Kennywood is such a little gem of a park. My first visit as an adult was a few months back... Nice and small, easy to knock everything out in less than a day if you wanted, but also packed with enough things to do in such a small footprint you could spend all day there. Love all the historical rides. Park for sure gives off those old timey vibes but in a great way. And the coasters are really top notch.
My mom was from McKeesport Pennsylvania and when we would go on family trips we always went to Kennywood Park. Me and my mom would ride EVERYTHING and my sister, brother and my dad would just wait🤣🤣She loved The Racer but The Jackrabbit was her favorite. Every time I watch a roller coaster video I can hear her yelling and asking me if I’m ok. RIP Ma💔
The worst part about the Phantom's Revenge is that it's too short lol. Will forever be my favorite amusement park ride of all time. Probably based on nostalgia alone. There's something ethereal reminiscing about a warm summer day in my childhood, standing in line, looking to my right and seeing the glorious river and mills. Then seeing everything from far above at the coaster's peak. Riding so close to The Turtle ride-which I once rode before I was tall enough to ride the Phantom, and always longingly gazed at from below. The parts dipping under the other roller coaster, or the loop at the end surrounded by greenery, are forever engrained in my memory. I think I came here on an uncrowded weekday once, and was able to ride the Phantom over and over again until the park closed. I haven't been to Kennywood since 2016 but I've thought about it every summer since.
It would have been amazing to have footage of the original Phantom that caused so many injuries! I felt like my retinas detached at the bottom of the 5G turn on the bottom of the 220-foot drop. So happy it was re-imagined!
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing to have Steel Phantom POV also. The elements on that looked fun, but dangerous with it coming at those inversions at 80mph
i was barely tall enough to start riding it before it went away, my head bounced back and forth so much i got massive headaches, then the new one comes out, there is nothing holding my shoulders back, nothing to hurt myself on, and i try to duck when it goes under and smack my head.
@@empyrrhics9264 I still hurt myself on Phantom's Revenge on the airtime hills at the end the lap bar kept hitting me in the stomach or my stomach was slamming into the bar...either way my stomach was sore when I got off.
I remember it being fun as long as I remembered to press my head back against the seat. It was intense and I remember it took a few minutes after the ride was over for me to feel normal. I haven't been to KW since 1995 moved from the area in 1998, so I was bummed to find out it changed through yt and that the Log Jammer is gone. Glad to see the woodies are being preserved though.
The concept of racing 2 coasters is one I'm VERY suprised hasn't been duplicated more in other parks. Looking back on the concept it's so ahead of it's time
I've been going to KennyWood since the 70's only because my father grew up in North Braddock and mother in Rankin. Favorite memories, whip, umbrellas, turtle, thunderbolt, phantom's revenge, potato Patch. Can't wait to take my grandson.
Went for the first time in 15 years recently. I'm not huge on 'big' coasters, but Sky Rocket and Steel Curtain seems to be formidable additions. Will always love Thunderbolt.
It's a lot of fun. Yes, it is intense going upside down 9 times, plus the inversion right off the lift hill! The hang time you get on that Zero G Stall...wow!
Lived in Pittsburgh my whole life. Been to kennywood too many times to count. My first coaster was the jack rabbit and decades later it was my sons first coaster, too. Wonderful place to make memories with the family. ❤
Watching these videos is the next best thing since I can't ride roller coasters anymore 😢. I had a stroke 2 years ago, and it seriously affected my equilibrium.
I used to ride the jackrabbit back in the late 70s and early 80s. I’m surprised it’s still around. I think the newest thing they had at Kennywood when I left was the laser loop.
I've never been to Kennywood while the Steel Curtain was open. I'm floored at how long it seems to last compared to the Sky Rocket. It looks like a very distinctive and unique ride. I'm not afraid of loops, but I do have to say, I prefer the Phantom because it's a bit more scenic. Giving you cool views and angles of the park without the neck jerks, allowing you to smoothly take it in. However, I love the part at 13:15, where it almost touches the water. And a nice aerial overview of those sitting areas on the left. I also admire the view at 12:39. That's gotta be one of the tallest views in Kennywood-after marveling at the view from the top of the Phantom, this is a cool new perspective. 12:47 had a nice straight soaring motion that looked satisfying. I look forward to trying the Steel Curtain at least once in my lifetime.
