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Even though there have been massive change to Kentucky Kingdom since my last visit looking around there are little bits from the past like this theming fro the long gone Quake ride to remind me of what the park once was and how far it has come.



While I was excited about all of the new coasters, old coasters, and getting to experience the new Kentucky Kingdom I was also excited to see this handy dandy cross walk that easily gets you between the front and back of the park.



No more do you have to cross the road that bisects the park on a narrow bridge that never ends.  Now all you have to do is head to the cross walk, wait for the park employees to stop traffic, and in a moment you're across.  Hopefully one of these years the Fair Board will reroute this road giving Kentucky Kingdom a little more room to work with.  Until then this works.



As we come to the end of my visit to Kentucky Kingdom the question is what did I think about the park?



Honestly it was nice seeing this park ran by people who actually care.  Going back to my first visit in 1997 under Ed Heart's first go at it customer service was nonexistant.  Most of the employees didn't give a damn and they didn't even try to hide it.  Back about twenty-five years ago I told a work friend to take his family to Holiday World.  That park blew them away.  The next day they had to go to Louisville and saw Kentucky Kingdom from their hotel.  Thinking it would be just like Holiday World they went.  The way he described their experience was "like going from heaven to hell" as the old Kentucky Kingdom was that bad.

Kentucky Kingdom isn't hell anymore.  My day there was completely wonderful and unlike many of my previous visits I left happy and thrilled to be able to come back.  Kentucky Kingdom with its rollercoaster journey of ups and down has finally found it in the right hands and I can't wait to see what's next for this park.



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