A couple other things to note. Deluge has also been confirmed to be closed, so that's even more land in the vicinity of T3 that can be developed. Also, the renovation plans for the Expo Center show the grassy areas between T3 and the nearby hotels going to Kentucky Kingdom. It's currently marked for additional parking spaces, but still, that's massive amounts of new space for the park to work with.
As someone that close to the park. Work 2 mile from the park. Live in Kentucky and know how the KFB screws Kentucky Kingdom, i would recommend them also getting rid of the Amphitheater and make that area a new front gate. That way the park doesn't have to use the damn Fairgrounds for parking, give the locals direction access to Hurricane Bay, the most visited section of the park and maybe get more teenage riding Storm Chaser over Lightning Run since it close to the gate. You close down the old Gate area and place a new Rollercoaster on that side of the park that has 130 feet high restrictions compared to the Vakoma, Storm chaser Thunder run area that at 100 ft. Plus it give Lightning Run a second coaster to enjoy on that side of the road. But i do enjoy your choices for coasters other then i would maybe consider Gerstlaue Infinity similiar to Fury. With the choice to ride the Triple launch coaster forward or backwards. Since the park has height requirements, the more Gimmick you can add the more uniqueness you can bring to the park to make it standout over King's Island and Holiday World.
For the replacement for T3, I think that Kentucky Kingdom needs a Vekoma launch coaster and it would be a perfect to fill up the gap and theme the coaster with a collaboration with Owl City!
When they announced this I thought they might just have Vekoma retrack it. I didn't realize the amount of land it blocks. I do find it weird that Herschend doesn't have any full sized inverts considering their popularity. Oh what if they went all out and did a next gen themed flying Vekoma? That would be cool!
More land if you count the old six flags stunt show arena that isn't being used either. its located directly behind where T3 used to be. also sad to admit that today was the last operating day for Ragin Rapids also, it is taking up another huge plot of land next to where T3 was. I work there and we aren't even sure what will be done yet but rest easy knowing that things are being planned
I actually didn’t mine T3, wasn’t anything special. However I don’t think it was as bad as it was made out to be. I do understand why though, this would hit the chopping block. Now with Storm Chaser and Lightning Run in KK line up. With a 3rd potential amazing coaster, this park could really take off in popularity. Will definitely be on my radar for future news.
I don’t know, but honestly, if they put another coaster, it needs to be a good coaster. I want something that is iconic because we were supposed to get a brand new coaster that nobody had but because of the pandemic and everything we ended up not getting that coaster and I feel like if we get a coaster, it needs to be something nobody else has yet it needs to be a brand new coaster something that’s phenomenal Because that would really bring in the people because people would wanna come try out the brand new coaster and see how it actually is even if they decided to get with a coaster company and custom make a coaster, especially for Kentucky kingdom as like a statement piece for the park, that would be iconic And they do have a lot of space they could use. They also have gotten rid of the water coaster, so that’s even more space they could use. I know that they also have certain height limits that they can go to and not go to because of the airport which really kind of sucks because towards the back part of the park, they can’t go as high, which really does suck but I know that there are areas that they can go higher so they could easily make a pretty big coaster and work with it so that it’s a great size and a great coaster
Kentucky Kingdom just got a family coaster, so I think that’s out. I’d love to see a Mack Big Dipper or a Gerstlauer Infinity coaster to anchor this section, but if the water ride adjacent is also closing I could see something much larger being planned. It would be great if Herschend added some of the theming found at SDC and Dollywood to Kentucky.
The whole back of the park needs to be refurbished. I doubt Herschend will try and theme the park on the level of SDC or Dollywood but I think they can do a lot to improve the park appearance. I'd love to see some rock work and landscaping along the back all the way to the area around Storm Chaser and give the park a more insulated feel and just make it look nicer. They could put in some nice new park area with a bit of immersion and then put in a Vekoma looper in the place of T3 that fits the new formed terrain.
