Theme Park Report

  Louisville, KY.— March 7, 2024— Kentucky Kingdom, Louisville’s Family Theme and Water Park, is thrilled to open its doors this holiday season for the first-ever winter spectacular: ‘Christmas at Kentucky Kingdom!’ A wonderland designed for the whole family; Christmas at Kentucky Kingdom will be a joyfilled, magical event unlike anything Kentucky has ever seen. The $8 million investment will extend Kentucky Kingdom’s season by an additional 24 days, bringing guests the longest, brightest, and jolliest season yet! For the first time ever, guests will have the opportunity to ring in the holiday season and enjoy endless holiday fun throughout the entire park. As guests first enter, they will be immersed in a joyful winter wonderland adorned with  more than one million glowing Christmas lights,  lighting the paths to unimaginable adventures in every direction. As guests explore the park in all its festive glory, they’ll stumble upon  Holly Jolly Junction  where the...

  News, Images and Videos Provided by Kings Island - August 10, 2023 MASON, OH – There will be more ways to play in 2024 as Kings Island expands its award-winning kids’ area with the addition of a new adventure play space, Camp Snoopy, featuring the park's newest roller coaster, Snoopy’s Soap Box Racers. It will be the amusement park's first family boomerang coaster, that races riders both forward and backward on the same track. With the addition of Snoopy's Soap Box Racers, Kings Island will become the Kids Coaster Capital of the World, offering five different coaster experiences for future thrill seekers. Snoopy’s Soap Box Racers takes the classic fun of a soap box racing derby to a whole new level as both parents and kids climb aboard their favorite Peanuts-decorated soap box coaster car and are hoisted up a 70-foot hill to the starting line. As Snoopy waves the checkered flag, riders will be released and launched forward onto a track full of exhilarating twists and turn...

  $10M Gravy-Themed Coaster in Santa Claus, Ind. Announced Hop in your Gravy Boat and Let's Roll! It's time to Save Thanksgiving!!!! Holiday World & Splashin' Safari located in Santa Claus, Indiana plan to open their 6th rollercoaster in May 2024. The new Good Gravy! Family Boomerang Rollercoaster manufactured by Vekoma Rides, the first of its kind to open in North America will be located in the Thanksgiving section of the Park on the land where Pilgrims Plunge use to cover. The new coaster will for sure be a crowd pleaser for the entire Family! The theming for the new area surrounding the ride will feature many unique Kitchen items that will look very familiar, to include: a chicken timer, whisk, rolling pin, Koch Dairy bottle, and a box of Ruth’s Stuffing, all which will make for amazing photo ops as well! Guests will board a train shaped like a giant gravy boat, which will be pulled backwards uphill before flying forwards through the station onto cranberry-colored tr...