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In 1987, rock singer Freddy Cannon recorded a remade version of his 1962 hit "Palisades Park" called "Kennywood Park", featuring attractions at Kennywood. The song was released on a limited-edition 45 vinyl pressing and sold as a $1.99 fundraising item for Pittsburgh's Children's Hospital through the now-defunct National Record Mart. [ 41 ]
Exterminator is a steel roller coaster located at Kennywood amusement park in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania. The coaster was manufactured by Reverchon Industries. It opened on April 18, 1999. The ride is heavily themed around the concept of the rider as a rat attempting to escape from exterminators. The concept is a pun on the phrase '' wild mouse ...
Designated. February 27, 1987. Racer at RCDB. Racer is a wooden racing roller coaster located at Kennywood amusement park in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania. Built by Charlie Mach and designed by John A. Miller, Racer opened to the public in 1927 and is one of the oldest operating roller coasters in the world. It features a Möbius loop layout, in ...
Steel Curtain at RCDB. Steel Curtain is a steel hypercoaster at Kennywood amusement park in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States. Manufactured by S&S – Sansei Technologies, the coaster reaches a height of 220 feet (67 m) and features either eight or nine inversions, [a] including a 197-foot (60 m) corkscrew considered to be the world's ...
Phantom's Revenge at RCDB. Phantom's Revenge is a steel hypercoaster located at Kennywood amusement park in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania. It originally opened as Steel Phantom in 1991, featuring the fastest speed and longest drop of any roller coaster in the world. Its second drop is longer than its first, which is a unique characteristic among ...
Thunderbolt (Kennywood) 3 trains with 4 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 3 rows for a total of 24 riders per train. Thunderbolt, previously known as Pippin, is a wooden roller coaster located at Kennywood amusement park in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania. It was originally built and designed by John A. Miller and opened in 1924.
Jack Rabbit at RCDB. Jack Rabbit is a wooden roller coaster located at Kennywood Park in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania. Designed and built by John A. Miller [2] and Harry C. Baker, [3] Jack Rabbit opened in 1920, making it one of the oldest roller coasters in the world still in operation. [4] The ride's three trains were manufactured by Edward ...
Apr. 29—Summer cannot be far away. The official opening of Kennywood in West Mifflin is May 8. Sandcastle in West Homestead and Idlewild & SoakZone in Ligonier aren't far behind. They are ...