KENTUCKY KINGDOM
(Formerly known as Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom)
Louisville, Kentucky
Joined Herschend Family Entertainment in 2021
Park News - (12/7/2025) Kentucky Kingdom sent out a newsletter to passholders to let them know that the park will be closing their 5D Cinema attraction at the end of the season after Jan. 3, 2026. You still have time to catch it one last time during the Christmas at Kentucky Kingdom holiday event before it is gone forever where they are playing Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 5-D.
With the Flying Fox family coaster already set to come in 2025, there is no word on what might become fo the 5-D Cinema building at this time, though it is on the edge of the property next to a parking lot, so you never know if some kind of expansion might be coming.
Another note is that the Cinema is also located next to a rather “weird” location for a theme park. If you’ve never been to Kentucky Kingdom, the park has the rather unique distinction of being cut in half by a four lane road that I believe typically serves as the exit pathway for cars from the rest of the fairgrounds property. There are only two ways to cross this road to get from the front third of the park to get to the larger half on the other side: via an elevated walkway that crosses over in the center of the park, or via an old fashioned pedestrian crosswalk that just happens to be located next to the 5-D Cinema. You can see both here.
I’m sure this has always been an oddity that has bothered Herschend and their safety team, so I wouldn’t be surprised if whatever new development they have planned for the Cinema area may also include planning for some kind of new bridge to more safely cross over the road.
2026 - Flying Fox - (10/28/2025) Kentucky Kingdom announced that they will build a new Vekoma Family Suspended coaster for the 2026 season called Flying Fox. “Join the daring adventures of local legend and crop-dusting pilot, Jeb Fox, as Flying Fox sends riders soaring over a vibrant Kentucky farmland setting. The experience will begin at the red barn-inspired queue winding through hand-painted murals and playful audio featuring Jeb himself, the theming celebrates Kentucky’s agricultural heritage while adding a lighthearted twist aimed for families to enjoy. Get ready to soar through the skies, catching a bird's eye view of Louisville, just before plunging down through an underground tunnel, providing a unique and thrilling ride experience!”
This will be the first new roller coaster added to the park since 2019, and at a cost of $14 million, this will be Kentucky Kingdom’s 6th roller coaster. Family friendly in size, the coaster stands just 65 feet off the ground, hitting a top speed of 37 mph, and takes just 63 seconds to travel the 1,380 feet of track. While the layout will be custom, the overall size and scope of the coaster should be similar to the Dragonflier built for Dollywood in 2019.
(5/20/2025) From what I’m told the new 2026 teaser sign at Kentucky Kingdom is over in the section of the park near the Lightning Run roller coaster. Interestly enough, I’ve also been told that most of rides that used to be located in this section of the park have either been removed or moved elsewhere in the park, opening up space here for whatever may be coming here, near the front end of the park.
(5/18/2025) A teaser sign for something new in 2026 has been spotted inside Kentucky Kingdom. It has an an airplane theme, featuring an propeller along with the message to “Get Ready To Test Your Wings” - “Spring 2026 - Text “WINGS” to 502-206-8004 to follow along”.
Maybe it’s just me, but this simple teaser is giving me “Stunt Pilot” vibes… and by that, I’m talking about the Stunt Pilot roller coaster (an RMC Raptor) that opened at Silverwood in 2021. If anyone has forgotten, Kentucky Kingdom added the Kentucky Flyer (Gravity Group Family Wood Coaster) back in 2019 and was going to follow this up with an RMC Raptor coaster in 2021, butt when COVID struck in 2020, the park had to back out of the project and Silverwood in Idaho (a short drive from RMC HQ) stepped up to grab the coaster and make it their own as Stunt Pilot.
It would be interesting if Kentucky Kingdom were to perhaps be planning to revive those old plans, along with a similar theme as Stunt Pilot for 2026. Now that’s just speculation on my part, because for all we know this could be something simply like a Wave Swinger or a Sing Shot... at this point we just don’t know. Though, I wasn’t sure of the location in the park for the sign, so perhaps that might give us another clue. Can anyone tell us where this is?
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