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Time for kennywood to return the thunderbolt to its origional 1968 design/configuration: the reinstatement of the speed bump on the 'inside' helix banked curve. ...the absence of this feature has diminished the overall power/quality of the coaster and only riders from 1968/69 vintage can attest to this undeniable fact. the pittsburgh press, upon the opening of the thunderbolt in 1968 - titled their review " it drops like a thunderbolt!" -- and IT did!!! ..restoration of this feature would return the ride to " king of coasters" status it so justly deserves. ...I know first hand as I rode it opening day/1968 and later became it's manager in 1977! ... let's show park patrons the origional thunderbolt in its fury and forget about newfangled coaster contraptions; ..the true 'king' of coasters in right in your own park!

Bobcat is great fun. I hope Gravity Group is able to manufacture their engineered precut track affordably enough that some of the smaller parks that haven't entertained the idea of a custom new coaster in a while might take a second look. I'd even be okay if they built most of the ride structure out of steel like CCI did in the 90's to cut some of the cost. It would be great to see Mine Blower sized coasters with this EPT pop up in places like Waldameer, Beech Bend, Niagara Amusement Park, etc.

Bob nuttings going to buy Kennywood 😢 lol

I'd be so happy if Kennywood put that last coaster in

‘Compact’ is almost always a bad characteristic for coasters.

Very excited about the tilt coaster! cant wait

Worst to first is one of the best coaster series out there. Great job as always...cheers!!

Congrats on 500 subs!! Love the Channel! Big fan of your "underrated" series.. keep up the great work Clay

500 subs

Tbh, this list is pretty accurate to my liking of the rides, just haven't gone on riddler because it's always closed when I go

One you didn't mention that I'm curious about: I'd love to see Knobles take on a sister park from this chain. I think Dutch Wonderland especially would be an awesome fit for them honestly, a lot of rarer flat rides that Knobles knows how to take care of such as Lusse scooters. And there's room for expansion if they wanted to, say, relocate Lakemont's woodies (which they have the rights to from my understanding since they assisted in Skyliner's relocation from Roseland). I think Leap The Dips especially would make an amazing fit at Dutch Wonderland.

Ghostrider #1 Great video...cheers!

Lech Coaster IS a Bermuda Blitz. I think maybe its that way on their site just because its the only one so far. More parks would NEED this. Lech Coaster looks beyond amazing! You did right calling it a Bermuda Blitz.

They got ran out of the country after "blessing" us with all those SLCs, and boomerangs. Theres a couple family coasters opened up at Holiday World, and Kings Island. I would be willing to bet that the one at KI came in a package. Where the other coaster goes is the question. From what Ryan the Ride Mechanic says, Vekoma is the best manufacturer to work with after the sale, like for maintenance. That will go far with the cedar fair execs. We will be seeing more Vekoma coasters in the US soon now.

Just got back to Ohio from our trip to Kings Dominion this weekend. Rode I305 46 times, and the rest a few.

Fear mongering about Shivering Timbers and pretending it's unsafe on Twitter because it's wooden is disgusting and blatantly spreading misinformation. No one should trust anything this channel says tbh.

This is disgusting Stop spreading this garbage. You definitely have some stuff on here I'm going use for my Bad Coaster Takes I'm sick of hearing video.

If someone else bought it, I hope they would get more than a coaster every 9 Y E A R S. As long as the keep the classics and the Phantom’s Revenge, I am happy!!!

I was there second week of July.. a lot of rides closed. The staff was awesome!!!! But now I see this? The rides were closed to spit shine them to sell to the new owner. But please keep with the nostalgia of the park when it does sell. We don’t need to see a 6 foot tall Bugs Bunny in a very hot costume in July. Maintain the history of the park. Add some new attractions, more live entertainment or events

Seems to be a decent addition to the park IMO

Great another Dive coaster just what the world needed

I'd love it if a Pittsburgh based entrepreneur bought all of the American and Australian Palace Entertainment properties except for the FECs (Boomers, Malibu Grand Prix, and Mountasia) which would be bought by Boomers Parks.

Who is the manufacturer for this. I fell like this could probably work at Kennywood. Layout looks pretty compact

Im already subbed, so here's a like, and comment. Great video. I would LOVE to get to MM, but the problem is California is a very long way away from Ohio, and i dont really fly.

There is rumor swirling around The Interwebs that MM's new coaster is a prototype Vekoma SUSPENDED motorbike coaster. Will be interesting to see how things play out...

When thinking about why Parques wants to sell we have to consider that most people in this country are gaslighted by the media that the economy is just going to keep chugging along despite the dire state the US dollar is in right now. I believe that after the election things will go south fast. Other countries who depend on the US dollar are very concerned about this and Parques may want to avoid any losses before the 💩 hits the fan. Like it or not politics and business go hand in hand. Corporations react to economic trends that most of us are oblivious to.

