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It doesn't have a light system yet. All of the lights have been removed of the Giant Wheel for a while now. They're shining a lights onto the Giant Wheel just like what Kings Island do with the Eiffel Tower at night.

Kentucky Kingdom isn't given out any info about the new coaster or an announcement date from what it appears on their facebook page. Whenever the announcement comes it is not just going to be about the coaster, it is going to be about the entire park in details, new rides, new waterslides, tickets, season passes, etc. My initial thought was that the park was going to make an announcement this upcoming Thursday since it is the beginning of the 2013 Kentucky State Fair. Then they could have had booth set up at the fair inside the expo center in order to help to promote the park to hundreds of thousands (over 600,000 people) of fair goers. If we don't hear nothing Thursday or during the fair, we may just have to wait until mid/late September or after Holiday World makes their announcement, or we may just have to wait until Christmas...(please no). Greezed Lightin is gone but the station of the coaster is still standing. So it looks like the station will be converted. I wouldn't be surprised if the coaster was more than $7 million.

Ir isn't what I thought it was going to be. I thought the coaster was going to be bigger

I spy roofers

Those diagrams from the RFP are misleading. I would not expect anything shown in those diagrams.

.I think they may add a Premier LSM Catapult Coaster. Those coasters are really cheap. YOLO at Magic Mountain cost $6 million.

It has already been confirmed that the coaster will be a steel coaster

What ever the coaster is, it will have the same thrilling significant as Greezed Lighting or most likely an even better significance.

Greezed

On wdrb news you can see new lumber on the tracks of Thunder Run For the new coaster, There is no way it will be a B&M IMO. Maybe 2015/2016. I bet its a wooden coaster though. The faith of Greezed Lighting is still unknown.

Ed is the last person who is going to walk. But yeah, the park should have never been built on this property and it wasn't expected to be permanent...but things just got permanent.

Face it...Its gonna happen.

Crickets? May 24,2014! http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20130626/NEWS01/306260061/Fair-board-ready-hand-over-Kentucky-Kingdom-Ed-Hart-group

Well... I'm off here until the announcement, you guys just don't know...smh well...2014

I've not over exaggerated a thing and what am I taking out of context? If Hart has funding, why isn't he drumming up good press and waiting to the last minute to sign a lease or get ANOTHER extension? As for construction, you realize NONE is happening right? You've provided no evidence of construction, no one else has provided evidence of construction and oh yeah... Who would grant Hart a permit for construction without a lease? 1. Read your replies to my posts carefully. Also your making it seem like the park is SOOO big. Just looking the the dry side, The park only has about 6 flats (I am not including the small kiddie rides, antqiue cars, carousel, bumper cars) 3 major rides, and 3 roller coasters to open for 2014 2. If you was renting out a house and your landlord offered to pay the utilities etc for the first 90 days would you use up the entire 90 days? or would you just do a bold stupid move telling your landlord that you yourself wouldn't need his/her assistance for the full 90 days. The purpose of the extension is to allow Ed more time to secure the bank loan. The fairboard is currently paying for security, electricity, water, etc while the extension is in affect. If Ed was to tell the fairboard the he has the loan and he is ready to go, who would have to pay the utilities then? 3. renovations...renovations...sound better?

When has Hart said he didn't have ANY money?

construction...construction... 6 days.....

Your over exaggerating and taking things out of context. Ed Hart never said the park doesn't have any funding. When the extension is up, Ed Hart will make everything official...bet on it. Remember Magic Springs...How many months did that take? 7 months. Construction...Construction...

I do know that when Six Flags closed the park for the last season the train was removed and put in storage. So it hasn't been on the track the whole entire time the park has been closed. A portion of the train did in fact roll back from the station. I seen a portion of it when I drove through an alley by the dragster race car attraction. It sat there for over a year maybe? Since Ed Hart been back the train had disappear from where it was sitting. Twisted Twins trains are already scrapped? I didn't know that. I could of sworn they were still under the batman ride in SFSL. FYI When Twisted Twins was closed when the park was still open, The trains where both still on its tracks wrapped up. T2 trains were put in storage when the park closed. But Ed Hart said that T2 is in fact getting new train. Where have you seen pieces of the train? The Roller Skater ceased operations the same day as Thunder Run and T2 ps. A FULL Kentucky Kingdom will be reopen on May 24, 2014. If you don't believe me, just wait untill next week.

Yeah Thunder Runs train was pretty dismantled in the photo. But that coaster really needs a new train anyways imo.

Its only Twisted Twins trains man. That ride isn't even expected to open until 2015. Also note the park has 4 coasters. Ed has already said T2 will get new trains. Roller Skaters trains has been spotted several weeks ago, and Thunder Runs Train is still there. But now the water park won't be in the dead middle...It will have its own section unfortunately.

Metro Council approves Development Area for Kentucky Kingdom...one more week http://www.louisvilleky.gov/MetroCouncil/News/2013/062013dist21kentuckykingdom.htm

I wonder will Holiday World have close ties with the Kingdom... I doubt it. When I worked at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom you had benefits. One of those benefits was visiting other parks like Holiday World and Dollywood for unlimited free visits. If you worked so many hours you would receive a sticker that would allow you to bring along a friend for unlimited visited as well.

Someone on the save my park fbook page saw workers at the top of thunder run yesterday. Two weeks from today will be an important day in Kentucky Kingdom history.

Your Right... Kentucky Kingdom has ZERO funding