Herschend is a lot more family oriented than Ed Heart was. It's a waterpark expansion-the waterpark is much more popular than the dry park with the GP and it's right by the waterpark so it works. If it's a coaster, it's a power splash. Being the "um, ow!" kid from the Coaster Studios SLC parody I'm sad T3 was closed when I visited but they told me it was closed forever during my visit in August.
Kentucky Kingdom has a strict 100ft height limit because of the nearby Louisville International Airport, so it's unlikely for the park to get anything over that height if they want to replace T3
Wild Adventures has an SLC, so they could send parts there. they could demolish the stadium and expand the water park on the back left and have a launch over the rapids and boneyard (and put it by Kentucky Flyer instead). I see the paved roads back there as the line-which would mean going to both the city and the fair board to expand beyond the current boneyard
Yeah im sad that I wasn't about to ride my first Vekoma SLC eventhough I have heard negative things about those types of rides. But i wonder why Kentucky Kingdom KK never announced a official closing so people include the GP General Public Coaster Enthusiasts would have enough time to ride T3 before it permanently closes en gets Demolished. I have 3 speculations to why T3 got shut down without warning. 1. The ride reached the end of it's Service Life. I know for a fact that Rollercoasters have a certain amount of years that they can stay operating in full compactly until it has to close for safety reasons etc. 2. The Ride was a Maintenance Nightmare or had technical problems. You guys already see whats going on with Cedar Fair, eventhough Kentucky Kingdom isnt owned by them they are own by Herschend Family Entertainment. But im assuming they are following in Cedar Fair's footsteps by removing rides that are unpopular, are maintenance issue's see what what happened to Knotts Berry Farms Vekoma Boomerang, Volcano at Kings Dominion, Fire Hawk, Vortex at Kings Island. My Hypothesis is that Kentucky Kingdom ran out of technical parts for T3 which would make it harder for the ride to operate en it definitely would be a major hassle to keep T3 running is there is no more parts for it since Vekoma is evolving and enovating their rollercoaster track type and the company as a whole just trying to use common sense. And I believe that Thunderhawk Vekoma SLC at Michigans Adventure a Cedar Fair park will eventually sooner or later will suffer the same fate. 3. Prime Land. If yall look at google maps you can see that T3 is on a patch of prime land where Kentucky Kingdom can make a good decision business wise remove T3 and replace it with something bigger en better obviously. Im hopefully they replace T3 which newer model of a fun modern day suspended coaster a Vekoma Suspended Thrill Coaster. Or maybe they should replace the ride with a launch coaster.
One thing you have to keep in mind is that anything that goes into the park has to fit within the current height restrictions, so a launch would be a solid fit for anything that they want to go all out with in regards to inversions. It's kind of bittersweet losing T3, it was my first big coaster as a kid beyond the old Boomerang they had at KK in the 80's and 90's. My last ride on it was in 2019 and yeah, it was not a fun ride but I'll still miss it...sort of.
Grew up in Louisville, so I went to this park alot. This ride was a lot of fun, it was a nice change of pace from the other rides in the park because your feet dangled. I think that's the main reason why it still popular for park goers aside from the inversions. I agree the red is ugly. For some reason I thought it was once purple but my little kid brain didn't comprehend a lot.
These owners haven't added a single ride in what 4 years, or is it 5 years now. With it being December of 23 and seeing no new construction, i can only guess no new rides coming next year. New midway added? My guess no new rides ever again.
Personally, I'd like to see them patch things up with RMC and resume their plans to build a raptor. Since they are not a super huge park, a compact style raptor similar to the proto types would be great for them! Or even a clone of Stunt Pilot. As an Illinoisian, I'm getting frustrated that there are still no signs of Raptors being built anywhere near the MIdwest. I'm starting to think that neither SFSTL nor SFGAM will ever build one, and Adventureland decided to go with a common S&S 4D just because. Not sure if CP or KI will be willing to work with RMC again anytime soon either, but maybe they will go with one of the Intamin versions in the coming years?
