Oh fun... ANOTHER TORNADO...

[Moo]

Ealier than stated SFKK announced that they too will fall victim to another SF with a Proslide Tornado.

*NEW* Award-Winning Water Attraction Set To Open Summer - 2005

(February 15, 2005 Louisville – KY) Get ready to ride the ultimate storm…Tornado! Extreme tubing debuts this summer at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom when we introduce the Water Park’s new thrill slide. Resembling a giant checkerboard funnel turned on its side, Tornado promises to become one of the most popular rides in the Midwest.

Riders began their wild, wet journey 75-feet in the air by blasting down a 132-foot long tunnel, leading to a mammoth, open-ended funnel. The ride’s specially designed 4-person cloverleaf shaped tubes hug the inside of the funnel, splashing back and forth on 5,000 gallons of swirling water. The exciting experience culminates as riders are sent through the eye of the storm ending in a cool catch pool below.

This marks the first major expansion at Hurricane Bay Water Park since 1998. Tornado will be the popular water park’s sixth major attraction joining the five-story interactive water tree house, Hooks Lagoon; thrilling water-slide complex, Mt. Slide High; wonderfully wet children’s playground, Barefoot Cove, relaxing Lazy River; and 750,000 gallon Wave Pool. “Tornado is a perfect fit for our Water Park,” said Lee Graham, vice president and general manager. “This is a ride the whole family can enjoy together.”

Tornado’s enormous size and unique shape has garnered numerous awards and distinctions, including the amusement industry’s 2003 Golden Ticket Award For Best Water Park Ride and the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions’ 2003 Best New Product Award in the Water Park Category.

This season the thrills swirl to new heights with the opening of Tornado over Memorial Day Weekend (May 27, 2005). Grab your waterproof cameras and get ready to Ride the Ultimate Storm!

Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom opens Saturday, April 2, 2005. Daily operations begin May 26 through August 28. For general park information, call 1-800-SCREAMS or visit us on the web at sixflags.com and don’t forget our Water Park is FREE with park admission.

Purchase your Six Flags Season Pass today! Current 2005 Six Flags Season Passes are on sale now for only $54.99 and may be obtained by visiting sixflags.com. A Season Pass offers unlimited visits plus several “bring a friend for free” days.

Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom is owned by Six Flags, Inc., the world's largest regional theme park company. Through its subsidiaries, it owns and operates a total of 30 parks in North America and Europe. Six Flags parks serve 34 of the 50 largest metropolitan areas in the United States. Six Flags, Inc. is a publicly held corporation with corporate offices in New York City and Oklahoma City. The Company's stock trades on the NYSE under the symbol: PKS


http://www.sixflags.com/parks/kentuckykingdom/ParkPress/article021505.html

I am not a fan of this, but oh well...

[playerplex]

Those tornado rides are awesome. The video looks cool.

[greatamerica2003]

If you aren't a fan of it, then don't go. Nobody is forcing you.

[coasterinsane]

No, these really are not that great. The first few times.. sure they are fun. But its nothing more then a tilted half pipe, and a waist of slide at the top. You barley make it up half way.

[Do I Know You]

I am not a fan of this, but oh well...

You're in Indiana. You can't go outside, slip on a banana peel, and wind up on the ride

[coastermadness05]

It seems that everyone is getting these this year, sounds like the water ride to have.

[sixflagsguy5]

I've never been on one, but I hate clones, so I'll probably only ride it if SFGAm gets one.

[Moo]

^ I am surprised Sfgam has not been "infected" yet. It is one of the few Sf parks without one. Now most don't have on because they don't have a water park, but Sfgam has a brand new one! Maybe SF didn't give Sfgam one so they have a ride to add in a future year.

[SixFlagsChick]

Im pretty sure its something like that.... I dont think any of the water parks opened with a Tornado.... Not to mention SFGAm would have to find more room to expand if that was the case.

[w00dland]

^ I am surprised Sfgam has not been "infected" yet. It is one of the few Sf parks without one. Now most don't have on because they don't have a water park, but Sfgam has a brand new one! Maybe SF didn't give Sfgam one so they have a ride to add in a future year.

Sounds like a great reason to come back to SFHH in 2006 to me!

[sixflagsguy5]

PKI's waterpark opened up with one.

[Galvan]

^ I am surprised Sfgam has not been "infected" yet. It is one of the few Sf parks without one.

Good point but you are forgetting the fact that SFGAM was one of few parks up until this year to fhave a water park to begin with.

[coasterinsane]

No that will probably be our huge new attraction next year.