Both times I went on Racer was on right side, once as blue and once as green. Both times I went on it green won. And both times we were in front of the other train lol
LOVE Kennywood!! Been going there since I was a kid! Fright Night is so fun but cold! Will never ride the jackrabbit again. Last time I rode it my seat belt unbuckled and I couldn’t get it back on. Though I was gonna die!
@@justlandon001 idk I feel like it would be cooler if I could see literally anything to orient myself. It's just pitch black and hurts my sides. Maybe with some glow in the dark bug-decor I could get in board with the theming but for rnn I just skip it.
Kennywood was my favorite place to go as a kid. The Potato patch fries are the best,no other amusement park fries are as good. I just wish that they would lower the price,Cedar Point is surprisingly cheaper.
i’m excited to go this thursday when the band goes for my school and i’m gonna try the exterminator, then i would of been on every roller coaster there.
Im going to kenny land for the first time in my life this summer we just got season passes for this year im ready for Some good coaster's, and look out cedar point i go once every year 😊
I remember being terrified of the Jackrabbit when I was younger, now Im about to ride Steel Curtain and (maybe) Phantoms Revenge when I go to Kennywood in two days
i remember going on the jack rabbit so many times when i think i was 4-6 years old (2014-16) probably about 30 times or maybe more and when i came back when i was 9 i started crying maybe i missed it since i moved to florida
I wish the Steel Coaster was open. Everytime I go it's closed. 🥺 I've ridden it once and it was amazing. But the last 3 times I visited it was down. It's just to expensive to go when your fave rides are down.
The wild thing to me is that "Phantom's Revenge" configuration has been around almost two and a half times as long as the original "Steel Phantom" configuration, but me and my siblings STILL call it the "Steel Phantom"! This is the equivalent of an older person calling the Thunderbolt; "The Pippin"! 😳
My ranking: #1: Steel Curtain #2: The Phantom’s Revenge (this was close for #1 and #2) #3: Sky Rocket #4: Thunderbolt #5: Jackrabbit #6: Racer #7: The Exterminator #8: Lil’ Phantom
@@Thelightning1out I’m entitled to having my own opinion, also, it says “My ranking:” not “Your ranking:”. You don’t control my opinion or my life, why should you control my ranking of rollercoasters?
I know it's not a popular opinion but imagine if thunderbolt became an RMC hybrid.... Kennywood would have 2 hyper coasters an incredible RMC and 2 classic wooden coasters and a launch coaster...it would be a world class collection of coasters
Kennywood is an historic park known for it's woodies moreso then it's modern additions. As much as RMCing one of them seems feasible, it'll be a mythical moonshot in terms of chance if it would to ever happen. ;)
What day of the week, month and year did you ride The Phantom's Revenge? When you were at the top, there were hardly ANY cars in the parking lots! That would be my kind of day! 😅👍🏻😊
We yinzers really are lucky to be so close to the great Kennywood park!!
This yinzer agrees
“You ready to go again?” YEEEAAAAAAH (lil phantom)
Nostlagia✨
Kennywood is such a little gem of a park. My first visit as an adult was a few months back... Nice and small, easy to knock everything out in less than a day if you wanted, but also packed with enough things to do in such a small footprint you could spend all day there.
Love all the historical rides. Park for sure gives off those old timey vibes but in a great way. And the coasters are really top notch.
Just went to kennywood after 30 years finding out about it. It is such a unique park. So much history. Love all the rides.
Steel Curtain I can handle, but lil' phantom? That's where I draw the line with roller coasters
lil phantom goes too wild 🗣️🔥
Little phantoms the boss
What? That’s so short
Or maybe it gliched
Or your being sarcastic lol
I love the Exterminator video where it was a split so you could watch both in the dark and with the lights on. Also liked the audio on it too.
I’m 74 and in Chicago. Never heard of Kennywood, but I’m going there for a weekend.
Try out some tides tell me your experience u didnt see me even though i was there
My mom was from McKeesport Pennsylvania and when we would go on family trips we always went to Kennywood Park. Me and my mom would ride EVERYTHING and my sister, brother and my dad would just wait🤣🤣She loved The Racer but The Jackrabbit was her favorite. Every time I watch a roller coaster video I can hear her yelling and asking me if I’m ok. RIP Ma💔
Sorry for your loss❤️
@@oogaboogamonke69 Ty😇
W mom
Sorry for your loss ❤
The potato patch fries are amazing ❤❤❤
Thanks for this! The Jack Rabbit was the first coaster I ever rode, almost 60 years ago. I was 15 or 16. Wahoo!
