Louisville, Tuesday, 28 October 2025.
Kentucky Kingdom announced Monday that Flying Fox, a custom Vekoma suspended family coaster, will open for the 2026 season as the park’s sixth coaster and the most of any park in Kentucky. The 421 m (1,380 ft) layout climbs to 20 m (65 ft), reaches 60 km/h (37 mph) and runs about 63 seconds on a single 20‑rider train; the $14 million investment is part of a multi‑year capital programme following Discovery Meadow. The attraction leans into local storytelling — a red‑barn queue, hand‑painted murals and an agricultural crop‑duster narrative starring local legend Jeb Fox — delivering themed impact with a modest footprint. For retail and operations teams, key takeaways are clear: single‑train throughput will drive dispatch cadence and hourly capacity planning, suspended‑coaster architecture has specific maintenance and mixed‑climate lifecycle implications, and the product is positioned to capture family demand while incrementally increasing park capacity.