Kentucky Kingdom roller coasters: POVs and height to ride

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Thrill Lightning Run Steel · Opened 2014 102 fttall55 mphtop speedNeverupside down 48 inches to ride Tallest here Coaster page

Thrill Wind Chaser Steel · Opened 2016 100 fttall52 mphtop speed2xupside down 48 inches to ride Steel track on a wooden frame Coaster page Woodland RunThrill Woodland Run Wooden · Opened 1990 90 fttall53 mphtop speedNeverupside down 48 inches to ride Longest here, 2,850 ft Coaster page

Kentucky Flyer Kentucky Flyer Opened 2019

Hollyhock and Roll Hollyhock and Roll Opened 1994 Junior coaster

Flying Fox Flying Fox Opened 2026 Cars swing out on turns

Intensity is our own three-step scale from published figures: extreme is 150 feet or taller, 74 mph or faster or 6 or more inversions; thrill is 100 feet or taller, any inversion, or a height to ride over 42 inches; family is a height to ride of 42 inches or less. A coaster those figures do not place has no label. Height to ride is from the park or, where it publishes none, Wikipedia.

How they compare

Ridden one? Find it here and see where the rest sit.

Lightning Run102 ft
Wind Chaser100 ft
Woodland Run90 ft

Thrill

Coming soon

Nothing announced

No new coaster is listed as being built at Kentucky Kingdom.

Retired coasters

The 7 that used to run here, newest closure first.

Coaster	Ran	What it was
T31995 to 2022	1995 to 2022	Steel, hangs below the track
Greezed Lightnin'2003 to 2009	2003 to 2009	Steel
Road Runner Express2000 to 2009	2000 to 2009	Steel
Chang1997 to 2009	1997 to 2009	Steel, you ride standing up
Twisted Twins1998 to 2007	1998 to 2007	Wooden
Vampire1990 to 1999	1990 to 1999	Steel
Starchaser1987 to 1995	1987 to 1995	Steel

Questions

How many roller coasters does Kentucky Kingdom have?

6 are operating. 7 more have closed for good.

Which coaster is the tallest, and which is the fastest?

Lightning Run is both: 102 feet tall and 55 mph.

What are the height requirements?

48 inches. At 48 inches a rider can ride 3 of the 3 with a published height. Our sources give no height to ride for Kentucky Flyer, Hollyhock and Roll and Flying Fox.

Which coasters go upside down?

1 of the 6: Wind Chaser (2 times). The rest never turn you over.

Is a new coaster coming?

Nothing announced. No new coaster is listed as being built at Kentucky Kingdom.

Closest parks

Straight-line distance from Kentucky Kingdom, among US parks with five or more coasters.

110 miles northeastKings Island

Mason, Ohio. 11 coasters. Tallest: Orion, 287 ft.

190 miles northIndiana Beach

Monticello, Indiana. 7 coasters. Tallest: All American Triple Loop, 108 ft.

210 miles southeastDollywood

Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. 6 coasters. Tallest: Wild Eagle, 210 ft.

Sources

Which coasters are open and closed, plus type, year, height, speed, times upside down and intensity: the Airtime Fever coaster dataset (Kentucky Kingdom, read Thu 10/1/2026). Our sources give no height to ride for Kentucky Flyer, Hollyhock and Roll and Flying Fox. Figures are rounded to the nearest foot and mph.

Closest parks: straight-line distance between park locations from Wikidata (each park's coordinates, or the middle of its coasters' coordinates, read Fri 10/2/2026), rounded to 10 miles, among parks with five or more coasters.

Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: BlueShirtz (CC BY-SA 4.0), Jeremy Thompson (CC BY 2.0). A ride with no usable photo of it shows its name instead.