We visited Kentucky Kingdom on June 12 to experience Storm Chaser, one of the best new roller coasters in the US, and check out some of the other attractions at the park.

RMC's IBox track is put to great use on Storm Chaser, a roller coaster that features 12 airtime moments and 3 inversions, including a thrilling 10-story barrel-roll drop from the first lift hill. It's a steel roller coaster, but has the speed and feel of a wooden roller coaster, except for being wonderfully smooth. An excellent new ride for the park and made the visit really worthwhile.

Thunder Run is a classic wooden roller coaster that originally opened in 1990, it has a decent circuit with some exciting banked turns but it is fairly rough.

The suspended looping coaster T3 packs 5 inversions into a tight and unpredictable course. Unfortunately it suffers from an unexpected jerkiness throughout, possibly because it was a prototype model and the first in the US, which makes for a slightly uncomfortable ride.

We didn't get to ride Lightning Run rather ironically due to lightning strikes in the area that forced the park and all rides to close early. This steel roller coaster is the first Hyper GT-X model in the world, which opened in 2014 as part of the relaunched park. Despite its modest size and classic appearance, the ride is positively reviewed by casual riders and enthusiasts.

We enjoyed the entertaining and educational Sea Lion Splash live show, starring 3 rescued sea lions, adding something extra to the range of other rides.

A major component of the park is Hurricane Bay, which unlike at most theme parks is not a separate water park, and is instead interwoven with the main park.


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