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Storm Chaser is an upcoming steel roller coaster at Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville, Kentucky. The ride originally opened in 1998 as ''Twisted Sisters'', a double-tracked dueling wooden roller coaster designed by Custom Coasters International.〔 It was renamed ''Twisted Twins'' in 2002 but has been standing but not operating since 2007 when Kentucky Kingdom closed the ride. Rocky Mountain Construction was hired by the park to convert the roller coaster to Storm Chaser, scheduled to open in 2016. ==History== In late 1997, the rights to operate Kentucky Kingdom were sold by Themeparks LLC to Premier Parks for $64 million. The new operators announced that they would be adding a $5 million dueling roller coaster, called ''Double Trouble'', in April 1998. Following Premier Parks purchase of Six Flags in June 1998, the park was rebranded as Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom.〔 It was later announced that ''Double Trouble'' would be renamed ''Twisted Sisters'' and would open on June 21, 1998.〔 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.〔 Although standing but not operating,〔 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. 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. 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 which 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 their patented iBox track design. Kentucky Kingdom plans to rename the ride Storm Chaser, and open it in 2016. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Storm Chaser (roller coaster)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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