Rides at the Park
It’s too soon to say which rides will be a part of the new Kentucky Kingdom, but we hope you’ll enjoy the below photos of rides that have been at the park over the years.
| Ride Photo |
Ride Name |
Year Opened |
Description |
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Thunder Run |
1990 |
A Dinn Corporation built wooden roller coaster, designed by Curtis D. Summers and John Fetterman. |
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Roller Skater |
1994 |
A Vekoma kiddie roller coaster, with roller skate shaped cars. |
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T2 |
1995 |
Vekoma built Steel Suspended Looping Coaster. First one introduced in United States, second in the world. |
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Twisted Twins |
1998 |
Custom Coasters International dueling wooden roller coaster. Two sides are named Lola & Stella, ride was originally named Twisted Sisters. SBNO. |
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Greezed Lightnin’ |
2003 |
Schwarzkopf Shuttle Loop roller coaster. Ride was moved from Six Flags Over Georgia and before that Six Flags Great America. |
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Breakdance |
1990 |
Huss Breakdance (ride), Ride spins on a platform with a group of pods that spin in addition to the platform. |
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Bluebeard’s Bounty |
1990 |
Swinging pirate ship |
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Tin Lizzies |
1990 |
Antique cars that run along a track, the ride was remodeled due to the construction of the rollercoaster Greezed Lightning. |
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Bumper Cars |
1990 |
Classic family ride. |
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Enterprise |
1990 |
Huss ride. Ride starts out flat, has an enclosed carrier with little restraints, ride begins spinning and lifts up onto its side like a Ferris wheel and then back down. |
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Thrill Park Theater |
1996 |
Motion picture simulator, Hydraulic pods/seats move in accordance with a movie. |
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Himalaya |
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A popular coaster-styled ride. |
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The Giant Wheel |
1992 |
150 ft (46 m) tall Vekoma Ferris wheel. One of the world’s tallest Ferris wheels. |
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The Penguin’s Blizzard River |
1999 |
A white water raft ride. |
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Flying Dutchman |
1991 |
Giant swing ride manufactured by Intamin of Switzerland. |
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International Carousel |
1996 |
Designed in-house by Kentucky Kingdom imagineers. This ride replicates the classic carousel of the turn of the century. |
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Mile High Falls |
1994 |
Giant splash ride. Tallest in the world when it was first introduced. |
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The Zeppelin |
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Zeppelin themed spinning ride |
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Looney Tunes Acme Fun Factory |
1997 |
SCS Interactive kids foam ball play area |
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Rio Grande |
1998 |
Zamperla Rio Grande, kiddie train ride. Opened for one season, then closed, new location opened in 2001. |
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Speedway |
1998 |
Kids spinning car ride |
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Sylvester and Tweety’s Pounce and Bounce |
2000 |
Zamperla Jumpin’ Star – Kids drop tower |
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Frightfully Funny Free-Falling Fire Engine No. 9 |
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Zamperla Crazy Bus |
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Daffy’s Star Parade |
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Kids Ferris wheel |
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Bugs Bunny’s Big Band Carousel |
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Kids Carousel |
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A’wound the World in 80 Seconds |
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Zamperla Samba Balloons |
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Bigfoot |
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Kids battery powered jeeps |
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Taz’s Filmworks |
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Kids swings ride |
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Yosemite Sam’s Hollywood Flight School |
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Kids bi-plane ride |
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The Wall |
1999 |
Climbable rock wall |
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Thrill Karts |
1997 |
Go-Karts |
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Big Surf Wave Pool |
1992 |
32,000 square foot wave pool with the capacity to make 6-foot waves. |
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Mt. Slide Hai |
1993 |
4 slides named – Voodoo Express, Forbidden Passage, Conquistador Canyon and Vanishing Falls |
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Hook’s Lagoon |
1998 |
SCS Interactive Discovery Treehouse |
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Castaway Creek |
1993 |
Name changed from Lazy river |
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Tornado |
2005 |
“Proslide Technology Inc. Tornado Rattler – funnel shaped tube slide that uses four person “”cloverleaf”" or two person “”whirly wheel”" tubes)” |
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Buccaneer Beach |
Remodeled 2007 |
Kids play area |
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Deluge |
2007 |
Proslide Technology Inc. HydroMagnetic Rocket slide that simulates the action of a roller coaster. |
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Mega Wedgie |
2008 |
Proslide Technology Inc. Cannon Bowl |