Kennywood announces Steel Curtain roller coaster as anchor to Steelers Country football themed area

STILLERS!
That’s a nice long ride. Good for them.

I don't know. I just can't get excited about this ride for some reason. Maybe I'm just getting too old for inversions.

The coaster wasn’t too surprising to me aside from the layout, but the Steelers area took me by complete surprise. If they follow through with everything in the renderings, then that alone has got to be $10 mil+, given that Thomas Town is $8 million and isn’t as nearly complex.

Two of my favorite things Rollercoasters and Steelers Football. Great addition and a reason to visit next year. Was thinking about visiting this year, but now we'll wait.

I can't wait to experience the Tailgate Patio. Hopefully it will include some realistic Steelers tailgate experiences such as standing in a parking lot in 10 degree weather, drinking IC Light pounders and jello shots, and waiting 45 mins in line to pee in an overflowing porta potty!

It looks like it will be better than average but it will get soundly beat by New England.

Nervous that S&S are building this... dreadful name, but cool theme.

Any real information about the trains or the restraints? There are elements of the drop and airtime hills that remind me of Drachen Fire. Has S&S ever built a non wild mouse coaster that wasn't a launch or a 4d?

I’m worried that they won’t make a Fourth of July deadline. It seems as if they are the worst park as of late of opening rides/attractions on time. I remember skyrocket opened around Fourth of July. Thomas town might as well open a week before kids go back to school. I know it’s supposed to open this week, but always late in the season. I can’t remember when black widow opened, so I can’t lump that in there.

Andy I guess I’m in the same boat as you here. It’s not the inversions that do it, but for me the size of them. It seems like it will travel across its course three times and just how it’s going to take said inversions. Massive rides, outside of steel vengeance seem to not lend themselves well to massive inversions. That cobra roll is massive in there, and that Immelmann/stall seem to be moving quiet slow. I think the layout is just not setting it up to maximize everything packed into the ride. Just my two cents. Heck who knows what kind of ride it will be. Right now I’m kind of iffy on the layout. For Kennywood, this is a one of kind project, let’s hope they knock it out of the park.

ApolloAndy said:

I don't know. I just can't get excited about this ride for some reason. Maybe I'm just getting too old for inversions.

I'm in the same boat. There are a number of fairly unique elements but none of them seem particularly exciting. I can't help but wonder what the restraints will be like. This could make for a very uncomfortable ride.

Good to see its still not necessary to ride a ride to not like it.

I was telling some friends yesterday... If it's truly the Steelers experience, guests will enter the area, where all employees will be smoking pot but denying it when asked. Then guests will all get concussions on the ride and be immediately treated in the official concussion protocol booth. And of course there will be plenty of unnecessary roughness in the area.

Yes, I'm a bitter Bengals fan. Ride looks interesting; hate the theme. :)

I think you just described every NFL team, ever.

GoBucks89 said:

Good to see its still not necessary to ride a ride to not like it.

At least the capacity is decent. But I bet they DESTROY the ride with a trim brake.

That’s kind of an odd prediction. Does Kennywood have a reputation for destroying rides with trims? The only coaster there that has trims that weren’t originally in the design is the Phantom, and those were out of necessity because the train was coming into the original Steel Phantom brake run much too fast. Even with the trims it’s still one of the more aggressive hyper coasters in operation.

Sarcasm, bud

Actually... Thunderbolt has a trim before the final two drops... totally ruins the ride.

I think the pacing seems off.

Can someone inform a non-football fan if "Steel Curtain" has another meaning? Its a dreadful name for a roller coaster. The word "curtain" does not imply excitement in any way shape or form. It actually brings up images of communism as it is close to Iron Curtain.