From what I read that someone else proposed, is that is they could build a whole new entrance to the park right here, since they are having plans to redevelop the whole area, and planning to take the road out in the middle of the park, and KK’s new parking lot is here also, so it makes sense.
It will be a Splash pad, and kid slide area. Herschend has *never* added a new thrill coaster to any of their smaller parks, only removed them. Wild Adventures hasn't gotten one in 15+ years of Hershend ownership. Darian Lake never got a coaster during their Hershend management. And Kentucky Kingdom's biggest investment in 2.5 years of ownership is new beach chairs.
This is wishful thinking for sure but I'd love to see a B&M invert and keep the terror Theme and name it T4 to keep the legacy going, making the the power up be an actual upgrade this time. Think of how great a Banshee type invert at Kentucky kingdom would be. I know it's not gonna happen but a man can dream of what happens at his home park damnit. Or even a RMC raptor since they have a small footprint
Something to consider is they also retired Deluge, the water coaster directly across the walkway from T3. I was just there yesterday and was thinking how awesome it would be if they put a coaster in that area that went partially over the top of the walkway.
If you notice, Wild Adventures also has their Vekoma SLC temporary unavailable as well, are they getting rid of that one too? Is Hershend Getting rid of all their SLC's at the same time?
Why not add the Vekoma Junior Boomerang with Suspended Thrill Coaster combo? Like Tripsdrill and the park in Ireland are doing? You have a new Suspended coaster with inversions, and a new Family coaster in 1 package?
Nice video! Also before watching this video, I made three concepts, and they were all coincidentally the same ride models you mentioned. And all of us coaster enthusiasts can see why every one of us predict these.
Well they have a lot of clear land already .. Clear out t-3 then the blizzard river and the old Batman theater... And open all of that land Plus they still have a clear plot of land next to that all the way to Phillips Lane. But there is still a couple houses there they need to move buy them out and more land .
I loved t3. One of the first rollercoasters I ever rode so I’m attached to it for that and I love the feet dangling part. I’m willing to bet they will just add to the water park as it’s mostly water stuff over there. I really hope not. I want another coaster just like it. I will be very very upset as I’m not a water park user!
Given that Hershend has been on a family coaster tear lately I think it’s likely going to disappoint enthusiasts. Although a Eurofighter or Tilt would be a good fit
@@wrestlingandamusementparkl7789 and they have like 6. family coasters or something. it’s more likely that her scheme hadda a family coaster instead of a thrill ride. it’they like to have more family coasters than thrilll ones
I guess I’m just to old to understand anymore. I remember when the coaster community dreamed BIG! Now it’s just, “I hope they add a mid tier launch coaster….”
It's good to see another godawful ride bite the dust, especially a Vekoma SLC. I really hope they replace it with a B&M Dive or a Gerstlauer Eurofighter. Mostly a B&M Dive as the Stand-Up coaster Chang was the only B&M at Kentucky Kingdom. It was moved to Six Flags Great Adventure after Six Flags declared abandon ship on Kentucky Kingdom, and now operates as Green Lantern.
I live rite by the park to check and see if they have done any thing with T3 or Deluge nothing yet. I expect them to say something after 2024 season, since other BIG parks are getting really good rides 2024 season. So stay tooned
I doubt we get anything that big. Kingdom is one of my home parks. And it’s not a park that gets enough traffic to get a huge investment. I think the RMC raptor that was supposed to come a few years back. It’d be a good fit, inversion focused and fit perfect in that plot of land.
