Today, Six Flags announced as it is moving through its restructuring process that it will reject the lease of Kentucky Kingdom from the ... Click here to read more...

I am lucky on my Southern Rock Tour vacation last year I visited Kentucky Kingdom for the second time in the evening hours and got Chang, the Roadrunner Express, and the Penguin's Blizzard River since Chang was removed in the off season. I hope this is only loss from my tour. I wonder what will happen to the classic Greezed Lightning coaster. Not many people care about T2. I am sorry for the loyal supporters, enthusiasts of that area.

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7/16-7/20: Wrigley,Timber Falls, Mt. Olympus,
Little Amerricka, SFGAM, Busch, SFStL Count:394

I saw this coming...well not that specifically but I figured that Kentucky Kingdom was getting close to ending. After they took out Chang, I either saw the park going downhill and ultimately closing or six flags ending the park. Taking out major attractions like that has to have a big effect on ticket sales. I don't see how Six flags America stays in business. It hasn't received a new coaster in 10 years. I think that's kind of ridiculous...

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Bring Greezed Lightnin' back to SFOG!!!! Hopefully this could relieve some debt.

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PARC Management would have been an answer a couple years ago. Six Flags walked away. Maybe they even lowballed the State Board enough that it wasn't a serious bid after all. I don't know what SF/Funtime/Premier exactly put in since they started leasing the park. Maybe the State Board will continue to run it just devoid of the SF additions.

11,000th Post - haha

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Thrillnetwork Moderator - Intermediary - Original sn: CHILLERLC1
7/16-7/20: Wrigley,Timber Falls, Mt. Olympus,
Little Amerricka, SFGAM, Busch, SFStL Count:394

Did anyone NOT see this coming? After Chang was gone the writing was on the wall for this park...

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Can Parks Annouce its their Last Year or Is That too Dumb?

Think About it:
- Six Flags Astroworld
- Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom
- Geauga Lake
- Cypress Gardens
- Celebration City
- Bells
- Myrtle Beach Grand Prix

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That was quite a swan song The Pavilion had.

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Thrillnetwork Moderator - Intermediary - Original sn: CHILLERLC1
7/16-7/20: Wrigley,Timber Falls, Mt. Olympus,
Little Amerricka, SFGAM, Busch, SFStL Count:394

Wow. Now I am extremely glad my friend and I visited this park on the spur of the moment after a day at Kings Island.

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Absolutely no surprise here. After they removed their signature ride, I knew it would be a matter of time before they closed. I predicted this a long time ago. Next on my prediction is a certain amusement park in California... and not a Six Flags park either. Bottom line when a park starts to show neglect or ride removal by the parent owner, it is only a matter of time before it closes.

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^haha, I know which one you're talking about and I agree.

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I'm not surprised this happened, I am kind of surprised they just didn't dump the place when they did those park sell-offs a few years back. But as they were in a lease at the time, they might not have had that options.

Really Six Flags would do well to just keep their core of parks like the original flags and then try and sell the rest. I hate to see any park close, but just looking at this from a business standpoint.

And I'm with Racer, send us Viper back down to Georgia!!!! As much a bore and slow-loader as its replacement is *cough*Superman*cough* I'd be just fine with them relocating that and putting Viper back in its old spot. lol *ducks the fanboys*

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Just keep the clouds paint job on the former station. Superman might just have to really swoop over its loop and tower.

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7/16-7/20: Wrigley,Timber Falls, Mt. Olympus,
Little Amerricka, SFGAM, Busch, SFStL Count:394

Just another Six Flags park closing due to bad management on the part of the board. They must like dumping parks when they dont want them no more or if they think its gonna cost money to do something with it. Now, the nearest Six Flags park to anyone in Ohio is in Ill. This is why i hate Six Flags. You dont see Cedar Fair selling parks all the time. At least they try to keep a park going.

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How about this? Viper's loop right over S:UF's entrance.

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Send Chang down here to one of my area parks! We need a stand-up coaster.

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I am so glad I got to go and ride the coasters last year. I kept a few park maps for souvieners too. I thought the park was clean and the folks were friendly but I just didn't care for the flat area. I'm in west Ky and for a day trip I go to Holiday World or Six Flags St. Louis. Of the three Six Flags parks I've been too (SFKK, SFSL, and SFGA) I am partial to St. Louis.

