member
Ha! If only it really were like an Arrow coaster. Perhaps they'd still be in business if they had been able to build roller coasters without relying on coat hanger wires sooner.
It looks like a great ride and will do well for the park, and that's what matters, regardless of who made it and whether the odd enthusiast thinks it looks a little dated.
It looks like a great ride and will do well for the park, and that's what matters, regardless of who made it and whether the odd enthusiast thinks it looks a little dated.
Rob
TS Team
The park have announced this on their website:
I don't know much about the park but it appears that T3 (formally called T2) is a Vekoma SLC so not the most exciting news in the world. I'd imagine the rapids may be another ride that is already there that they'll be getting ready to open next year.

Kentucky Kingdom said:Raging Rapids River Ride, T3 (suspended looping roller coaster) and our 5,000 seat amphitheater will open as a part of Kentucky Kingdom’s 2015 expansion.
I don't know much about the park but it appears that T3 (formally called T2) is a Vekoma SLC so not the most exciting news in the world. I'd imagine the rapids may be another ride that is already there that they'll be getting ready to open next year.
Rob
TS Team
Long time no update!
The park's Twisted Twins wooden coaster has been shut since the park re-opened. However there is a lot of work taking place on the ride at present whereby some sections of structure have been removed and in others track has been removed from the structure. Here are some photos from All-American Thrills:
Rumours of an RMC conversion are rife. I think an annoucement is due soon.

The park's Twisted Twins wooden coaster has been shut since the park re-opened. However there is a lot of work taking place on the ride at present whereby some sections of structure have been removed and in others track has been removed from the structure. Here are some photos from All-American Thrills:


Rumours of an RMC conversion are rife. I think an annoucement is due soon.
Rob
TS Team
Well here we go, RMC for 2016 is announced! It will be using the IBox track and be called Storm Chaser.
You can see more here.
Certainly an interesting layout. 2016 is going to be quite a year for RMC!


Kentucky Kingdom said:We’re excited to announce the addition of our fifth and newest coaster, Storm Chaser. This will be the second new coaster to be constructed at the park in a period of only two years.
So that we can bring you a truly unique coaster, we have commissioned Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC) to design and build it. Based in Idaho, RMC is on the cutting edge of coaster design and engineering and very well respected in the industry.
Storm Chaser will be built with RMCs’ patented iBox track, which is featured on only five other coasters in the world. In the case of Storm Chaser, the iBox track will rest on wood, creating the “feel” of a wooden coaster, but will be supported by a steel superstructure. The result is a ride that’s smooth as glass, fast, and intense. Because it will have the iBox track, Storm Chaser will also feature many thrilling elements that can’t be incorporated into traditional wooden coasters.
One hundred feet tall at his highest point, Storm Chaser will be the first coaster in America to feature a barrel roll drop from a 10-story lift hill – and don’t get us started on the 78-degree angle of that drop… that’s nearly perpendicular! And that’s just the beginning. Riders will then be treated to a stall dive, tip-out corner, airtime hills, a twisted airtime drop, a corkscrew… it’s truly a new breed of coaster that’s nothing like a traditional “woodie.”
We’ve already started building the new coaster at the site of the former Twisted Twins and it will be ready for its first riders when we open in the spring of 2016.
“Since we’re all about creating exceptional thrills at Kentucky Kingdom, Storm Chaser fits the bill. Storm Chaser would normally cost as much as $15 million all-in but we’re saving money by using some of the existing superstructure from Twisted Twins. However, because of the new configuration, taller lift hill, and many other innovative features, we are essentially redesigning and building a new coaster. When’s the last time you dropped ten stories while doing a barrel roll?” – Ed Hart, President and CEO of Kentucky Kingdom
“We are thrilled to have been selected for this project and to help introduce our special brand of coaster design to Kentucky. Storm Chaser will be one of the most exciting coasters we’ve ever built!” – Fred Grubb, co-founder and “chief innovator” of RMC
You can see more here.
Certainly an interesting layout. 2016 is going to be quite a year for RMC!