Screamin Swing @ Kennywood in 06!

I love the sound of money staying in my wallet;). That's amazing, rock on Kennywood!.

That's a shame about the Bayern Kurve. From what I could tell two years ago, they had refurbished all the cars.

The naming contest is supposed to start on March 15th on the park's website.

Sounds like great news, it'll be cool to see this thing right next to KW Blvd, a definate car stopper I think. I never liked the Wipeout, just hate getting smashed on that thing. KW may not have alot of coasters, but their flat rides more than make up for it.

I wasn't terribly impressed with it at Knott's. However, I attribute that to the 5 dollar price tag. If it were free, a bit longer ride and a little taller and faster, then I think it would be pretty cool.

Sounds like Kennywood really might have a winner.

Just to let you guys know, that the first big version of this ride is to open at Thorpe park in the Uk in June this year.

The pics that Coasterman Mike linked to are artists impressions of what Rush (its name at thorpe) will look like. It is being located in the Lost City area of the park in the place of Eclipse a Fabbri big wheel which is going to Chessington.

Thorpe are also installing a Sky swat called slammer that will open in March.

I think they look like fun, will be interesting to see what reviews it gets once it open in June.

This is great news! I just wonder how much space the SS will take up. There wasn't much at the Wipeout location. It will be interesting to see how KW lays out the lines. The Kurve will be missed in '05, looking foreword to it's return someday.

regards,

RaZorE86

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gyjdnb said:
Just to let you guys know, that the first big version of this ride is to open at Thorpe park in the Uk in June this year.

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Yes, but KW's will be the first in the US of its kind(size). Unless there are some secretly planned for this year.

regards,

RaZorE86

From my understanding the new ride will take up the whole midway going into Lost Kennywood by the Musik Express & Phantom.

is it really opening in 2006 or 2005?

2006.

The midway going from the Musik Express to the Wave Swinger will be moved to be tight against the Phantom. It'll still be open for summertime construction photos, though. :)

The seating for the Small Fry stand will be moved or rearranged, too, to accomodate the new midway. All this will be done by opening day.

kpjb - any idea if the park ever plans to, IMHO, "better utilize" the infield area just inside Phantom's first drop? Or does that portion of the queue really fill up during peak season? Its been empty on all of my visits regardless of time of year. Seems to me that large area could be used for a flat or two.

mOOSH

Funny you should mention that, there was a ride that we almost bought, and that was one of the places where we considered placing it. The location was shot down, and then eventually the ride, too. :(

There are two inherent problems with that area.

1) That spot is one of the most heavily congested infrastructure areas in the park. There's electricity going everywhere under there. The ride installed would have to be some trailer model thing that didn't need footers of any kind. To move that much stuff would be unbelievably time consuming and expensive.

2) Assume that you do all that to install some nice, big ride. Let's say it's something 100' tall. Normally, that's an imposing ride. Stick it next to the 165' lift of the Phantom, though, and it dwarfs it. Think if the Aero was over there. Where it is now, it's an imposing looking ride. Next to the PR lift hill, it'd look like it was out of kiddieland.

It's definitely not because of the queues. There's always a way to move that around. We've done it about six times since the original Phantom opened, from what I can remember.

Looks like an awesome ride but it has the same motion as 360. Think this will kill ridership to that ride?

One quick question...How exactly will this thing seat 32 people? I assume it will seat 16 per swing, but looking at that picture of the one at thorpe park, it looks like it only seats 16. So will Kennywoods just have an extra row or what? *** Edited 3/10/2005 2:51:20 AM UTC by stljason1***

8 seats PER SIDE of an arm.

If Kennywood ever deceides NOT to bring BKurve back, I'm sure it would be a nice addition to LC or Idewild.

Does the swing go upside down? I thought it was just a swing.

I'm not sure - I know that someone here on the internet has a video of the one at Knott's. If you do, can you please post a link to it so that we fully understand what this thing does. Thanks in advance.

regards,

RaZorE86

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