I believe a Vekoma Space Warp or a Mack dipper would do well here. Also a Premier rides multi launch if they tried to fit that in Edit : a compact Intamin suspended coaster would be cool but will likely not happen
Informative, because it's rarely good, in itself, to lose a coaster and I don't think this is an exception either. Hershend has a opportunity here, the park as a whole could become much more solid. Looking at going there, it's always seemed too little for too far. Vekoma or the spinner could change that.
i think they should go with a Mack Stryker. They’ve had positive experiences with the company and it would be a first for America so I believe that would be a good fit. However because of the price tag i don’t think that a extreme spinner would work especially because of the size of the park What i’m really thinking is a eurofighter or an infinity but i’m not sure what Herschend thinks of them and a big dipper or stryker are similar. if they went with an infinity i think it should have a lift and a launch but not the layout we’ve seen already on shell raiser and takabisha. Maybe also a smaller-medium scale new age vekoma launch coaster. however for some reason i think the others make more sense. something like a space warp might do well, but i don’t think a fire storm or ghostrider or shockwave would fit due to their height and stuff, idk i just don’t think it’d fit well idk why. a bermuda blitz would work too for lifted stuff other than big dipper or eurofighter a raptor would work well. it’s not huge, it’s not the star of the park but it’s a really solid coaster to beef up the lineup. basically of my suggestions were something really nice to beef up the lineup what i think is most likely though is a family launch coaster like big bear mountain Super intuitive video best on this topic so far. Thanks for sharing this content and keep it up
I'm leaning towards a launch coaster over a tilt/dive coaster since it's close to an airport meaning it has a height limit, not that the launch coaster can't feature a top hat.
Hopefully a multi lanch, like Maverick. They are height restrictioned so I doubt a tiling coaster. I will be highly disappointed if they add to the water park instead of adding a new coaster.
Question open to all...does Herschend own Kentucky Kingdom, or do they just operate it? The plan of additional midways only make sense if they own the park.
Fair grounds owns property, hershshand is the owner of the park but still rents the space like six flags did. That’s why six flags pulled out of their lease on park.
@@Thicc_father_thanos but herschend could spend all this money on a new area and then not re-up their lease, right? Then herschend would have spent all this money for someone else to reap the benefits
t3 was the best ride there....storm chaser and lightning run suck. and are the 2 most painful rides ive ever been on...the 2 wood coasters are great but not worth the price of admission...with no t3 ill not be going back....its off to kings island i guess.
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A couple other things to note. Deluge has also been confirmed to be closed, so that's even more land in the vicinity of T3 that can be developed. Also, the renovation plans for the Expo Center show the grassy areas between T3 and the nearby hotels going to Kentucky Kingdom. It's currently marked for additional parking spaces, but still, that's massive amounts of new space for the park to work with.
if Kentucky Kingdom does a new coaster quickly, it will really force Holiday World to finally put something in the old Pilgrims Plunge spot
There’s been rumors going around thst this is the yesr they do that! I forgot what the post was but it looks really likely
@@phantomFanDrake it was probably that bear on the security camera hoax last week
@@eddieboehm8410 it was a few weeks ago
As someone that close to the park. Work 2 mile from the park. Live in Kentucky and know how the KFB screws Kentucky Kingdom, i would recommend them also getting rid of the Amphitheater and make that area a new front gate. That way the park doesn't have to use the damn Fairgrounds for parking, give the locals direction access to Hurricane Bay, the most visited section of the park and maybe get more teenage riding Storm Chaser over Lightning Run since it close to the gate. You close down the old Gate area and place a new Rollercoaster on that side of the park that has 130 feet high restrictions compared to the Vakoma, Storm chaser Thunder run area that at 100 ft. Plus it give Lightning Run a second coaster to enjoy on that side of the road.
But i do enjoy your choices for coasters other then i would maybe consider Gerstlaue Infinity similiar to Fury. With the choice to ride the Triple launch coaster forward or backwards. Since the park has height requirements, the more Gimmick you can add the more uniqueness you can bring to the park to make it standout over King's Island and Holiday World.
For the replacement for T3, I think that Kentucky Kingdom needs a Vekoma launch coaster and it would be a perfect to fill up the gap and theme the coaster with a collaboration with Owl City!
