So I know everyone hates Vekoma SLC coasters. They are known around the globe to be head bangers. As you may already know Kentucky Kingdom announced that T2 would become T3 and would receive new trains and "improvements to the track." I don't know exactly what improvements to the track means.
I assumed that the ride was either going to get Vekoma's new vest restraint trains like the ones added to the Great Nor'Easter at Morey's Pier as seen here:
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or that Kumbak Coasters was going to build new trains.
Well a local Kentucky Kingdom fan posted in a comment to me a photo of the new trains for T3 and they are indeed Kumbak Trains! There is also video of the ride testing on Instagram if you want to search for it.
The park had admitted that the ride opening was delayed due to the installation of new magnetic breaks which leads me to believe that Kumbak did the entire rehab on this ride has they also installed magnetic breaks and new trains on the SLC at Warner Bros. Movie World, Arkham Asylum - Shock Therapy. You can take a look at their work on that ride here. The main difference is that Kumbak re-used the original Vekoma train chassis on the Arkham coaster where as with T3 they would have needed to build entirely new trains from scratch since Six Flags stole the original trains.
This can only be good news! This officially will be the smoothest SLC in the Americas! I have to say I am extreamly excited, though there is much hate for SLCs. Despite being cloned 100 times the layout is actually interesting. This should be a fun coaster.
Assuming it is indeed a smooth fun ride, I can only hope that other North American parks will experience the improvements and perhaps have Kumbak take a stab at their SLCs. God knows they all need it!
I assumed that the ride was either going to get Vekoma's new vest restraint trains like the ones added to the Great Nor'Easter at Morey's Pier as seen here:
Source
or that Kumbak Coasters was going to build new trains.
Well a local Kentucky Kingdom fan posted in a comment to me a photo of the new trains for T3 and they are indeed Kumbak Trains! There is also video of the ride testing on Instagram if you want to search for it.
The park had admitted that the ride opening was delayed due to the installation of new magnetic breaks which leads me to believe that Kumbak did the entire rehab on this ride has they also installed magnetic breaks and new trains on the SLC at Warner Bros. Movie World, Arkham Asylum - Shock Therapy. You can take a look at their work on that ride here. The main difference is that Kumbak re-used the original Vekoma train chassis on the Arkham coaster where as with T3 they would have needed to build entirely new trains from scratch since Six Flags stole the original trains.
This can only be good news! This officially will be the smoothest SLC in the Americas! I have to say I am extreamly excited, though there is much hate for SLCs. Despite being cloned 100 times the layout is actually interesting. This should be a fun coaster.
Assuming it is indeed a smooth fun ride, I can only hope that other North American parks will experience the improvements and perhaps have Kumbak take a stab at their SLCs. God knows they all need it!
