Kentucky State Fair August 21, 2010

[Austin]

I finally got to go to the fair last Saturday on the third day and it was a blast! Lots of rides and I had a packet of 22 tickets so we got some nice rides in. Quite a few shots of Kentucky Kingdom (my only reason to be at the fair) and videos including a POV of the Crazy Mouse for National POV weekend. I took about 109 pictures so look for about 70-80, definitely shorter then my recent PTR's lol.


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Walking up to the gates

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Here you can see most of the tall rides that are left. Notice that Road Runner is still there as we reported

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Our very own Cody Comet!

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Welcome Yall :P

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Freddy the Farmer. Been here every year since the 50's. There is a guy in the window on the left that speaks as him

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This is the newest building to be finished (2007)

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Some stuff in the antique award room

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M9 with brass knuckles! (dates 1918 on the handle)

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A German helmet next to a USMC helmet

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Some more WW2 stuff

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Kentucky Raptor Rehab area. The Bald Eagle was looking for a way out lol

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Freedom Hall. Former home to sex scandal coaches and thuggish college basketball players :P (I know someone will kill me for that lmao)

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Kentucky National Guard was set up this year. I remember back in 2000 the Armor Division from Ft. Knox brought up a ton of vehicles. Then they stopped for war. It was awesome

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Hate to fix it

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You could actually get in them

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This one just got back from overseas

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Imagine giving this a tune up lol

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Dodge Challenger

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Perfect picture

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This duck got a hold of some crack for real. Wouldn't sit still lol

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The chicken/rooster area of the West Wing

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Dude tryin to sleep

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Chicken!

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This duck was racist

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Walking to the midway

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The gates

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Reminds me of a ghost town

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Looking to the rides

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It felt weird being there

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Notice the "great care" Six Flags took in removing their lettering

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Old gates and etc

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To be honest someone has been maintaining the park this summer. landscaping was actually in great shape, or at least beat my depiction after a year without maintaining it

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Looking back to the park

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The park from between dark rides

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Thrill Park Theatre

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Walked up to this gate to look in

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Doesnt look so bad back here

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Feverball: The ride

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They got a refurbished Spider it seems

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The Concussion Mouse

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Mile High and the Twins

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A general overlook of the park

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Thunder Run and T2

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Today's Aerials was brought to you by this piece of junk

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It literally felt like it was about to fall apart

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Part 1 of the Thrill Way

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The park. No comments probably for a while

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The light in the middle is one of the ones sccard was referring to

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Notice the lack of characters :(

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I don't think we are in Kentucky anymore

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Thrill Way again

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The parking lot

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Overall the park seemed to be in good shape other then the areas they took stuff out.

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My friend that went with me (I didnt ride because I ran out of tickets)

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Concussion Mouse at night


Now time for some videos:

First my overviews of the park


Part 1

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Part 2

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Crazy Mouse POV

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[Jp]

Great pictures. The Trill Park Theatre look wierd without the characters on it.

[cory]

I like what you said about freedom hall the former home of sex scandals and thuggish players.

[Austin]

I just fixed the TR so that some pictures will show up

[Cody Comet]

Thanks for putting my picture up on here! Aside from seeing the Kingdom in ruins, it looks like you had a good time!

[Austin]

Haha no problem Cody. Yeah it was pretty fun. Until I ran out of ride tickets lol

[bobbinbop20]

Wow great ptr, it's nice to see that somethings are being done around kk, it might not be much but I'm sure will see something soon

[Austin]

Thanks lol. This is pretty much the remains of the park from the month of February. The park just looks so different. Its weird to see your home park like that.

[cory]

Yes I agree it is I cant wait until they start working on it in the winter.

[nitrofan]

Austin, I don't know if you were aware of this, but this TR got on Screamscape today!

[Austin]

Haha I know. I sent Lance a full email with information regarding the park. One was the thread with all the scanned articles which included that graphic that shows Ed's plan. Guess he didnt see it. I also sen that news link that he put up yesterday and this TR of course lol.

[DarienLake:D]

NICE! The site is getting some publicity!