Owl city?? 😂😂
@Enzo Discovery Like a Gerstlauer Launched Inverted Coaster themed to Owl City?
When they announced this I thought they might just have Vekoma retrack it. I didn't realize the amount of land it blocks. I do find it weird that Herschend doesn't have any full sized inverts considering their popularity. Oh what if they went all out and did a next gen themed flying Vekoma? That would be cool!
More land if you count the old six flags stunt show arena that isn't being used either. its located directly behind where T3 used to be. also sad to admit that today was the last operating day for Ragin Rapids also, it is taking up another huge plot of land next to where T3 was. I work there and we aren't even sure what will be done yet but rest easy knowing that things are being planned
I actually didn’t mine T3, wasn’t anything special. However I don’t think it was as bad as it was made out to be. I do understand why though, this would hit the chopping block.
Now with Storm Chaser and Lightning Run in KK line up. With a 3rd potential amazing coaster, this park could really take off in popularity. Will definitely be on my radar for future news.
I don’t know, but honestly, if they put another coaster, it needs to be a good coaster. I want something that is iconic because we were supposed to get a brand new coaster that nobody had but because of the pandemic and everything we ended up not getting that coaster and I feel like if we get a coaster, it needs to be something nobody else has yet it needs to be a brand new coaster something that’s phenomenal Because that would really bring in the people because people would wanna come try out the brand new coaster and see how it actually is even if they decided to get with a coaster company and custom make a coaster, especially for Kentucky kingdom as like a statement piece for the park, that would be iconic And they do have a lot of space they could use. They also have gotten rid of the water coaster, so that’s even more space they could use. I know that they also have certain height limits that they can go to and not go to because of the airport which really kind of sucks because towards the back part of the park, they can’t go as high, which really does suck but I know that there are areas that they can go higher so they could easily make a pretty big coaster and work with it so that it’s a great size and a great coaster
Kentucky Kingdom just got a family coaster, so I think that’s out. I’d love to see a Mack Big Dipper or a Gerstlauer Infinity coaster to anchor this section, but if the water ride adjacent is also closing I could see something much larger being planned. It would be great if Herschend added some of the theming found at SDC and Dollywood to Kentucky.
Don't forget they closed the water coaster on the other side of t3. Last year it was still standing but not running
The whole back of the park needs to be refurbished. I doubt Herschend will try and theme the park on the level of SDC or Dollywood but I think they can do a lot to improve the park appearance. I'd love to see some rock work and landscaping along the back all the way to the area around Storm Chaser and give the park a more insulated feel and just make it look nicer. They could put in some nice new park area with a bit of immersion and then put in a Vekoma looper in the place of T3 that fits the new formed terrain.
Herschend is a lot more family oriented than Ed Heart was. It's a waterpark expansion-the waterpark is much more popular than the dry park with the GP and it's right by the waterpark so it works. If it's a coaster, it's a power splash. Being the "um, ow!" kid from the Coaster Studios SLC parody I'm sad T3 was closed when I visited but they told me it was closed forever during my visit in August.
I hope not. Kentucky kingdom CAN have a popular dry park JUST with another coaster to add to a great lineup. Imagine a newgen vekoma at this park.
Kentucky Kingdom has a strict 100ft height limit because of the nearby Louisville International Airport, so it's unlikely for the park to get anything over that height if they want to replace T3
Wild Adventures has an SLC, so they could send parts there. they could demolish the stadium and expand the water park on the back left and have a launch over the rapids and boneyard (and put it by Kentucky Flyer instead). I see the paved roads back there as the line-which would mean going to both the city and the fair board to expand beyond the current boneyard
The wild Adventures SLC could use the parts, but alot of the parts on t3 won't work due to the kumbak trains
@@Thicc_father_thanos just use the Kumbak trains outright, unless they got the updated Vekoma trains like Six Flags New England
Today was rapids last day in operation.....
