KENTUCKY KINGDOM
(Formerly: Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom)
Louisville, Kentucky
Joined Herschend Family Entertainment in 2021
Park News - (7/22/2026) Kentucky Kingdom announced that Jack O’ Lantern Spectacular will find a new home at Kentucky Kingdom this fall for the event’s 14th year where it will join up with the Pumpkins at Kentucky Kingdom event. So what is the Jack O’ Lantern Spectacular? According to the press release:
“Jack O' Lantern Spectacular is produced in partnership with Passion for Pumpkins Inc., a multimedia production company with 25 years of experience transforming landscapes into illuminated organic galleries. The immersive display features more than 5,000 hand-carved pumpkins by local artists and sculptors along one illuminated trail.”
“The combination of Pumpkins at Kentucky Kingdom and Jack O’ Lantern Spectacular will offer guests an entirely new and elevated experience complete with rides and attractions after dark, shorter wait times, and on-site parking steps from the gate, all on one ticket. The fifth season of Pumpkins will now include the full Jack O' Lantern Spectacular experience, larger-than-life pumpkin sculptures, trick-or-treat stations with free candy, a hay maze, fall-themed photo opportunities, festive food, and live entertainment.”
“This partnership brings together two traditions that have become part of fall in Louisville,” said Carly Uglow, Director of Sales and Marketing. “We're excited to preserve the legacy of Jack O' Lantern Spectacular while introducing it to our guests in a whole new way alongside the rides, attractions, and family experiences that make Pumpkins at Kentucky Kingdom so special.”
 2027 - Midnight Showdown / Bluegrass Downs & Happy Valley Farm - (11/9/2026) More details about the changes coming to Kentucky Kingdom, including the new Bluegrass Downs and Happy Valley Farm themed areas can be found over at Blooloop today. This includes a breakdown of which existing park attractions will be rethemed and get new names for the 2027 season. This includes changes such as Zeppelin becoming Soaring Silks, Scream Extreme will become Whirlwind and Bumper Cars will become Bumper Derby.
(11/6/2026) Kentucky Kingdom has announced Midnight Showdown, a new indoor wooden coaster experience coming in 2027. They say that this record setting coaster, from Gravity Group will be the world’s longest indoor roller coaster and feature 11 moments of airtime in the darkness. This will also be part of a new land for the park, Bluegrass Downs, built in celebration of Kentucky horse racing. The park will also open Happy Valley Fair, a new land celebrating Kentucky agriculture.
(10/9/2026) A short video post online caught a look at some of the work taking place inside the former 4D theater building at Kentucky Kingdom in preparation for the park’s new secret 2027 attraction project. Lots of steel framework is going up for something… but we’re just not sure for what yet. Any guesses?
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