Inexpensive, compact and unique means a cheap prototype piece of 💩 to Kennywood! 😂 The Exterminator is a great ride but they should redo the entrance and bypass that underground dungeon that the theming has been removed from.

I'm not even going to think much about Disney's new attractions until they break ground.

I want a Wildcat or Lech Coaster!

they need to keep it as is! i'd like to see a new coaster in vortex's retired land

any updates on this lawsuit?

from everything I read its was just seeing what their parks are worth and could lead to the sale of the parks but never confirmed it. I know Palace is Far from the best but I dont think there as bad as people think espealiclly in recent years, and there are not realy any clear obvious awsers in any possibility there is some factor to be worried about like it no longer being the flagship and thus being invested in less, Loosing its history or charm, Losing its events names, and depending on who cash as well Kennywood is a very decently sized good park that likely costs a lot to run expialy to invest in it well, and for some options I would be worried about cash flow and ability to purchase big new things and etc, so bassicly any thing other than Palace Keeping the parks come with lots of worries or concerns, for I Love the park its my Home park and I want it to be the best it can be, I agree that the staff and people are amazing and friendly, and it just has some much history, charm, and unique identity that could be lost, or could lose things like Season Passes, Speedy Pass, or other things we have been enjoying recently if it gets sold so it leaves me worried

I'd rank the Boss dead last, maybe put some more coasters in the park so it can rank even lower. It gave me such a headache the few times I rode it that I'm never going on it again. Meanwhile American Thunder is silky smooth, I make it a point to ride that one more than once any time I'm there.

I mean itd be insane if they did but also it is fine as is.

As my home park i believe it's pretty underrated. That being said, my daughters favorite ride in the entire park in the ninja though so you can imagine i have to ride that about 11 times every visit lol. Edit: was just reminded that when we went last week the boss actually had me in physical pain. That last little curve where it drops down a bit before you pull into the station had my entire sternum hurting. It's just so shaky and rattly these days.

What about the severed Koch family? Either Koch Development (Holiday World) or their estranged uncle, aunt and grand mother Koch Parks, Inc. (Alabama Adventure). Probably neither have the capital nor the interest in gaining investors and losing the family run aspect, but both run theme parks with water parks. If all of Palace Entertainment is for sale, how about Gene Bicknell. The former Pizza Hut king, could use these established parks and the people that run them to fully enter the business before American Heartland Theme Park even has a chance to make a mistake.

It would be wild if the Walibi group comes in and by the entire Palace Entertainment chain.

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I think Kennywood is better off with Parques Reunidos lol. Kennywood's my home park. I just want whoever that buys it to realize how special this park is to the area and treats it as such. Id like Hershey or Herschend to buy it as long as they let KW Leadership run the park without interference. It appears Ricky Spicuzza really understands Kennywood and its market.

I got stuck on top of the damn catwomen wip🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

I respectfully disagree. If I pull out my crystal ball, I see the popularity of the Ragin' Rapids diminish even though they did some work in it recently. That would give them the room to put the invert in, or even an RMC. They have the entire hillside along the train and maybe beyond to put in any dips.

Wow, STL has a coaster *worse* than Ninja which has been there since I was in high school.

my ranking (i havent been on rookie racer or american thunder yet) 1. mr. freeze 2. boss 3. river king mine train 4. batman 5. pandemonium 6. boomerang 7. screamin' eagle 8. ninja

Ninja and screaming eagle are pure hell to ride. They need to update the screaming eagle desperately

NO WAY HE PUT BOOMERANG LAST

Please no wing or dive coaster! It would be interesting if RMC could do a way different layout than Steel Vengence

I totally agree on copperhead. It has phenomenal hang time moments along with a pretty cool theme and launch sequence. Obviously it’s not gonna be an extremely punchy launch but it’s perfect for the ride.

I hope we get the Gerstlauer Infinity coaster. The more parks i visit, the more i appreciate KW's unique attractions. Im onl with an invert. I just dont want a B&M invert. Every park seems to have one.

Let's not tip-toe. Comet is for sure ruined 😂in general buzz bars are better than the new restraints. But that's not the deal breaker for me. It's how those new trains ride on the coaster. Idk if they r heavier or lighter (I assume heavier) but wow is it now a bouncy ride. And not in a good way. I got 2 rides on it earlier this season and was very sad about it. Sorry for the tangent but this is the first I've heard someone else say the same thing haha On another note. Awesome video. Good job

One of the best Hershey videos we've seen! Awesome job!

Amazing video as always Clay!