Kentucky Rumbler at Beech Bend
Drop yanks the back overserious air, unlike most GCIs Built by GCIdesigned by Jeff Pike, $4.6 million

Beech Bend, Bowling Green, Kentucky

Kentucky Rumbler

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What riders love
  • Rumbler gives the distinctive side to side transitions and air pops that keep you hopping around in the wonderfully comfortable trains the entire ride.
  • Good GCI with lots of laterals and little airtime pops.
  • This ride exceeded my expectations; it's a high-tier GCI with great pacing and an intense layout.
  • My #1 coaster at my home park Beech Bend no questions asked.
  • I also enjoyed the first drop between the excellent laterals going into it and great sustained floater going down it.
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Watch POVs and more

Kentucky Rumbler Front Seat OnRide POV 5K | Under the Radar GCI | Beech Bend, Bowling Green Kentucky

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Kentucky Rumbler back row on-ride 4K POV Beech Bend

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4K Kentucky Rumbler Mounted POV at Beech Bend Amusment Park In Bowling Green Kentucky

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Kentucky Rumbler (4K OFF Ride POV)- Beech Bend Raceway and Campground, Bowling Green, KY

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Kentucky Rumbler Review | Beech Bend GCI

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Kentucky Rumbler review-Beech Bend Park

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Performance

Vs. other coasters at Beech Bend

The intensity, fast pace, surprise airtime moments, and out of control feeling of the ride allow for a top notch guest experience.

coaster land

Has a couple of good airtime pops and some good lateral moments; although, it does have a couple of dead spots at some of the turns where it doesn’t do much and the pacing dies off towards the end.

HockeyNinja

I also enjoyed the first drop between the excellent laterals going into it and great sustained floater going down it.

Carter Eckhart

Good GCI with lots of laterals and little airtime pops.

Chris Jones

A lot of cross-service but the first drop on it is amazing because it’s somewhat twisted but it’s also straight enough to give airtime.

Thrill Ridez

Rumbler gives the distinctive side to side transitions and air pops that keep you hopping around in the wonderfully comfortable trains the entire ride.

Brian Sheldon

Lots of air throughout the layout and surprisingly smooth trackwork.

Ethan S.

Also something I enjoyed about Kentucky Rumbler was its smoothness.

RADZADproductions

It seems that it isn’t getting the upkeep it needs; my last ride on KR was painful, shaking so badly that I couldn’t see straight and slamming me into the side of the seat hard.

Zee Williams

In 2022, it was insanely rough and had one horrible pothole that got worse throughout the day.

Matthew Cofer

This ride exceeded my expectations; it’s a high-tier GCI with great pacing and an intense layout.

Duncan G.

However Kentucky Rumbler is an aggressive ride and is more intense than I thought a coaster on a cornfield could ever be.

RADZADproductions

In general, the best elements on the ride are towards the beginning but the coaster keeps its pace really well the entire ride despite a lot of the elements at the end of the ride being relatively...

Carter Eckhart

Rode it for the first time last year and being a mid size coaster it really packs a lot of non stop fast paced energy and air time.

@joshheimann7884

Lines were very low the day we were there and I think we rode it 10 times that day.

Brian Sheldon

Never once had to wait for it and had multiple rides with just my group.

Chris Jones

Should I ride it?

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Specifications

96 ftHeight
96 KentuckyRumbler 43 Wild Mouse
80 ftFirst drop
47 mphTop speed
KentuckyRumbler47 Wild Mouse29 047 mph
0Inversions

What riders say

Praised for

FunFeels fastGreat layout

This ride exceeded my expectations; it’s a high-tier GCI with great pacing and an intense layout.

Duncan G., Captain Coaster review

It seems that it isn’t getting the upkeep it needs; my last ride on KR was painful, shaking so badly that I couldn’t see straight and slamming me into the side of the seat hard.

Zee Williams, Captain Coaster review

My #1 coaster at my home park Beech Bend no questions asked.

Lacie Lawson, Captain Coaster review

The intensity, fast pace, surprise airtime moments, and out of control feeling of the ride allow for a top notch guest experience.

coaster land, Captain Coaster review

It definitely has that signature GCI layout with those unique GCI elements but it runs like a CCI between the excellent laterals and pretty weak to nonexistent airtime.

Carter Eckhart, Captain Coaster review

In 2022, it was insanely rough and had one horrible pothole that got worse throughout the day.

Matthew Cofer, Captain Coaster review

Planning your ride

History and awards

May 6, 2006Opened

Built by Great Coasters International, designed by Jeff Pike.

$4.6 millionTo build

Golden Ticket Awards, top wood coaster: ranked in 12 polls, 2006 to 2017

20th2006, its first poll
13th2007, its best placing
49th2017, most recent

Sources

Restraint types: Captain Coaster. History, incidents and awards: Wikipedia. Specifications and status: Coasterpedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Also read: Captain Coaster (converted to feet and mph). Rider sentiment and performance scores: rider reviews on Captain Coaster, youtube.com, read and scored by AirtimeFever.

Photographs via Coasterpedia: Martin Lewison (CC BY-SA 4.0). Video thumbnails remain the property of their channels and link back to them.

What riders love, by theme (themes in the order riders pick them most on Captain Coaster): Ethan S., rider review on Captain Coaster: “Lots of air throughout the layout and surprisingly smooth…”; Brian Sheldon, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Rumbler gives the distinctive side to side transitions and…”; Chris Jones, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Good GCI with lots of laterals and little airtime…”; coaster land, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Kentucky rumbler is one of those hidden gems, I…”; Duncan G., rider review on Captain Coaster: “This ride exceeded my expectations; it's a high-tier GCI…”; Lacie Lawson, rider review on Captain Coaster: “My #1 coaster at my home park Beech Bend…”; Ethan S., rider review on Captain Coaster: “Unlike most GCIs, this drop yanks you over in…”; Carter Eckhart, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I also enjoyed the first drop between the excellent…”.

The photo slider at the top and the fading stills: CoasterForce's back row POV, Kentucky Rumbler back row on-ride 4K POV Beech Bend (YouTube), and the page's Coasterpedia photographs.