Me 2 I have not been there for like 10 years
Going to Kennywood today, looking forward riding the coasters :)
i am going today!
The worst part about the Phantom's Revenge is that it's too short lol. Will forever be my favorite amusement park ride of all time. Probably based on nostalgia alone. There's something ethereal reminiscing about a warm summer day in my childhood, standing in line, looking to my right and seeing the glorious river and mills. Then seeing everything from far above at the coaster's peak. Riding so close to The Turtle ride-which I once rode before I was tall enough to ride the Phantom, and always longingly gazed at from below. The parts dipping under the other roller coaster, or the loop at the end surrounded by greenery, are forever engrained in my memory. I think I came here on an uncrowded weekday once, and was able to ride the Phantom over and over again until the park closed. I haven't been to Kennywood since 2016 but I've thought about it every summer since.
It would have been amazing to have footage of the original Phantom that caused so many injuries! I felt like my retinas detached at the bottom of the 5G turn on the bottom of the 220-foot drop. So happy it was re-imagined!
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing to have Steel Phantom POV also. The elements on that looked fun, but dangerous with it coming at those inversions at 80mph
Every time I rode it I couldn't tell when it went upside down
i was barely tall enough to start riding it before it went away, my head bounced back and forth so much i got massive headaches, then the new one comes out, there is nothing holding my shoulders back, nothing to hurt myself on, and i try to duck when it goes under and smack my head.
@@empyrrhics9264 I still hurt myself on Phantom's Revenge on the airtime hills at the end the lap bar kept hitting me in the stomach or my stomach was slamming into the bar...either way my stomach was sore when I got off.
I remember it being fun as long as I remembered to press my head back against the seat. It was intense and I remember it took a few minutes after the ride was over for me to feel normal. I haven't been to KW since 1995 moved from the area in 1998, so I was bummed to find out it changed through yt and that the Log Jammer is gone. Glad to see the woodies are being preserved though.
The concept of racing 2 coasters is one I'm VERY suprised hasn't been duplicated more in other parks. Looking back on the concept it's so ahead of it's time
Is this sarcasm 😭
The thunderbolt is definitely my all time favorite roller coaster at Kennywood.
Same here. If you categorize it by steel and wood, Thunderbolt #1 woodie and Steel Curtain #1 steel
Same
thunderbolt os the best!
@@TheJoeml85 it sure is!!!
No phantoms revenge
Coming out of the station at the beginning was like a whole ride in itself, before the actual ride!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Huh?
I love how the opening verse of "Renegade" plays on the chainlift of Steel Curtain. I wish it kept going though through the rest of the ride.
No you don't... you hear it for two hours while waiting in line to get on! 🤣😅
@@atmeElijahtrue😂😂
This makes me so homesick!🥺
I've been going to KennyWood since the 70's only because my father grew up in North Braddock and mother in Rankin. Favorite memories, whip, umbrellas, turtle, thunderbolt, phantom's revenge, potato Patch. Can't wait to take my grandson.
Went for the first time in 15 years recently. I'm not huge on 'big' coasters, but Sky Rocket and Steel Curtain seems to be formidable additions. Will always love Thunderbolt.
It's the second hill that make your heart drop
Fun fact, oldest roller coaster here was the first roller coaster I’ve ever been on
Went on every coaster, in real life. Always has that perfect combination of smoothness and thrills!!!
the steel curtain looks intense.
wow.
It's a lot of fun. Yes, it is intense going upside down 9 times, plus the inversion right off the lift hill! The hang time you get on that Zero G Stall...wow!
Yes it’d be great if it wasn’t always broken down 😢
I rode that it was insane. I loved it. But waiting in line for a couple hours that parts not worth it, but the ride is!
Shut down for the WHOLE ENTIRE SEASON
@@mrbastbest7378 all the summer?
My favorite ride is Phantom‘s revenge it’s so tall and I love it:D
Lived in Pittsburgh my whole life. Been to kennywood too many times to count. My first coaster was the jack rabbit and decades later it was my sons first coaster, too. Wonderful place to make memories with the family. ❤
Pennsylvania is the best state
What a great lineup
Old and new. Steel and wood.
