Talk:Kingda Ka

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Well, it's not currently running. It's "broken." Part of the launch track got dislodged and broke other parts of the ride. Also, when they were testing it before it opened, the dummies' HEADS fell off.

DUMMIES HEADS FELL OFF!! CAN PEOPLE JUST STOP SAYING THAT?

The dummies are'nt intact!
Will you please stop it with all of these rumors with the dummies! None of it is true!!! It never happened! Erase it from your mind! No dummies ever fell out, nor did any heads come off! If that did happen, do you think they would have opened it at all this season? Do you really think Six Flags wants heads of people coming off on one of their rides? Lawsuit-city! They'd go bankrupt, and besides, the state of NJ wouldn't have passed the ride in its test, and NJ is known as one of the states with one of the stricter roller coaster tests. No more about the dummies, okay?
 * "Boss, the dummy's heads all fell off on the test ride."
 * "Ah, the h*** with it, just let those kids on already."

I think I have proof that there are dummies; http://rcdb.com/ig2832.htm?picture=34, but seriously, heads detatched from bodies? Count me out. - Ceres3

MegaStructures
Justy fyi, that a MegaStructures article exists. This coaster was featured on the show MegaStructures recently. I started a stub article for MegaStructures - if you want to work the fact of being a documentary subject into the article, or watch the show and point at the article in your reference section.

Good article?
I feel this article has potential to be a good article again. I plan on adding more/better sources but is there anything else that anybody thinks should be done so it passes? --Astros4477 (talk) 21:38, 11 March 2012 (UTC)


 * After more sources are added, requesting a copy edit would probably be a good idea. Themeparkgc   Talk  22:42, 11 March 2012 (UTC)


 * I have began cleaning up the article but does anybody have a reference for the 2009 lightning strike? The current source is Screamscape which is outdated. --Astros4477 (talk) 22:24, 12 March 2012 (UTC)


 * This and this came up in a Google News search. I'd go with the second as it would be considered more reliable. Themeparkgc   Talk  04:37, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

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Golden Ticket rating so low relative to nearly identical Top Thrill Dragster
Why are the ratings so low? Top Thrill started in top 10, and is now around 20, while this beats its records, but went from about 20 to about 40 in the ratings. Is it much rougher? B137 (talk) 07:41, 30 January 2018 (UTC)

Opening sentence in lead
@ 50.49.109.144 -- I've left you a note on your talk page asking you to begin a discussion here. Since you haven't, I've done you the courtesy. Your edits lump several blue links together which should be avoided per WP:SEAOFBLUE. In addition, there's no reason to jam "accelerator" into the opening sentence. It's much cleaner to leave it in the second and link it there. First and foremost, it's a steel coaster. We can describe the model and layout in the following sentence. Feel free to discuss here, but do not continue to revert in the article. --GoneIn60 (talk) 03:06, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

Why “Kingda Ka”?
What’s the origin of the ride’s name? — ℜ ob C. alias ALAROB 13:53, 21 October 2023 (UTC)


 * I took a 30 minute look at this, so take this with a grain of salt. Contemporary unreliable sources and rumors cite it as being translated as various things, such as "King Tiger" or "Kingdom of Tigers" (Unreliable 1), "Lose your lunch" (Unreliable 2), or even based on a "mythical tiger" (this is cited in the current article, probably needs to be removed). My best guess, like some of those in the rumor mills, Six Flags probably made the term up as theme parks have done with similar roller coasters (I believe Gwazi was made up by Busch Gardens/Busch Entertainment, even if it was researched, and Kumba. I do not have a source but its a strong hunch). These current translations were probably based on original reports by reliable outlets, that cited the roller coaster to be located within "The Golden Kingdom" that included a tiger exhibit. The Asbury Park Press cited Six Flags as "now translating Kingda Ka as king of coasters" which was taken as fact by another source later down the line, but is not frequently mentioned by others during the same time period as of writing on Newspapers.com's database. Adog  ( Talk ・ Cont ) 00:45, 22 October 2023 (UTC)