The Kentucky Kingdom amusement park and its Hurricane Bay water facility had an estimated 800,000 visitors in the recently completed 2016 season, surpassing the previous year's attendance by more than 200,000.

Operators of the park at the Kentucky Exposition Center said that much of the increase was due to more out-of-state visitors. In addition to increasing marketing in the Nashville and Indianapolis metro areas, the park made some major upgrades for this past season, including the addition of a major new roller coaster – its fifth. (Courier Journal)

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