Family Kingdom is the old soul of the Boulevard: built in 1966, the Carolinas' only seaside amusement park, oceanfront in the middle of Myrtle Beach. This page's six films cover its rides, its near-death experience, and its surprise future.

Family Kingdom Myrtle Beach Amusement Park Tour! 6 NEW Rides!

Carmen and Brian

Carmen and Brian's full Family Kingdom tour, headlined by six new rides at the area's largest amusement park. The Swamp Fox wooden coaster gets first ride — decent size, ocean views from the top — and the film closes on the discount page: locals and military wristband discounts were running at the time of recording.

Key takeaways
  • Six new rides headline the 2024 season tour
  • Swamp Fox wooden coaster: ride it for the ocean views from the lift
  • Locals and military wristband discounts noted as filmed — check current offers

Family Kingdom Myrtle Beach: Saving the Swamp Fox Wooden Coaster | Myrtle Moments

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

A Myrtle Moments segment with Family Kingdom's leadership on saving the Swamp Fox. The park was built in 1966 and stands as the Carolinas' only seaside amusement park; when the current family owners took over in late 2022, one of the first questions was whether to demolish the aging wooden coaster — they chose the legacy. 'Family owned, family operated, for families' is their own summary.

Key takeaways
  • Park built in 1966 — the Carolinas' only seaside amusement park
  • New owners (late 2022) weighed demolishing the Swamp Fox and saved it instead
  • Family owned and operated, by the owners' own account

We Tried Riding (EVERY THRILL-RIDE) In 1 DAY At Family Kingdom Amusement Park in MYRTLE BEACH, SC!

Beachin with the Boones

The Boones against the parking meter: every thrill ride at Family Kingdom inside two hours, because that's what the meter allows. Thirty-two minutes of ride reactions — coasters, spinners and the drops — in the middle of Myrtle Beach, ending with the one ride Brian wanted most and the flip he couldn't see coming. The most honest document of the park's thrill lineup in this set.

Key takeaways
  • Every thrill ride attempted in one visit, racing a 2-hour parking meter
  • Full thrill lineup ridden and reacted to, ride by ride
  • Family Kingdom sits in the middle of Myrtle Beach — meters are the local reality

Saving the Swamp Fox

The park's leadership tells the coaster's story themselves: when the current family owners took over in late 2022, one of the first questions was whether to demolish the aging wooden coaster — they chose the legacy. 'Family owned, family operated, for families' is their summary. The CoasterForce front-seat POV supplies the ride: a John C. Allen-designed double out-and-back built by Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters in 1966 — 75 feet, 50 mph, severely damaged by Hurricane Hugo in 1989 and rebuilt to reopen in 1992.

The park today

Carmen and Brian's full tour headlines six new rides, the Swamp Fox first (decent size, ocean views from the top), and closes on the discount page — locals and military wristband discounts at filming. The Boones' every-thrill-ride challenge runs the whole lineup against a two-hour parking meter, thirty-two minutes of reactions ending with the flip one of them couldn't see coming. MyrtleBeach.com's profile adds Splashes, the water park across Ocean Boulevard.

The surprise future

The closer is an hour with the people who run the park: the Coaster101 podcast on the ride lineup and the headline nobody in the industry saw coming — an RMC Raptor coaster joining three existing coaster credits, soon to be four.

Sources: the 6 videos on this page, filmed at Family Kingdom; prices and discounts as filmed.

Watch: Family Kingdom Amusement Park, guided

3 videos · summaries from the actual guides

Family Kingdom Amusement Park

MyrtleBeach.com

MyrtleBeach.com's short Family Kingdom profile: rides for all ages, carnival games and go-karts, with the Splashes water park across Ocean Boulevard. Loaded as watch content — the film carries no caption track.

Swamp Fox front seat on-ride HD POV Family Kingdom Amusement Park

CoasterForce

CoasterForce's front-seat POV of the Swamp Fox: the John C. Allen-designed double out-and-back wooden coaster built by Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters in 1966 — 75 feet tall, 50 mph, severely damaged by Hurricane Hugo in 1989 and rebuilt to reopen in 1992. Loaded as watch content — a pure ride film with no narration.

Putting the "Family" in Family Kingdom (and yes, that RMC Raptor, too.)

Coaster101.com

Coaster101's podcast goes deep with the people who run Family Kingdom — host Andrew Stilwell talks with park insiders (including TikTok's Mr. Coasters, Haunts, and Dark Rides and a member of the family ownership) about the oceanfront park's ride lineup and its headline news: an RMC Raptor coaster coming to the park, an announcement nobody in the industry saw coming. Three coaster credits at filming, soon to be four, plus the park's dragon coaster that adults can ride too.

Key takeaways
  • A podcast deep-dive with the park's own people, not a walkthrough
  • Headline news: an RMC Raptor coaster announced for Family Kingdom
  • The park's coaster count grows from three to four with the new ride

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