Ole South USA:

http://www.nashvilleledger.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=57683

Very interesting.

What is the newest theme/amusement park in the U.S. that is currently operating (not counting Disney additions)?

I have read several places lately that no major park has opened and remained open in the USA in the last 20 years. I suspect this is accurate. There are high barriers to entry in the market.

People pay a lot for nostalgia..something that a new park has a hard time providing...

Even Kings Island had the advantage of being the newly relocated Coney Island of Ohio. This was among the reasons that Taft kept Coney shut when Kings Island opened.

I had never really thought about that...and moving some of the actual rides to there sure didn't hurt!

Where is Maury County in relation to Nashville? From what they said in the article about Bluegrass Boardwalk, it sounds like it's not real close. Nashville itself is only 2 1/2 hours from Louisville.

Also, what exactly is Dollywood planning for that area? I haven't seen or heard anything about it until now.

The Dollywood Company is planning a snow and waterpark for the Nashville area.

What is the newest theme/amusement park in the U.S. that is currently operating (not counting Disney additions)?

Lego Land Florida just opened up last year. Also if the park does good some rides might show up at the new Opryland.

Lego Land bought the assets of Cypress Gardens and was not a new start, though they extensively redid the park.

Nashville is interesting for sure. Great area, but so close to louisville and the zoo with the new blue grass boardwalk, the bowling green where Beech Bend ever grows, and then in Nashville you have 2 water parks I think and the new dolly project, then in Santa clause you have Holiday world.

Wow this will be interesting, great web site thus far too.

Hope it happens, as long as it does not knock out the competition in the industry.

Love amusement parks.

http://olesouthusa.com/

This was another guy that also worked for Disney:

WOW!

Could this make things go South at Ole Kings Island?

^No? Why would it?

Well we hope never would Kings Island start sliding remember they do draw so many people in the top 10 every year for Seasonal parks.

But I do think the KI park could use a KI VILLAGE out front open to anyone, (as many people they draw). With shoppes and restraunts.

I know the new boss said no resorts right now but camp ground highly themed and well laid out for tents campers and families would be great.

KI crowd would not go south but it is getting extremely tight in the LOUISVILLE/SANTA CLAUSE/NASHVILLE/BOWLING GREEN MARKETS:

Who will be the soul or soul suvivors just quite possible the one with 2 parks already, and for sure DoLLYWOODS water park in Nashville.

I don't know if Tennessee can handle 2 huge attractions like Dolly wood/ and now Ole south:

Time shall tell:

Competition is normally a good thing. Action Zone was, by most accounts, partly in response to the flagging of a kingdom, and partly so a company up north would realize Kings Island/Paramount Parks got the point.

As for Ole South, I'll believe it when I see it.

The Dollywood Company is planning a snow and waterpark for the Nashville area.

I was hoping for more detail than that, but I guess said detail hasn't been made public yet.

Here you go:

http://www.KICentral.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=24976&pid=451336&st=0entry451336

Kings Island itself is a World of new Frontiers, as I understand it...well, it at least prevented a new Frontier, I think...

So true it did prevent the Northern Kentucky park to be built at the I75 I 71 split south of Florence.

Kings Island won out, and should for any account be the major player witht the other 2 major (MAJOR) players being cedar to the north and dollywood to the south.

Time will tell about the Nashville park but it looks themed, from the rides, to a great plan so far.

Nashville seems to be in the news all the time now.

Here you go:

http://www.KICentral...=0

Thanks Terpy. Somehow I missed that topic.