New Kentucky Kingdom coaster announced
Todd Bills
Lawrence Estep <7564...@CompuServe.COM> wrote:
>Kentucky Kingdom announced the name of their new stand-up coaster today.
>It will be called "Chang". No further details yet. Stay tuned!
>-Lawrence Estep
I heard rumors long ago about this. They're really true! But what is
it with KK and their coaster names? T2.... Chang?
Todd
Chris Hagen
In article <4ut1m4$1...@mrnews.mro.dec.com>, "William J. Buckley, Jr." <buc...@powdml.enet.dec.com> wrote:
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>Lawrence Estep <7564...@CompuServe.COM> wrote:
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>>Kentucky Kingdom announced the name of their new stand-up coaster today.
>>It will be called "Chang". No further details yet. Stay tuned!
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>Ok, since the cat is out of the bag... 'CHANG' will be the world's
>NEWEST tallest, fastest, stand-up coaster ... higher, faster, and
>longer than CP's MANTIS!
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>Like MANTIS, the ride will be the brainchild of Swiss steel Gods
>Bolliger and Mabillard. The ride will be located in the parking
>area next to the Giant Wheel, and will run alongside the waterpark
>and past the ferris wheel towards the front gate.
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and the other great news is that they'll fianlly have another bridge across
the access road for the fair and expo grounds, and a link around the other
side of the waterpark!!!!! I've talked to a few people out there, and the also
say there's going to be a few regular rides, namely a semi-permanent gravitron
type ride and possibly wave-swinger type ride on the path between T2 and the
Eleminator track and near the Big wheel. The picnic area which is now
temporarily set up in the parkin lot would be moved behind the T2... but, it's
all rumors from workers, so, who knows...
-chris
Chris Hagen
In article <00001ffa...@msn.com>, William_D...@msn.com (William Donabedian) wrote:
>I have a difficult time believing that KK has the capital to build
>such a coaster. A coaster fitting that description would cost at
>least $12 million. If they manage to get the financing, please,
>somebody tell me who the bank is. They must be practically giving
>away money.
have you seen the crowds at Kentucky Kingdom lately?
they've been pulling large numbers of people from Indianapolis and Cincinatti
and the Nashville markets, and are usually packed most every day of the
week....
I don't think they really have trouble with money like they did when they
first started... and when was the last vekoma ride installed? they've added
several attractions since T2, and none have been vekoma....
-chris
David Bowers
In article <Dw5u5...@iglou.com> Chris Hagen wrote:
>have you seen the crowds at Kentucky Kingdom lately?
>
>they've been pulling large numbers of people from Indianapolis
and
> Cincinatti
>and the Nashville markets, and are usually packed most every day
of the
>week....
The park is getting crowded, but do you realize how many of
those out-of-state visitors are getting FREE ADMISSION? If you
live out-of-state all you had to do was call the KY Tourism board
and ask for the louisville attractions brochure, each one came
with 10 free tickets to KK! (If I knew more than 2 days before
they expired I would have passed this tip on)
In addition where my mom works in Cincinnati, they passed out
a flyer for KK which had not only a coupon for 4 free tickets, but
the coupon said "Duplicate as many as you need" Virtual season
pass for me. (Don't ask, expired 7/31)
Either KK is getting a kickback on this free ticket offer and/or
this is one of the greatest promotions I know to date to draw a
crowd to your park. With the news of the stand-up, I'll be there
in 97 with my $25 in hand.
KFP10466
Chang?? Isn't that the sound a lift chain makes when it breaks?
kfp1...@aol.com
The only thing that is better than driving my Saturn is riding a
rollercoaster.
Noodle
On 26 Aug 1996, KFP10466 wrote:
> Chang?? Isn't that the sound a lift chain makes when it breaks?
If a lift chain breaks in the middle of the woods and nobody's around
to hear it, ... Oh, never mind. :)
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