Let me have your thoughts on SIX FLAGS KENTUCKY KI

The Hurlers are near clones of Thunder Run. You have things backwards.

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Da Poodle

Coming in 2003-The Spawn Of Magnum!

Like a number of the newer Six Flags conversions, the park has a long way to go in customer service. SFA made major strides in this area last year, hopefully SFKK will follow.

I think that the coaster assortment is fairly good. Chang and Thunder Run are the highlights. Twisted Sisters is not one of the getter CCI designs.

Now see, once again, I have to give the slightly 'hostyl' perspective. Overall, SFKK has to be one of my least favored parks (funny, cause my profile pic was taken there). I loved Chang, Thuder Run is one of the best out n backs I've ridden and the Sister-Twins are a decent enough ride. And their breakdance is fantastic. I hate all mice not named Mickey or Minnie and T2 is pretty much an abomination. Overall, the park *should* get an 'aiight' rating.

HOWEVER, the place was just filthy on every visit I've had. I can take a little trash here and there, but even walking in from the parking lot you can *smell* the rubbish. THAT doesnt put me in a good mood. (I wont even mention the bathrooms). Moreover, the employees from the ticket takers to guest services, from the ride ops to food service are all slow as mole's asses. Good grief they seemed to be moving *backwards* they were so slow. It's like "C'mon, get on with it".

BUT, I will say this, every employee *I* came in contact with was incredibly nice and friendly. In fact, only at Holiday World have I noticed more friendly people (and yes that includes over Disney, Universal and HERSHEYPARK). They may have been slow and clueless, but they were extremely cordial. That and Chang are the only things that even get me to come in the gate (though I spend virtually *no* money there).
lata, jeremy
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"I will break away, I'll find myself today"

From what is being said here, it pretty much confirms my opinion of SFKK. It suffers from the same malady of a great many SF propereties. I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Uninspired mangement. While we enjoyed some features of this park, the general experience was ruined by the trash, the surly employees and what had to be the world's worst food service.

If you go to SFKK on a day when it isn't crowded, you'll have a blast.

If there's even the slightest hint of a crowd, your day will turn into a real drag. Literally. Slow ops, slow moving lines, and slow patrons aren't a lot of fun for me.

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'That was totally mildly amusing.' - Dan Miron on Superman: The Escape

*** This post was edited by chris 3/12/2003 10:55:26 AM ***

"you're day"?? Chris, ur teh grammer sux0r5!!!!1 rotflmaolololo!!!@!!111

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A day is a drop of water in the ocean of eternity. A week is seven drops.

I don't know what your talking about. You need to take a brake from all those TTD rides, d00d.

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'That was totally mildly amusing.' - Dan Miron on Superman: The Escape

Your obviously changing you're posts after the fact. Its disgusting when a post and it's contents are changed.

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A day is a drop of water in the ocean of eternity. A week is seven drops.

d00d, all those VIP rides have gone to you're head.

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'That was totally mildly amusing.' - Dan Miron on Superman: The Escape

Den sez:

"Its disgusting when a post and it's contents are changed."

I gotta agree here! One of my biggest pet peeves.

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A park without a hypercoaster is like dancing about architecture.

*** This post was edited by Mamoosh 3/12/2003 11:20:06 AM ***

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*** This post was edited by Mamoosh 3/12/2003 11:20:50 AM ***

I ALSO HATE WHEN PEOPLE TYPE IN ALL CAPS.

Get it? Eh? Eh??

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A day is a drop of water in the ocean of eternity. A week is seven drops.

I've only been to the park once, but I wasn't able to stand more than about 4 hours there, all of which were spent standing in line with smokers and people w/o shirts. I may go back this year to ride the Anton after SRM, but that's it.

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SRM 2003-Look for the guy with my name on his chest

Mark W., can't you see we're trying to hijack this thread?? Sheesh, some people.

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A day is a drop of water in the ocean of eternity. A week is seven drops.

"your obviously"?? Den, ur teh grammer sux0r5!!!!1 rotflmaolololo!!!@!!111

dawnmarie, did you just copy and paste my m3g@-1337 or what? See if you can find the 3 other errors in the post you refer to! ;)

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A day is a drop of water in the ocean of eternity. A week is seven drops.

"you're posts"?? Den, ur teh grammer sux0r5!!!!1 rotflmaolololo!!!@!!111
"Its disgusting"?? Den, ur teh grammer sux0r5!!!!1 rotflmaolololo!!!@!!111
"it's contents"?? Den, ur teh grammer sux0r5!!!!1 rotflmaolololo!!!@!!111

Hey, Den, I gotta be me.
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SRM 2003-Look for the guy with my name on his chest

Hey, look...its Dawnmarie! Nice to see you finally posting again. I also see its off-topic like 90% of your posts [inside joke].

Back on topic: so many people have commented "if you go to the park when it's crowded you'll have a bad day."

First- Duh! Doesn't that rule hold for just about *any* park? If you think SFKK is bad on a crowded day, try Disneyland...yikes!

Second- if the park is crowded then it must be doing *something* right! If SFKK was as hated by the locals as it is by some enthusiasts they'd go elsewhere, and they have three choices within a 2 hour drive.

Frankly I feel that sometimes as enthusiasts we expect *way* too much. I also think that many create self-fulfilling prophecies. When you expect to have a bad time you're pretty much guaranteed to have a bad time.

Of all my visits to SFKK I've had *one* frustrating experience. After SRM 2001 we experienced a single-train op on Chang, a long line, and no shade in the queue. But better to run one train than none...at least I got to ride.

Moosh

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A park without a hypercoaster is like dancing about architecture.

Sometimes, when there's one glaring fault early on, a person can miss all the subsequent little ones.

That appears not to be the case with Kentucky Kingdom though. Regardless, I'm planning to get there for the first time in April.

Dawn, trying (though admittedly not very hard) to get into the 80% range

Ya know, I've been thinking about my thoughts on SFKK. How can so many people see what I don't? I think I have the answer:

I must have a very low standard of expectations. The good news is that having such a low standard works in my favor as I enjoy many parks in blissful ignorance while so many others spend the day angry, frustrated, and bitter.

Moosh

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A park without a hypercoaster is like dancing about architecture.