Yeah im sad that I wasn't about to ride my first Vekoma SLC eventhough I have heard negative things about those types of rides. But i wonder why Kentucky Kingdom KK never announced a official closing so people include the GP General Public Coaster Enthusiasts would have enough time to ride T3 before it permanently closes en gets Demolished. I have 3 speculations to why T3 got shut down without warning.
1. The ride reached the end of it's Service Life. I know for a fact that Rollercoasters have a certain amount of years that they can stay operating in full compactly until it has to close for safety reasons etc.
2. The Ride was a Maintenance Nightmare or had technical problems. You guys already see whats going on with Cedar Fair, eventhough Kentucky Kingdom isnt owned by them they are own by Herschend Family Entertainment. But im assuming they are following in Cedar Fair's footsteps by removing rides that are unpopular, are maintenance issue's see what what happened to Knotts Berry Farms Vekoma Boomerang, Volcano at Kings Dominion, Fire Hawk, Vortex at Kings Island. My Hypothesis is that Kentucky Kingdom ran out of technical parts for T3 which would make it harder for the ride to operate en it definitely would be a major hassle to keep T3 running is there is no more parts for it since Vekoma is evolving and enovating their rollercoaster track type and the company as a whole just trying to use common sense. And I believe that Thunderhawk Vekoma SLC at Michigans Adventure a Cedar Fair park will eventually sooner or later will suffer the same fate.
3. Prime Land. If yall look at google maps you can see that T3 is on a patch of prime land where Kentucky Kingdom can make a good decision business wise remove T3 and replace it with something bigger en better obviously. Im hopefully they replace T3 which newer model of a fun modern day suspended coaster a Vekoma Suspended Thrill Coaster. Or maybe they should replace the ride with a launch coaster.
One thing you have to keep in mind is that anything that goes into the park has to fit within the current height restrictions, so a launch would be a solid fit for anything that they want to go all out with in regards to inversions. It's kind of bittersweet losing T3, it was my first big coaster as a kid beyond the old Boomerang they had at KK in the 80's and 90's. My last ride on it was in 2019 and yeah, it was not a fun ride but I'll still miss it...sort of.
Ppl get confused and don't know this if your not from here but actually the 2ed name was Batman to go along with penguins blizzard river
Grew up in Louisville, so I went to this park alot. This ride was a lot of fun, it was a nice change of pace from the other rides in the park because your feet dangled. I think that's the main reason why it still popular for park goers aside from the inversions. I agree the red is ugly. For some reason I thought it was once purple but my little kid brain didn't comprehend a lot.
You’re not wrong. It was once upon a time purple. Also from Louisville and spent a lot of time here in early teen years.
I work there as a Ride tech... All I can say is a lot is coming in the next few years...
These owners haven't added a single ride in what 4 years, or is it 5 years now. With it being December of 23 and seeing no new construction, i can only guess no new rides coming next year. New midway added? My guess no new rides ever again.
Personally, I'd like to see them patch things up with RMC and resume their plans to build a raptor. Since they are not a super huge park, a compact style raptor similar to the proto types would be great for them! Or even a clone of Stunt Pilot. As an Illinoisian, I'm getting frustrated that there are still no signs of Raptors being built anywhere near the MIdwest. I'm starting to think that neither SFSTL nor SFGAM will ever build one, and Adventureland decided to go with a common S&S 4D just because. Not sure if CP or KI will be willing to work with RMC again anytime soon either, but maybe they will go with one of the Intamin versions in the coming years?
Great Comment and observation
I could definitely see a launched vekoma coaster coming here!!
I think general public is willing to ride jt... but from my experience, the reason there's ever a line is because of its capacity
From what I read that someone else proposed, is that is they could build a whole new entrance to the park right here, since they are having plans to redevelop the whole area, and planning to take the road out in the middle of the park, and KK’s new parking lot is here also, so it makes sense.
It will be a Splash pad, and kid slide area.
