Beech Bend Coaster: What name did you enter?

Just kidding...

Ummm...Beech Bend Amusement Park in Bowling Green Kentucky. See it up there in the title of the thread? ;)

The Wild Hog. They can be a ferocious animal. They are native to Kentucky. Plus we need more coasters named after pork.

Super Bowl (Bowling Green)

It's the only one KY's gonna get :)

LOL Pale Rider!

I am thinking of "The Porker".

-Tina

Just think...if the park has been in West Virginia is could have been named "Deliverence: The Ride" ;)

We'll have to keep that in mind for Camdem Park's next coaster. Complete with dueling banjos in the station!:)

Well if you want a banjo theme you could go with Kentucky Thunder. :)

I'd go with "Son of Beech."

I was thinking along the lines of locallity also.
Indiana has the Hoosier Hurricane.
Michigan has that Wolverine Wildcat.
So I thought Hollerin' Hillbilly might be a good name for a Kentucky coaster.

I submitted a name last night but I can't remember what it was.

Hollerin' Hillbilly huh? Don't make fun of Clint now, Wabash. ;-)

Pale Rider,

A friend of mine was joking about that same thing. He suggested Camden should get a dueling B&M invert and call it the "Dueling Banjos". I still think that's more of a Kentucky thing, though. ;-)

Now that I have THAT song in my head.......ugh.

-Tina

*** Edited 8/5/2005 6:12:04 AM UTC by coasterqueenTRN***

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Joey Stewart said:
Ky Wildcat is a pretty good name, in fact I think it's a REAL good name but the only thing I think that could hurt that name's chance at being selected is the parks proximity to WKU (which just so happens to NOT be a wildcat school). I dunno.. maybe I've been playing out in left field too long in the sun! LOL

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The whole state supports UK. Anything Wildcat sells in Kentucky. Even in Louisville.

I was trying to think of something that would tie in with "Hilltoppers" (as in the Western Ky University Hilltoppers), but came up empty. Maybe someone who's a bit more creative can take that and run with it.

Jerry

I was trying to think along those lines as well, Jerry, and I thought plain old "Hilltopper" wouldn't be a bad name. Not great, but not bad.

Since all of the corvettes are made in Bowling Green, KY just a few miles away from Beech Bend I submitted...The Vette.

Ok, I just got into the whole Kentucky Derby spirit of things and went through the list of winners to come up with the following names:

Thunder Gulch - 1995

Unbridled (I really like this one) - 1990

Whirlaway - 1941

I'd go with the other thing that Central KY is famous for but I'm certain that Makers Mark and Jim Beam are already copywrtitten.

Have Fun

Paul Drabek *** Edited 8/5/2005 8:49:51 PM UTC by Paul Drabek***

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Paul Drabek said:
I'd go with the other thing that Central KY is famous for but I'm certain that Makers Mark and Jim Beam are already copywrtitten.

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Trademarked, but yeah. ;)

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Joey Stewart said:Ky Wildcat is a pretty good name, in fact I think it's a REAL good name but the only thing I think that could hurt that name's chance at being selected is the parks proximity to WKU

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I can think of one other thing that might prevent that name from winning...

Didn't the guy that designed the Beech Bend coaster used to be the mascot for the University of Louisville? The Cardinal Bird?

I think he'd be pretty upset if the ride was named after his arch-nemesis.

J

Theres only one KY derby name that fits.

GALLANT FOX!

Chuck, Who thinks the Kentucky Thorobred isn't a bad name for a coaster.
It's only the third woodie in the state.