| Not to be confused with Twisted Colossus or Twisted Cyclone. |
Twisted Twins, originally Twisted Sisters, was a wooden roller coaster at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom. It opened in 1998, and operated for nine seasons before being closed indefinitely after the 2007 season.
The ride was designed by Dennis McNulty and Larry Bill, and manufactured by Custom Coasters International.
History[]
Operation (1998-2007)[]
In September 1997, the operation rights for Kentucky Kingdom were sold by Themeparks LLC to Premier Parks for $64 million. Weeks after the deal was finalized in November 1997, the new operators announced plans to build a $5-million dueling roller coaster, called Double Trouble, in time to open during the 1998 season. The name was later changed to Twisted Sisters prior to the ride's opening. Following the purchase of Six Flags by Premier Parks in June 1998, the park was re-branded as Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom.
In 2002, the heavy metal band Twisted Sister threatened the park with legal action regarding the name of the roller coaster. To avoid a lawsuit, the park changed the ride's name to Twisted Twins. It operated under that name until the end of the 2007 season when the park closed the ride indefinitely, and the Gerstlauer trains were relocated to Six Flags St. Louis to be used as spare parts for The Boss, another Custom Coasters International ride with Gerstlauer trains.
Post-Six Flags[]
Amid corporate bankruptcy on February 4, 2010, Six Flags announced that the park would cease operations immediately following the rejection of an amended lease by the Kentucky State Fair Board. The former operator of Kentucky Kingdom, Ed Hart, along with several other investors formed the Kentucky Kingdom Redevelopment Company with the aim of reopening the park quickly. However, plans were abandoned after sixteen months of negotiations. On February 23, 2012, the Kentucky Fair Board approved a lease agreement that would see the park operate as Bluegrass Boardwalk. The plans called for the removal of Twisted Twins and T2 as a result of safety concerns.
On June 27, 2013, Ed Hart's group negotiated an agreement to spend $36 million to reopen the park in May 2014. They also announced plans to transform Twisted Twins into "a much superior ride" and hoped to reopen it in 2016. Rocky Mountain Construction was eventually hired to refurbish the roller coaster with its patented IBox track design. In 2015, Kentucky Kingdom announced plans to name the renovated ride Storm Chaser and open it during the 2016 season. The estimated cost for the new ride was $10 million. It opened on April 28, 2016.
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