Watching these videos is the next best thing since I can't ride roller coasters anymore 😢. I had a stroke 2 years ago, and it seriously affected my equilibrium.
*LOVE* the paint job on the Phantom's Revenge.
I used to ride the jackrabbit back in the late 70s and early 80s. I’m surprised it’s still around. I think the newest thing they had at Kennywood when I left was the laser loop.
Just went to fright night last night. People underestimate that ride. It’s very jerky too. Same with racer.
Thunder bolt is the best coaster
Yes
I'm gonna go on it tomorrow for the first time
No
Says gp
Frrr
When I was little I used to be scared of roller coasters that went slightly sideways, now I’m desperate to ride Steel Curtain
I've never been to Kennywood while the Steel Curtain was open. I'm floored at how long it seems to last compared to the Sky Rocket. It looks like a very distinctive and unique ride. I'm not afraid of loops, but I do have to say, I prefer the Phantom because it's a bit more scenic. Giving you cool views and angles of the park without the neck jerks, allowing you to smoothly take it in. However, I love the part at 13:15, where it almost touches the water. And a nice aerial overview of those sitting areas on the left. I also admire the view at 12:39. That's gotta be one of the tallest views in Kennywood-after marveling at the view from the top of the Phantom, this is a cool new perspective. 12:47 had a nice straight soaring motion that looked satisfying. I look forward to trying the Steel Curtain at least once in my lifetime.
I love roller coasters
Best coaster would have been seeing the Log Jammer still up and running.
The sky rocket is so fun
I went to fright night last night. The sky rocket was a special kind of wild. Sadly the steel curtain and thunderbolt weren’t open.
That is a long wild mouse with the best theming ever.
I love kenny wood
Going to Kennywood tomorrow, excited as heck
I never seen the car that far behind on the racer in fact the one behind in the beginning usually wins.
Both times I went on Racer was on right side, once as blue and once as green. Both times I went on it green won. And both times we were in front of the other train lol
"Sky Rocket" is an underrated coaster! Sure, it's not "huge", But man it's a "rush" to ride! 👍😊👍
Steel curtain and black widow are the funnest there I mean phantom is fun too but nothing is more fun than steel curtain and black widow it’s so fun
Kennywood Amusement Park is located in the Borough of West Mifflin!!!
LIL PHANTOM GOES HARD 🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥
Kennywood is my top places to Go to
I love Kennywood! I had a great time 4 days ago
I went 6 days ago, omg I wanna go again
@@chachaarealsmoothh get a season pass next year
I love Kennywood so much
Happy National Rollercoaster Day 🎢 Kennywood
LOVE Kennywood!! Been going there since I was a kid! Fright Night is so fun but cold! Will never ride the jackrabbit again. Last time I rode it my seat belt unbuckled and I couldn’t get it back on. Though I was gonna die!
It always feels so much longer when you’re actually on it
Not me being in line for the Jack rabbit at the time 😂
Damn Steel Curtain looks dope forreal, I’m gonna have to catch my first game in person and spend a day at Kennywood
It's closed this year. Should be open next year.
I love Jackrabbit, Phantom’s Revenge and Exterminator 😁
Me too! The exterminator is underrated.
@@justlandon001 agreed
@@justlandon001 idk I feel like it would be cooler if I could see literally anything to orient myself. It's just pitch black and hurts my sides. Maybe with some glow in the dark bug-decor I could get in board with the theming but for rnn I just skip it.
I went on the steel curtain last year BEST RIDE EVER! May or may not over blacked out 😅
You blacked out on it the thing is force less to me 💀
@@Thelightning1out I blacked out bc I was really scared
Thunderbolt was rough when I went the other day
We go every year. Best theme park you can go to. ❤
Kennywood was my favorite place to go as a kid. The Potato patch fries are the best,no other amusement park fries are as good. I just wish that they would lower the price,Cedar Point is surprisingly cheaper.
i love kennywood sm
Really wish the exterminator audio was able to play that audio makes it seem so much more fun
i’m excited to go this thursday when the band goes for my school and i’m gonna try the exterminator, then i would of been on every roller coaster there.
I really love steel phantom
went to Kennywood 3 days ago
My two favorites were jack rabbit and thunderbolt
Wow wasn't there when the Steel Curtain was open yet!! Looks like an upgraded Sky Rocket!!
