Swampwater Jacks at Kentucky Kingdom is a cafeteria-style restaurant located by Hurricane Bay. They serve up all the classic theme park food like Burgers, pizza, and chicken strips. However, that convenience comes with a trade-off in quality.
Swampwater Jacks at Kentucky Kingdom: Experience
Swampwater Jacks is located very close to Hurricane Bay. It gets most of its foot traffic from those who are taking a break from swimming. This is an almost identical setup to Casa Mia. The food is all premade and left under a heat lamp. You are able to pick up whatever item that you like and pay for it at the cash register. Once done paying you are able to sit in the huge dining area.
Swampwater Jacks at Kentucky Kingdom: The Good
The convenience of a place like this is great. The ability to walk in and gather what food you want, and sit down in very little time is great. Because less time spent waiting in lines to pay for food is more time for swimming or riding Lightning Run.
Since they offer all the classics most people will get something they like here. Again this is all about convenience. The park has designed this restaurant to be as efficient as possible.
You can buy a whole pizza! Buying by the slice can be pretty expensive when feeding a big group. With our season pass, we were able to purchase a whole pepperoni pizza for 20 dollars. For 20 it was a good deal. If you have to pay the full price of 30, then we would not go for it. The pizza isn’t going to win any awards, but we thought it was pretty good. A great amount of cheese!
The Bad
With the convenience comes a tradeoff. The food is only okay. We don’t want to paint a picture that the food is terrible. It isn’t. It is merely okay. We think the pizza was the best item but since we got the whole pizza it was cooked fresh to order. Still, there isn’t going to be one item here that will blow anyone away.
We have seen this place get overrun. If they get so busy that you cannot walk in and get what you want then beware. It was not flowing smoothly that day. The restaurant’s flow wasn’t designed for that outcome. Our advice is if you see that, then go find somewhere else to eat. Like Kingdom Hot Chicken where the wait is worth it!
Final Verdict
Swampwater Jacks at Kentucky Kingdom is a good addition to the park. While the food isn’t wonderful; it isn’t bad either. You can take a whole group in and get everyone what they want and be sitting down fast. With its huge dining area, you will also be able to sit together. Because of these reasons, Swampwater Jacks gets a six out of ten.
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