The Courier-Journal from Louisville, Kentucky

COURIER JAL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1991 A BIGGER KINGDOM: Proposed new water park BRIDGE TO FOOD, REST OF PARK GAMES, MERCHANDISE BOARDWALK TO BELGIAN VILLAGE A GIANT LAKE FERRIS WHEEL, QUAKE VOLLEYBALL (EXISTING RIDE) STAGE BEACH AREA RESTROOMS, FOOD BOARDWALKWALKWAY WAVE POOL CHILDREN'S POOL THUNDER RUN ENTRANCE (EXISTING RIDE) FROM PARKING CHANGING ROOMS, GIFT SHOP LAZY WATER SLIDE RIVER' COMPLEX FIRST RENTAL RIDE AID STAFF ILLUSTRATION BY WES KENDALL Kentucky will sink into new By SHELDON SHAFER Staff Writer With Kentucky Kingdom's attendance and income at season's end well ahead of last year's totals, the operators say they will pour all of a substantial profit back into the amusement park's development. For next spring there will be a new six-acre, $5 million water park and a $3 million Belgian Village that will have two major new rides. Another addition will be a 150- foot high, $2 million ferris wheel overlooking the water park; the nearest wheel that big is at Cedar Point in northern Ohio. In late September Kentucky Kingdom ended its second season under Hart King the partnership that owns 92 percent of the park at the Kentucky Fair Exposition Center. Hart King partners are Louisville businessman Ed Hart and his wife, attorney Gaylee Gillim.

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