For some reason as I get older the Thunderbolt becomes more fun. I love the Phantom and Steel Curtain, but there's just something about Thunderbolt.
Im going to kenny land for the first time in my life this summer we just got season passes for this year im ready for Some good coaster's, and look out cedar point i go once every year 😊
I remember being terrified of the Jackrabbit when I was younger, now Im about to ride Steel Curtain and (maybe) Phantoms Revenge when I go to Kennywood in two days
That steel curtain is effin wild went on it last year
i remember going on the jack rabbit so many times when i think i was 4-6 years old (2014-16)
probably about 30 times or maybe more and when i came back when i was 9 i started crying maybe i missed it since i moved to florida
I wish the Steel Coaster was open. Everytime I go it's closed. 🥺
I've ridden it once and it was amazing. But the last 3 times I visited it was down. It's just to expensive to go when your fave rides are down.
The racers is an og just a classic racing roller coaster probably one of my favorite roller coasters😊
The wild thing to me is that "Phantom's Revenge" configuration has been around almost two and a half times as long as the original "Steel Phantom" configuration, but me and my siblings STILL call it the "Steel Phantom"! This is the equivalent of an older person calling the Thunderbolt; "The Pippin"! 😳
Missed the Laser Loop --an oldie but goodie.
It’s just not the same without my mom screaming her head off next to me
Imagine if the wooden coasters got an RMC conversion.
Change my mind, they're a very notable icon of history.
My ranking:
#1: Steel Curtain
#2: The Phantom’s Revenge (this was close for #1 and #2)
#3: Sky Rocket
#4: Thunderbolt
#5: Jackrabbit
#6: Racer
#7: The Exterminator
#8: Lil’ Phantom
I’m sorry but phantom is more thrilling will steel curtain may look the tallest in height it actually isn’t phantom is reaching up to 235 feet
@@Thelightning1out I’m entitled to having my own opinion, also, it says “My ranking:” not “Your ranking:”. You don’t control my opinion or my life, why should you control my ranking of rollercoasters?
@@TotallyNot_Jakewastaken it was an opinion 💀
@@Thelightning1out yet your saying mine isn’t valid 💀💀💀
@@TotallyNot_Jakewastaken and your saying I’m entitled I never said you were entitled bro 💀
I know it's not a popular opinion but imagine if thunderbolt became an RMC hybrid.... Kennywood would have 2 hyper coasters an incredible RMC and 2 classic wooden coasters and a launch coaster...it would be a world class collection of coasters
And please get a better motor for steel curtains lift hill ..lol
Yessss
Kennywood would never do that to Thunderbolt or any of its other woodies. They love their classic coasters.
Kennywood is an historic park known for it's woodies moreso then it's modern additions. As much as RMCing one of them seems feasible, it'll be a mythical moonshot in terms of chance if it would to ever happen. ;)
Planning a Pennsylvania park trip next year so I’ll likely get to check these all out
I love your roller coasters
I’m going to fright night any tips?
i was just there i rode the jack rabbit 3 times
Why is the lift on steel curtain so slow?
I’m going today! 🎢🎠🎡
0:03 Jack Rabbit 1:49 Racer 3:27 Thunderbolt (1968) 5:19 Lil’ Phantom (1996) 5:57 Exterminator (1999) 7:50 Phantoms Revenge (2001) 10:01 Sky Rocket (2010) 11:22 Steel Curtain (2019)
Exterminator and Steel Phantom are my favorites
When I was in Jack Rabbit, The ride was flying yesterday😊
What day of the week, month and year did you ride The Phantom's Revenge? When you were at the top, there were hardly ANY cars in the parking lots! That would be my kind of day! 😅👍🏻😊
Ok is it bad that I didn't really like the steal curtain
I love going to Kennywood i live right next to it
What about the thunder bolt
Hi kennywood I love jack rabbit
Wanting to head here, knobels and Hershey park hopefully within the next 2 or 3 years.
10:06 did anyone see that long ass car in the background?
Holy rap that car is as big as my di-
Making that roller coasters in Minecraft was fun😊
I’ve been to Kennywood today with my friend from school
steel curtain is flashback 2.0?
The video isn’t in 4k though…..
Only 3 of these look exciting