Kennywood needs a big boost in the future??

I'll be sure to give Kennywood a boost on Wed. I just hope I don't forget my Jumper Cables.

"BORG Adventure River in 3-D" NEW! in 2007. You will be assimilated! Only at Kennywood! ;)

Now THAT would be the boost fans of the park are looking for.

On a very serious note, I used to think that KW was incomplete. After they built Lost Kennywood, my feelings changed. I love how the park manages to blend the old with the new to create an atmosphere unlike any other park.

I was just at KW on Saturday (the 18th) and it was packed. Actually as the day wore on, there were more and more people. It seems to me that they are doing just fine right now. We overheard some complaints (guessing they were locals) that the park was boring, but with the size of the crowds, I don't think many held that opinion.

Possibly a new thread topic, but I am curious as to if there have been any comparisons to the amount of money KW makes on their food service compared to other parks of their size. I was suprised that with all of the people bringing in coolers, that there were such long lines for food there. The park food prices there are great, so I guess it really does not surprise me about the lines. But it's interesting when guests have the option of not buying park food, and yet so many do.

Also, when I go to a SF park for an extended period, it is so expensive, it's lucky that betwen my husband and I if we buy a water, soda and pretzel (all to share) throughout the day. We usually try not to spend any money though on SF food. On this trip to KW, the opposite held true in that we actually planned on eating park food. It's a great bargain there, and the food was great!

I think your only gonna get the boring attitude about KP from a small age group (15-22) That craves what maybe CP has. Before that age and after they are more to realize how special KP really is.

Chuck, who don't care if a park has 15 coasters or not as long as my day is enjoyable and the atmosphere for relaxation and fun is provided.

The 18th was a great day for the park - 11:00 close, which we don't have all the time. I was working at the Racer/Jack Rabbit that day and had a blast on those rides. It's a little odd how the racer operates but it is an old ride.

As long as you actually kept the trains in the station, as opposed to both times I rode earlier this year and they stopped halfway down the curves, you're doing good. Is it really that hard to miss the brakes?

Thank you razore for reminding us for the 33rd time that you work at Kennywood. No, stopping the trains on Racer is not difficult, as the operator simply has to engage the station brakes when the proper seat number enters platform (3.2 for left, 2.2 for right).

HMMMMM I so need to put my two cents on this one because I felt the same way.... In the 6 years I've lived in Pittsburgh I've been to KW twice. The first time I was excited because of the Steel Phantom. Remembering when Steel Phantom and Magnum were neck and neck for the fastest coaster. I enjoyed the orginal Phantom but now it does nothing for me. I was just there on the 12th with some friends and I really wasn't excited. I'm more of a coaster fan then a ride person and thats all KW seems to offer is rides... My friends were there and one of them said "you're not having any fun" I simply replied "I don't like it here" and they said "It's because you didn't grow up here". I guess thats a kids fondest memory is a trip to KW... SO if you're from Western PA thats a memory you hold onto... I look at it and feel like I'm at the county fair others look at it with memories... I agree that they do need something new other then a "FAIR" ride, then again I'm not a PGH person..... It really is a beautiful park for sitting A. in a very poor part of town and B. the view of the Mill acrossed the river... But hey Different Strokes for Different Folks.....

Well, as you say, different strokes... I'm not from Pittsburgh originally, either, but I love Kennywood. Even if you're just into the coasters, Phantom's Revenge is one of the best "hyper"-style coasters out there.

As good as PR is, and it *is* THAT good....Kennywood would be majorly incomplete to me if it DIDN'T have Lost Kennywood, the Turtle, the Kangaroo, the Whip, and the overwhelming amount of *nostalgia items*.

More than any other park I've been to - Kennywood is a park whose future really *springboards* from its past...:)

P.S. Three woodies from the 20's? THREE? Sick! :):)

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I guess if you don't like classic woodies, a sweet spinning mouse and a top ten hyper coaster than you would be bored at Kennywood.

"guess if you don't like classic woodies, a sweet spinning mouse and a top ten hyper coaster"

OH know i'm not saying I don't like their coasters. I rode PR in just about every seat I still love the back. I love the the Thunderbolt as well probably the only woodie I actually enjoyed riding. It's not that i'm bashing KW, I understand the history behind it. The one thing that bothers me though... Take a little at the Lost KW sign. Pittsburgh is spelled wrong really lol.......

It be nice to see something different though.

Yeah, because Kennywood somehow misspelled the sign and never bothered to fix it. *rolls eyes*

The truth is that Pittsburgh was spelled Pittsburg between 1890 and 1911, and Kennywood is using the alternate spelling to enhance the historical aspect of Lost Kennywood. (Note the spelling of the Pittsburg Plunge, too.) If you want to read the story behind the 'h' that makes us one of the (if not the) most misspelled cities in America, click here.

Thanks for that link, I guessed that was the reason behind the pelling but never had any factual evidence to proove it.

All of the structures in Lost Kennywood are replicas of buildings at now defunct area parks.

The entrance building is a recreation of Luna Park, which was near the Oakland area of Pittsburgh. In the years that Luna Park operated, the federal government mandated that all cities with the "h" drop it. Luna's sign said "Pittsburg's Luna Park" in the same font and design that the current one says "Pittsburg's Lost Kennywood."

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Impulse-ive said:
As long as you actually kept the trains in the station, as opposed to both times I rode earlier this year and they stopped halfway down the curves, you're doing good. Is it really that hard to miss the brakes?

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no it's not that hard. It's just sometimes we may get distracted, like the platform attendant may accidently be standing in the way of the line and we can't see when to pull the lever down. It doesn't happen too often that we pull the lever at the wrong time. *** Edited 6/22/2005 1:35:41 AM UTC by PGH_Steeler***

If I remember correctly, the brakes on the left side of the station have more play with them than the right side. Basically, you have to wait for more of the front of the train to enter the station brakes before applying them. Otherwise the train on the left would stop too short of the end. Maybe its been fixed in two years.

No, it's still like that, but team members should be well aware of it this far into the season.

I'd like a fine looping coaster for Kennywood in the future if it ever happens. I'll never be a thrills & spills park like Busch Gardens,Six Flags, Paramount Kings,etc. Never!!!! But they'll do their best and try to put some more decent thrill attractions in the future if they have room!!!!

A thrill park like Busch Gardens? Weren't you ranting in the thread about BGW that they don't have any thrilling rides?