Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom Trip Report April 17,2004

[Galvan]

The day started in Joliet Illinois, 4AM with a great lightning show in the sky above my house. The Drive to Louisville was uneventful except the 25 or so hillbilly hick stations on the radio, but at least i got to listen to the Cubs game on the way to PKI so what was okay . Reminder for those of you who plan on going to SFKK remember that theres a 1 Hour Time difference lol. anyway on to the Trip.

My friend Brian and I arrived at SFKK at 945am ET. The crowd was very very light and at 10AM we took to our first ride.

Thunder Run: Number of Rides: 1 Rating: 6/10 This was a great wooden coaster, Very fast outta the first drop and some great turns along the way. This ride is easily better then Viper in my opinion. Great Ride!

Twisted Twins: Number of Rides: 3 Rating: 6/10 This was a smaller coaster then Thunder Run, but it had its moments, Its a racing Coaster with not much in the way of theming but good none the less. First turn out of the Drop was a bit bumpy as where some other spots in there. Great ride none the less and 3 re-rides on Front row give you the idea of how packed the park was.

Greezed Lightnin': Number of Rides: 7 Rating: 9/10 GL was AWESOME! great launch and awesome air on the loop. I love This ride.A bit tight for the taller/bigger floks but i had no problems.

Chang: Number of Rides: 1 Rating: 8/10 My friend was too tall to ride this ride and i just made it into the harnesses. But this Ride Lived up to its Hype! Great Air and an amazing loop as well as decent themeing gives this ride a very high rating.

T2: Number of Rides: 6 Rating: 9/10 Chitown told me this ride really sucked, I disagree. This ride was off the chart awesome. I loved the eliments of this ride and the Headbanging was minor for me anyway.
Great Ride!!

Honorable Mentions:
Choas: Very cool ride: 6/10
Hellivator: Giant Drop Wannabe @ only 150ft.:3/10

Final Thoughts/Grade:

Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom blows away Six Flags St. Louis hands down a great park that was worth the trip to KY.The weather was awesome Sunny and 84 degrees (lots of pretty girls there too )
Overall Grades:
Cleanliness of Park: 10/10
Ride Selection: 7/10
Ease Around Park: 5/10
Themeing: 7/10
Prices: 10/10 (Great Value on Food Admission was decent for my friend who doesnt have a Six Flags Season Pass)
Re-Rides: 9/10
Over-all: 8/10 Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom was well worth the 6 hour drive i really enjoyed this park. And recommend this park over SFSTL anyday!!

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[CoasterDave316]

Great Trip Report Mike, you are the only person I have ever heard give rave reviews to T2.

Ive only had one SLC experience on what I have heard is one of the better SLC's at TPFKASFWOA and it was a cool ride. When I got off I wondered what was up with the SLC's bad reputation, and was told that I have to ride T2 as it is one of the worst SLC's around. But your review doesn't reflect that at all. Glad you enjoyed it, and had a better time at this park then you did at SFStl.!

[SfGaMownz]

T2 sucked horribly when I rode it in 2001. Why did you only ride Chang once, its a great coaster definitely deserved more then one ride especailly when you rode T2 six times.

[Galvan]

What made it suck? I personally liked the ride. As for Chang, im not a big fan of Stand Up's so i got my ride once, then done. Oh well

[SfGaMownz]

Uh it was rough...enuff said.

[Galvan]

I disagree with that completely. Sorry i do

[SfGaMownz]

I rode it 3 years ago so they may have posiblly done some amazing work to it, to make it less rough.

[Chitown]

No they didn't. It's the same old jackhammering ride its always been.

The ride still sucks.

But it's cool that Galvan liked it.

[Tek]

I went to SFKK two weeks ago and I remember when I was younger riding T2 when it 1st came out 28 times in a row. I loved the ride so much. When I rode it this past time, I never felt so bad after riding a roller coaster. It ruined the rest of my day. I swear off that ride now, its just horrible.