Kentucky Kingdom · Operating · 1990

Woodland Run

90 ft

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Thrill rideKentucky Kingdom Official park siteDiscovery MeadowDinn Corporation90 ft

Kentucky Kingdom's classic woodie (formerly Thunder Run) — ~3,000 feet of track and a thundering Discovery Meadow stampede.

Specifications

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Ride profile

Scaled against Kentucky Kingdom's operating coasters

Wood

Park intensity

Height

90 ft

#3 of 6 at Kentucky Kingdom

Height90 ft

Length3,000 ft

InversionsNone

Ride experience

Dinn
First drop70.00 ft
Flagship
Renamed
Terrain
Wood

Ride details

Min height

Drop

70 ft

Specs from kentuckykingdom.com

History

Sourced timeline and background for Woodland Run.

Timeline

1990
Thunder Run opens
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2014
Thunder Run returns with park reopening
RMC wood refresh ahead of Kentucky Kingdom's 2014 return.
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2025
Renamed Woodland Run for Discovery Meadow
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Background

Woodland Run is Kentucky Kingdom's classic wooden coaster — opened in 1990 as Thunder Run, closed with the Six Flags exit, then restored for the 2014 reopening with subsequent Gravity Group / PTC train work and 2025 drop retracking.

Discovery Meadow renamed it Woodland Run in 2025, framing the stampede-through-the-forest story around roughly 3,000 feet of wood and a ~70-foot drop. It is the park's heritage wood credit beside Kentucky Flyer and Wind Chaser.

History primarily sourced from kentuckykingdom.com. See also our data policy.