CoasterCritics’ Picks: Our 15 Worst Roller Coaster Experiences Joel November 22, 2017 Coaster Critics Picks 15 Our Most Regrettable Roller Coaster Experiences Like other hobbies, riding roller coasters has its mountaintop experiences. Those unforgettable, glorious, mind-blowing rides that make other rides pale in compa... Read More...
Bluegrass Boardwalk Owners Tour Kentucky Kingdom (Video) Joel May 21, 2012 Theme Park News 1 Recently, a reporter from a Louisville news show took a tour of Kentucky Kingdom. She toured the defunct park with two of the park's new owners, Dan and Natalie Koch (also owners of Holiday World). Like we've s... Read More...
Holiday World Owners Talking to Kentucky Kingdom Joel January 18, 2012 Theme Park News 4 Holiday World Involved in Talks with Kentucky Kingdom Holiday World owners are in talks with Kentucky Kingdom officials. They're apparently in the "fact-finding" stage of looking into whether they see an opport... Read More...
Early Reviews & a POV Video – Green Lantern @ Six Flags Great Adventure Joel May 26, 2011 Roller Coaster Reviews 29 Six Flags Great Adventure's Green Lantern-theme Stand Up Coaster Opens Last week, Great Adventure fans got their first rides on the Green Lantern. Replacing the aging and rough Great American Scream Machine, th... Read More...
Featured Photo #16 – A Stand-Up Stand Out Joel April 30, 2011 Featured Photos 8 This is a photo of one of the corkscrews towards the end of Chang at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom. I took it on my visit to the park back in 2006. A diamond in the rough, Chang was easily the highlight of my v... Read More...
Rides: How Kentucky Kingdom Died & Will Be Reborn Joel January 10, 2011 Theme Park News 11 Ever wonder why Kentucky Kingdom was the black sheep of the Six Flags chain? I have. A new video posted by the new developer of the park charts the immense attendance growth that the park saw in its initial 9 y... Read More...
Top 3 Stand Up Roller Coasters Joel April 1, 2010 Top 3 Thursdays 21 No, this is not an April Fool's joke. There are (exactly) three Top Stand Up Roller Coasters in the latest edition of Top 3 Thursdays. After a reader requested I do a Top 3 Stand Up Coasters list for Top 3 Thu... Read More...
Six Flags Closes Kentucky Kingdom Joel February 4, 2010 Defunct Roller Coasters, Theme Park News 18 Six Flags announced today that they will close their Louisville, Kentucky park known as Kentucky Kingdom due to a disagreement over the lease for the land that the park is located on. Here's part of the officia... Read More...
Kentucky Kingdom’s Chang Is Being Removed Joel September 21, 2009 Roller Coaster News 58 Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom's largest roller coaster, Chang, is on the move. The rumors of the ride's removal were confirmed today. I noticed that NewsPlusNotes posted a link to a WLKY.com article about Chang's... Read More...
Mind Eraser @ Six Flags | Coaster Reviews Joel July 15, 2009 Roller Coaster Reviews, Steel Roller Coaster Reviews 26 A Review of Mind Eraser & Its Many Clones The concept of Vekoma's Suspended Looping Coaster (SLC) is a great one. It's a compact inverted roller coaster(even though the model name has 'suspended' in it) wit... Read More...