I am a little surprised. I expected to hear they are removing the big rides and having a small family park and water park Sorta like SF white water Atlanta an American Adventure. Turning it into just a water park wouldn't have been surprising . But, a complete shut down is a little surprising.

i guess we all know how SFI will afford it's big Anniversary expansions.

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Why am I not suprised? Oh yeah, because they moved the only recognizable coaster to a park that already had a similar one. This park has been circling the drain since they severed the feet of that poor girl.

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Flat rides wise I think at best someone is getting another Wiggles World if this a complete shutdown and a lease is not reworked with Six Flags or anybody else. Would an Enterprise be installed anywhere? Maybe the Pirate ship but that's just about it flat rides wise.

I'd love Chang for SFOT.

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7/16-7/20: Wrigley,Timber Falls, Mt. Olympus,
Little Amerricka, SFGAM, Busch, SFStL Count:394

The park may not actually close. I know that is what Six Flags announced, and currently that looks like whats gonna happen, but things are being done to prevent that. Officials such as the mayor and governor are looking into it, to see if they can negotiate some kind of deal to keep it open, because they seriously don't want it to go. Its been apart of Louisville for around 22 years, and with its closing hundreds of jobs will be lost, and a serious tourist attraction, so their gonna do whatever they can to make it stay put. Not to long ago, our mayor negotiated for a general electric plant to stay in operation, so I figure if he can do that then just maybe he could do this. I'm hoping for the best in this situation, regardless its not yet a done deal, even if Shapiro may suggest it is.

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It started circling the drain when Six Flags bought it.

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Hmmm, last thing I read as of Friday is that the mayor said, "It is out of our hands". Which, quite frankly, it is. You are talking about a 60 acre park owned by a company that is trying to shed a $2 Billion debt. It is all about process of elimination and the smaller parks will always lose. They removed Chang last year. Six Flags knew what they were doing and everyone on this site knew what would happen too. You simply can not keep a small park open with no signature rides and hope it will be profitable. I know people in Kentucky want it to stay open, but this is a done deal. Six Flags would be foolish to try to keep it open. Sell the property and put more dedication into your larger much more profitable places. That is how you shed a debt.

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I've got an idea for Six Flags, send it GL back to Georgia, paint it red and yellow and call it The Flash!

They have yet to make a Flash themed ride yet, even though they have the Flash Pass.

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Anyone who thinks that there's a chance that the park will stay is a fool. Saying, "If you don't restructure our lease, we just might leave" is a potential bluff. Announcing that the park is closing and that you're working to relocate it's 55 Full-Time Team Members isn't a bluff. That's a declaration of action. The political posturing that is happening now is an insult to the citizens of Louisville. If they really wanted to save the park, they would have stepped in earlier when there was actually a chance for it to be saved.

It's sad to see this happen to a member of the Six Flags family. I wouldn't know what to do if my local park packed up and left. From the removal of Chang for the water park expansion, it seemed that the park was going to be Geagua Lake-ed, but with a difficult lease it seems that this was the time to cut ties. I'm curious if the SF offer was an extreme low-ball, or if the Kentucky State Fair Board really thought it was a huge bluff.

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The scale of Viper there is way off. I looked up a clone of it (Nagashima Spa Land's Shuttle Loop) and it needs a 600*50 foot plot of land. The only place left at SFOG that has that amount of room is the space between Skull Island and GASM, but that's a very tight fit.

Yeah, its a long shot. But its still not definite, because they are still trying to negotiate it through, and maybe they'll be successful at it. I'm not saying it'll remain a six flags park, and quite franky I hope it doesn't. I hope they can negotiate some kind of deal, where they can sell the park and alleviate their debt that way, which in my opinion would be a win-win. I'm not saying the park will be saved either, but what I'm reading from the Courier Journal is that this could possibly turn around, but then again it may not. I think Six Flags would much rather sell the park and make money, then rather move rides to several of their parks, which would cost them money. I'm just hoping for the best, and hopefully something can be done to keep around. I can't really envision it not being there.

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Hopefully it will remain, and NOT as a Six Flags park. Six Flags buying that place was the death sentence.

I'm not bashing Six Flags in general, because I know that they take good care of some of their parks. But I'll bash the way they took care of THAT park any time.

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Katie's signature is a slum. I'm glad I don't live anywhere near it.

The real question is: What belongs to Six Flags and what doesn't? There was a park there before Six Flags arrived, and they obviously added rides to it. How much are things they can take, and how much would be left behind for a new potential owner? For all we know, after all is said and done there could be some stores and some pools left.

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Actually, I did both of them at the same scale.

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