Kingda Ka
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Search complete. 22 mentions across 9 episodes found for "Kingda Ka".
Oct 1, 2026
Andrew StilwellHOST
he, he's in a tough spot.
Andrew StilwellHOST
Like, and I, I, I'm not envious of his situation because we saw this when Kingda Ka closed.
Andrew StilwellHOST
Nobody likes it when a coaster closes, and I, I hate it that it had to happen.
Andrew StilwellHOST
I obviously, I hate it for the families who were affected, you know, these, the women who were in the ER, the people who passed away.
15 MINS LATER
Andrew StilwellHOST
I'm gonna go with everybody's favorite coaster that closed in 2024, 2025, whenever it was.
Andrew StilwellHOST
I don't know when it was.
Andrew StilwellHOST
Kingda Ka.
Andrew StilwellHOST
Because every time we talk about something on this website, they're like, if we put, do a graphic on world's tallest coasters, they're like, "Kingda Ka's not on it." It's because Kingda Ka right now is a, like, eight-feet-tall pile of steel in a junkyard somewhere.
Ellyn MarshHOST
The idea of losing your children and then the possibility of it being a sibling.
Ellyn MarshHOST
Mama Betty gives me some emotional Kingda Ka right now because she says this.
Betty HansenSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
When I first heard the verdict, my initial reaction was I was really happy to think that he didn't do it.
Joey TarantoHOST
But then she stops us all in our tracks because she changes her tune real fast.
Aidan MattisHOST
At 2.30.
Aiden ThornburyHOST
You'd think that he had just gotten in line for Kingda Ka on opening day.
Aidan MattisHOST
Yeah.
Aiden ThornburyHOST
Like...
Mangesh HattikudurHOST
But he's visiting every county, trying to capture something that feels rare about each place.
Mangesh HattikudurHOST
So he'll, like, tape the rumble of the Kingda Ka roller coaster as it's going up, or the sound inside this old covered bridge, or even, like, the music of ice skates cutting and gliding across the ice at an old historic rink.
Mangesh HattikudurHOST
Huh.
Mangesh HattikudurHOST
Yeah, it's really beautiful and poetic, and it's like a sound library of New Jersey.
MarcusHOST
You saw that with Top Thrill 2 and how it was down and City Point brought in Siren's Curse right after.
MarcusHOST
So I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility here that Great Adventure, even though they're getting love with Bakunawa, because of the negative PR around Kingda Ka, that they wouldn't be rewarded with...
MarcusHOST
You
RyanHOST
literally took the words right out of my mouth.
MikeHOST
is.
MikeHOST
And honestly, it's a very good, like, it's a great success to the Kingda Ka.
MikeHOST
And there are going to be people that might think it's better.
MikeHOST
And I might be one of them.
Matt FergusonGUEST
is, yeah, my favorite roller coaster.
Matt FergusonGUEST
We've also had the opportunity to ride Kingda Ka before, you know, RIT.
Matt FergusonGUEST
Uh, you know, so now it's just something my son and I talk about.
Matt FergusonGUEST
I'll, I'll send him a new coaster, you know, a text about a new coaster and say, we got to do this one.
Jack McCrawHOST
So the three leading candidates right now f- to get ArieForce One are Carowinds, which is a park in Charlotte- It's Kings Island and Six Flags Great Adventure.
Jack McCrawHOST
Now, Great Adventure is getting Bakunawa, that spinning ride that actually replaced Kingda Ka, which that looks like an incredibly impressive rollercoaster.
Jack McCrawHOST
So from a logistics s- perspective, I think it's gonna go to Carowinds just so it's not gonna cost that much to ship it from Atlanta to Charlotte, or Kings Island, which Kings Island just has a ton of room, and I don't think they've gotten a new rollercoaster since Orion back in like 2022.
Jesse BarbozaHOST
So this might be kinda a, a thoughtful question, but how do you think they take a rollercoaster apart? Do you think they like number them?
Ryan BergaraHOST
I mean-
Byron MarinHOST
Like the coaster wars, like Top Thrill, like Kingda Ka just went down recently.
Ryan BergaraHOST
Or Project Purple, which I can't, always forget the name of that new one there, whatever it was.
Byron MarinHOST
Oh, uh, uh, Bakken Awa.
Byron MarinHOST
But if like, for example, like the hy- the hydraulic launch with Top Thrill, gone.
Ryan BergaraHOST
Yeah.
Byron MarinHOST
Uh, Kingda Ka completely gone, which is what that's replacing-
Ryan BergaraHOST
Sure