Herschend has *never* added a new thrill coaster to any of their smaller parks, only removed them. Wild Adventures hasn't gotten one in 15+ years of Hershend ownership. Darian Lake never got a coaster during their Hershend management. And Kentucky Kingdom's biggest investment in 2.5 years of ownership is new beach chairs.
This is wishful thinking for sure but I'd love to see a B&M invert and keep the terror Theme and name it T4 to keep the legacy going, making the the power up be an actual upgrade this time. Think of how great a Banshee type invert at Kentucky kingdom would be. I know it's not gonna happen but a man can dream of what happens at his home park damnit. Or even a RMC raptor since they have a small footprint
Something to consider is they also retired Deluge, the water coaster directly across the walkway from T3. I was just there yesterday and was thinking how awesome it would be if they put a coaster in that area that went partially over the top of the walkway.
If you notice, Wild Adventures also has their Vekoma SLC temporary unavailable as well, are they getting rid of that one too? Is Hershend Getting rid of all their SLC's at the same time?
Why not add the Vekoma Junior Boomerang with Suspended Thrill Coaster combo? Like Tripsdrill and the park in Ireland are doing? You have a new Suspended coaster with inversions, and a new Family coaster in 1 package?
Crazy that this SLC had only a capacity of 14 people a train.
B&M dive coaster would be a winner here. I live 10 min away.
Nice video! Also before watching this video, I made three concepts, and they were all coincidentally the same ride models you mentioned. And all of us coaster enthusiasts can see why every one of us predict these.
Well they have a lot of clear land already ..
Clear out t-3 then the blizzard river and the old Batman theater...
And open all of that land
Plus they still have a clear plot of land next to that all the way to Phillips Lane.
But there is still a couple houses there they need to move buy them out and more land .
bring back the vampire....and chang....they were great!!!!!
I loved t3. One of the first rollercoasters I ever rode so I’m attached to it for that and I love the feet dangling part. I’m willing to bet they will just add to the water park as it’s mostly water stuff over there. I really hope not. I want another coaster just like it. I will be very very upset as I’m not a water park user!
I have pics it's scattered in pieces all over the field next to the old Batman theater
I think they're going to build a new land over there with some new flat rides and a new Gerstlaur launched suspended rolling coaster
I’m saying they replace T3 with a Vekoma STC for either the 2024 or 2025 season, and call it T4
Given that Hershend has been on a family coaster tear lately I think it’s likely going to disappoint enthusiasts. Although a Eurofighter or Tilt would be a good fit
The park has 2 family coasters though
@@wrestlingandamusementparkl7789 then look at dollywood
@@huntzzio I have been to Dollywood many times
@@wrestlingandamusementparkl7789 and they have like 6. family coasters or something. it’s more likely that her scheme hadda a family coaster instead of a thrill ride. it’they like to have more family coasters than thrilll ones
more likely that *herschend sorry my phone is glitching and i can’t edit
I guess I’m just to old to understand anymore. I remember when the coaster community dreamed BIG! Now it’s just, “I hope they add a mid tier launch coaster….”
It's good to see another godawful ride bite the dust, especially a Vekoma SLC.
I really hope they replace it with a B&M Dive or a Gerstlauer Eurofighter. Mostly a B&M Dive as the Stand-Up coaster Chang was the only B&M at Kentucky Kingdom. It was moved to Six Flags Great Adventure after Six Flags declared abandon ship on Kentucky Kingdom, and now operates as Green Lantern.
Must be adding a swing launch and a 600' spike
I defo agree. Luanch + inversions would best suite the park.
i havent watched the entire thing yet but
rmc raptor
I live rite by the park to check and see if they have done any thing with T3 or Deluge nothing yet. I expect them to say something after 2024 season, since other BIG parks are getting really good rides 2024 season. So stay tooned
I doubt we get anything that big. Kingdom is one of my home parks. And it’s not a park that gets enough traffic to get a huge investment. I think the RMC raptor that was supposed to come a few years back. It’d be a good fit, inversion focused and fit perfect in that plot of land.
