Beech Bend Park
Bowling Green, Kentucky
2006 Announcement & Construction
July 28, 2005
Page Seven
You can see the elevation difference
for this coaster here. The red coaster on the other side of the
hill is Beech Bend's Looping Star which rumored is supposed to be leaving
Beech Bend. Don't listen to those rumors because it is going to
be up and running for 2006 as well. The reason it is not running
this year is that Beech Bend ordered a new train with better padding
to make it a more enjoyable ride. Since they have the new spinning
mouse this year and the new trains were going to take a while it was
the perfect year to have it not operating. Also with the new coaster
for 2006 Beech Bend is going to move the Looping Star elsewhere in the
park as well as give it a new paint job to spruce it up.
The new coaster isn't quite
as tall as the terrifying Shock Drop but it should be as thrilling.
I for one am excited about Beech Bend's 2006 coaster whatever it is
going to be named and can't wait to give it a ride next May.
Beech Bend and the Jones family
have really stepped up to the plate in developing the park and this
coaster is really going to put them on the map. I just can't wait
to see what they do next.