A new show called "The Magic of Music" involved music from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. In 2008, the park added a brand new Carousel, The Grand Carousel. The Kentucky Rumbler was operating along with other smaller flat rides open.
In October the park announced the Holiday Lights Spectacular that ran through January. The year 2007 brought permanent replacements for some of the older mobile rides. The roller coaster opened on May 6, 2006. On October 28, 2005, the park announced that the ride would be called Kentucky Rumbler. On July 28, 2005, it was announced that the roller coaster would open in 2006, have a height of 96 feet (29 m), an 82-foot (25 m) drop, a maximum speed of 47 miles (76 km) per hour, and that a contest would be held to choose the ride's name. In November 2004, during the IAAPA trade show in Orlando, Florida, Dallas Jones began discussions with Great Coasters International about constructing a wooden roller coaster at Beech Bend Park. The park opened a Zamperla Twisting Wild Mouse coaster, Zamperla Steamboat ride and a drop tower called the Shock Drop for the 2005 season.
The race tracks were hosting numerous Corvette racing events (the park is only a few miles away from the General Motors factory that produces the sports car), plus the annual NHRA Hot Rod Reunion. By 2005, Beech Bend Park had more than 40 rides, 500 campground spaces with modern amenities, renovated racing facilities, a water park and large picnic pavilions. The water park was originally scheduled to open in 2003, however its grand opening was postponed, and Splash Lagoon opened on May 22, 2004. In late 2002, construction began on Splash Lagoon water park, which included the existing olympic-sized swimming and added the Ragin' Rapids Water Slides, and Lotta Wotta Island, a children's play structure. The Gold Rush Miniature Golf course was added to the park for the 2003 season. In 2001, the park introduced the Looping Star roller coaster, which was 31-feet tall and 1,202 feet-long. It hosts the annual National Hot Rod Reunion. In 1998 the pool was reopened along with some new amusement rides being added to the park - much as Charles Garvin had done in the park's early years. No work was done on the old park until the 1990s, when the Jones' began to clear out the park and renovate the campground. The racetracks did well, and three years later, the couple purchased the rest of the park, which had by then fallen back into nature. In 1984, Dallas and Alfreda Jones purchased the racetracks and began hosting national drag racing events sanctioned by the National Hot Rod Association. The park closed again, with ownership reverting to Garvin's heirs. Varney's character was advertising an appearance by the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders in 1980. Jim Varney's first television commercial as character Ernest P. The park was purchased by an ownership group that included country music singer Ronnie Milsap, which operated it in 19. When he died in 1979, the park closed, though the racing facilities stayed open under a lease agreement to a third-party operator. Garvin's health was also in steady decline. In the 1970s, the park went into a state of decline, largely due to competition from theme parks such as Opryland USA in nearby Nashville, Tennessee. (The campground was home to the original store of what is now Camping World, a large camping supply retailer founded by David Garvin, Charles Garvin's son.) A small zoo was also added. The campground grew over the years, with more than 1,000 spaces advertised at its peak, billed at one time as the world's largest. Carnival-type rides were abundant, with the famous Wild Mouse the most popular midway games such as Skee ball and Fascination were a hit with guests. Gate admission was ten cents, with promotions known as "County Days," spotlighting a county within the Bowling Green, Kentucky area each week. Auto racing began on a 3/8-mile (600 m) oval dirt track that same track, now paved, is still in use today. Racing began about that same time with motorcycles. Shortly after World War II, Garvin added mechanical rides to Beech Bend Park, beginning with a Ferris wheel purchased from the Chicago World's Fair. The first ride was a pony ride, followed by a roller skating rink, dance hall, bowling center and swimming pool. Charles Garvin purchased the park property in the early 1940s, adding amusements both rides and recreational activities over the years. The area was used for picnics as early as the 1880s. The park takes its name from a bend in Barren River where stands of beech trees are scattered throughout the area.