I believe a Vekoma Space Warp or a Mack dipper would do well here. Also a Premier rides multi launch if they tried to fit that in
Edit : a compact Intamin suspended coaster would be cool but will likely not happen
It probably got long lines cuz of the low capacity.
new gen vekoma stc as long as they don’t sky rocket admission to 95 dollars when brandon the installed president tells them to
Informative, because it's rarely good, in itself, to lose a coaster and I don't think this is an exception either. Hershend has a opportunity here, the park as a whole could become much more solid. Looking at going there, it's always seemed too little for too far. Vekoma or the spinner could change that.
Put a new invert there and named it t4
I'd prefer theese over the Batman clones any day..I got to ride Serial Thriller @ Astroworld Houston Tx..Which I believe was the same clone..I think
i think they should go with a Mack Stryker. They’ve had positive experiences with the company and it would be a first for America so I believe that would be a good fit. However because of the price tag i don’t think that a extreme spinner would work especially because of the size of the park
What i’m really thinking is a eurofighter or an infinity but i’m not sure what Herschend thinks of them and a big dipper or stryker are similar. if they went with an infinity i think it should have a lift and a launch but not the layout we’ve seen already on shell raiser and takabisha.
Maybe also a smaller-medium scale new age vekoma launch coaster. however for some reason i think the others make more sense. something like a space warp might do well, but i don’t think a fire storm or ghostrider or shockwave would fit due to their height and stuff, idk i just don’t think it’d fit well idk why. a bermuda blitz would work too
for lifted stuff other than big dipper or eurofighter a raptor would work well. it’s not huge, it’s not the star of the park but it’s a really solid coaster to beef up the lineup. basically of my suggestions were something really nice to beef up the lineup
what i think is most likely though is a family launch coaster like big bear mountain
Super intuitive video best on this topic so far. Thanks for sharing this content and keep it up
Replace it with a vekoma stc and cakl it t4
I'm leaning towards a launch coaster over a tilt/dive coaster since it's close to an airport meaning it has a height limit, not that the launch coaster can't feature a top hat.
They could also build a B&M Surf Coaster and call it "Xinchang" (New Chang).
Either a vekoma STC or launch coaster with inversions.
RMC raptor or infinity would be my preference
i said tilt , vekoma launch or a single rail! but theses are awesome picks
Hopefully a multi lanch, like Maverick. They are height restrictioned so I doubt a tiling coaster. I will be highly disappointed if they add to the water park instead of adding a new coaster.
jokes on all the enthusiasts they replace it with another slc!
T3 is most likely gonna be sold for scrap.
Question open to all...does Herschend own Kentucky Kingdom, or do they just operate it? The plan of additional midways only make sense if they own the park.
Fair grounds owns property, hershshand is the owner of the park but still rents the space like six flags did. That’s why six flags pulled out of their lease on park.
@@patrickspiers4811 so why would they invest in the property if they don't own it?
@@jackpowers5707 because the investment should increase revenue, they want MONEY
@@Thicc_father_thanos but herschend could spend all this money on a new area and then not re-up their lease, right? Then herschend would have spent all this money for someone else to reap the benefits
I would like to see a Mack Hyper
They will replace t3 with an rmc scl.... they'll call it t4
T4!!!!!!
A dark ride?
Word is water park expansion 😒🙄
t3 was the best ride there....storm chaser and lightning run suck. and are the 2 most painful rides ive ever been on...the 2 wood coasters are great but not worth the price of admission...with no t3 ill not be going back....its off to kings island i guess.
Amaricans used to HATE vekoma with a passion, now you guys wish for vekoma to come back 😂
rmc raptor or vekoma bermuda blitz
bermuda blitz would work
@@huntzzio perfect fit, and vekoma coasters are so good now
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I rode this 16 times in a row.
I wouldn't recommend it. 🤣
I also have a wheel off of one of the original trains in my room!!!