Woodland Run
wooden roller coaster at Kentucky Kingdom
Woodland Run is a wooden roller coaster at the Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville, Kentucky. The ride opened as Thunder Run in August 1990 and operated until October 2009, when the park was abandoned by its then-operators, Six Flags. After being closed since 2009, the roller coaster reopened with Kentucky Kingdom under new operators in May 2014.
The ride was manufactured by Dinn Corporation and designed by Curtis D. Summers and John Fetterman. With 2,850 feet (870 m) of track, Woodland Run stands 90 feet (27 m) tall and features a top speed of 53 miles per hour (85 km/h).
History
Kentucky Kingdom opened on May 23, 1987, leasing 10 acres (4.0 ha) at the Kentucky Exposition Center property. The Texas investors who operated the park filed it for bankruptcy after only one season of operation. The Ed Hart-led Themeparks LLC firm purchased the rights to operate the park in 1989, reopening the park the following year. As part of the reopening the new operators added a collection of new rides including Thunder Run, which opened in August 1990. Early in Thunder Run's operating life, one of the cars uncoupled while climbing the lift hill and the ride's lap bars were found to be unsafe.
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