Kentucky Kingdom is a park with a storied history – and they’ve recently announced one of the biggest investments in park history – the retheming of an area of the park, now known as Discovery Meadow. Three new rides, 10...
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Discover Kentucky Kingdom’s New Land
This Valentine’s season, Kentucky Kingdom is sharing the love with guests by unveiling the full lineup of attractions and renderings of Discovery Meadow— a new $11 million family-friendly land. As part of the $25 million investment over the next two...
Continue reading...The Coaster101 Podcast: “Hidden Gem” Parks
This week on the podcast, Shane recounts his recent trip to Lake Compounce, a park considered a hidden gem by many enthusiasts. Shane and Andrew then get into a discussion about several other “hidden gem” parks, including Conneaut Lake Park,...
Continue reading...Give Kids The World Announces Coasting for Kids “Summer Olympics”
Give Kids The World Village is partnering with seven of the nation’s top theme and amusement parks this summer to once again stage Coasting for Kids – a fundraising program that enables participants to experience the thrill and excitement of...
Continue reading...7 Potential Locations for Gerstlauer’s Mystery Coaster
Yesterday, Gerstlauer, through their partners at Ride Entertainment, announced that they would be building a “One-of-a-Kind” record breaking coaster in the United States. The coaster is scheduled to open in May of 2022, and will be announced formally in the...
Continue reading...Herschend Family Entertainment Becomes Operator of Kentucky Kingdom
Last week, Kentucky Kingdom quickly teased #ANewStory, and today, we got that story’s prologue. In a press conference today, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear announced that the park is under new management, as Herschend Family Entertainment has become a majority partner...
Continue reading...Kentucky Kingdom Begins Teasing #ANewStory
It’s officially time to start going off the deep end with speculation as Kentucky Kingdom has begun teasing something (likely a new addition?) on social media. https://twitter.com/KentuckyKingdom/status/1362076359456141313 On posts across Kentucky Kingdom’s social channels, the park presented a map that...
Continue reading...The Theme Park Social Media Roundtable with Chris Foshee & Jefferson Richardson — The Coaster101 Podcast
You’ve probably seen their tweets. Our most exclusive event "Keys to the Cancelled Kingdom 2021" is already in the planning phase! We cannot wait to have you all back again for a bigger and better event 👑 *Park rules do...
Continue reading...Summer Park Trips Recap with John Stevenson! – The Coaster101 Podcast
Regular podcast listeners may have noticed that your typical hosts haven’t actually been to any parks this summer. Well, this week we’re fixing that! Andrew and Eric are joined by Coaster101 founder John Stevenson to talk about all the parks...
Continue reading...Kentucky Kingdom Reopening June 29 With Lower Admission Prices
Following a delayed season opening due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Kentucky Kingdom will open for the season on June 29, 2020. Hurricane Bay water park will open shortly thereafter, on a date to be announced. Like many other parks around...
Continue reading...Halloween Returns to Kentucky Kingdom with HalloScream
For the first time in 10 years, Kentucky Kingdom will extend its season into October to celebrate Halloween with a new nighttime event, “HalloScream – Kingdom of Fear.” A large area of the park will be dedicated solely to HalloScream...
Continue reading...Review: Kentucky Flyer Takes Off at Kentucky Kingdom
Kentucky Flyer is ready for takeoff at Kentucky Kingdom, and a few members of the Coaster101 team were at the media preview event to take flight on the park’s new-for-2019 wooden coaster. Kentucky Flyer is a Gravity Group-designed wooden coaster...
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