Kentucky Kingdom Announces New Rides For 2015!

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Kentucky Kingdom has just announced what new rides they will be adding for 2015 after a very successful season for 2014. The park had over 600,000 visitors in its short season and over 100,000 season passes were purchased for 2014 as well. 8-10 million dollars will be spend on 3 rides will be brought back into service that were once running long ago, and 2 brand new rides will be brought into the park. The three rides that will be restored are T2, now renamed T3, the enterprise, and the river rapids ride! The 2 new rides will be a Skyscreamer type ride called Skycatcher, and a new pendulum ride called Cyclos. Read more about the new rides below!

Old Rides Being Refurbished For 2015!

T3 - TERROR TO THE THIRD POWER
NEW. In 2015 we??????ll introduce you to the NEXT GENERATION OF FEAR ?????? T3 a suspended looping coaster with five gravity defying inversions ?????? sure to make you flip head over heels, literally! This coaster will be getting a new paint job and brand new trains!


RAGING RAPIDS RIVER RIDE
NEW. We challenge you to stay dry on this thrilling whitewater adventure! Come ride the rapids, dodging geysers and evading boulders every inch of the way.


ENTERPRISE
NEW. This ride will surely turn your world inside out and upside down!


Brand New Rides Coming To The Park In 2015!

SKYCATCHER
NEW. You??????ll now be able to see Kentucky Kingdom and Hurricane Bay like you??????ve never seen them before ?????? swinging 130 feet atop of Skycatcher.


CYCLOS
NEW. The ultimate summertime twist ?????? Cyclos. A monstrous swinging/rotating pendulum that loops 360 degrees in the air.


So what do you think? Do you think is a good improvement for next year? Let us know!

Vekoma SLC... Ouch...

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^ +1

T2 was actually one of the smoothest SLC's I've ridden, and that was with the original head banging trains. Kentucky Kingdom has confirmed that the renovation will include new colors and brand spankin new trains. Incase any of you didn't know, T3 is not a new coaster, it's a refurbishment, and a much needed one of that.

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^ Yes Rick, I mentioned it in the original post

TTD03 wrote:

Old Rides Being Refurbished For 2015!

T3 - TERROR TO THE THIRD POWER
NEW. In 2015 we??????ll introduce you to the NEXT GENERATION OF FEAR ?????? T3 a suspended looping coaster with five gravity defying inversions ?????? sure to make you flip. This coaster will be getting a new paint job and brand new trains!

Oops, I skimmed.

Well it's good to see the park on the up and up!

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^^ Don't we all sometimes
^ Yup!

I'm most excited about Cyclos. I've ridden Delirium and Feuerball, but this looks to be trying to 1-up them by looping all the way around. Seems like it would be a unique sensation.

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ty1772 wrote:

Vekoma SLC... Ouch...

Will be interesting to see how much the new trains improve things.

^^ I remember reading about one of the full looping models going into a park in the northwest that I cant remember the name of and too lazy to look it up. I never heard anything about it after the announcement though

It's good to see an unbearably painful type of coaster get refurbished!

I hope they go for the KumbaK trains; on Arkham Asylum they appear to make the SLC a surprisingly smooth ride!

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^ NO, those harnesses are the ones on Thunderbolt at Coney Island, those shoulder straps strangle you during the ride. I left Thunderbolt with tons of red marks on my neck.

The trains on Great Nor'easter at Moreys Piers aren't too bad. Its still rough, but the new shoulder harnesses make it alot better. Thats just one ride though.

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I always thought the Great Nor'easter was known for its roughness...

The new rides look like fun and t3 hopefully did not do a good number over the years but I wonder if vekoma supplying the trains or another will

I'd say CYCLOS is the best addition!

Skycatcher looks very similar to the Skyscreamers!

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Is it one where the tower rotates or the cart itself. I heard that the new SLC trains do wonders too.

I'm betting Twisted Twins gets the RMC treatment in 2016

^If Six Flags calls off the exclusivity contract (kidding)

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Coaster Hero wrote:

^If Six Flags calls off the exclusivity contract (kidding)

Your really not
Wildfire is the only exception that I bet they paid 1,000,000,000,000 dollars for to rip RMC from Six Flags