For the first time since the 19th century, spring in Southwestern Pennsylvania has not brought roller coasters, carousels and all the fun found at its landmark amusement parks. But that changes soon, as Kennywood and its sister parks, Sandcastle Waterpark, and Idlewild, will open in phases starting in July! Kennywood, Sandcastle and Idlewild will open […]

Kennywood fans can rejoice! The Old Mill will be returning to the park! Kennywood has announced the removal of three rides for 2020; Garfield’s Nightmare, Pounce Bounce, and Kiddieland’s Orbiter. The announcement was made by park officials during CoasterBash, an off-season event held in Pittsburgh for coaster enthusiasts. After a 15 years, everyone’s favorite lasagna […]

Kennywood’s beloved Jack Rabbit roller coaster celebrates 100 years of double-dipping fun in 2020, and the park is celebrating this milestone with a major giveaway! To celebrate the 100-year anniversary, Kennywood is holding a contest offering 100 season passes for the 100 best Jack Rabbit memories. They’re asking for pictures or video from Kennywood fans and […]

The cornstalks are out; the pumpkins are picked, and the candy bowls are filled: it’s time for Kennywood’s Happy Hauntings! Happy Hauntings begins its third season of kid-friendly Halloween fun Saturday, October 5, continuing Saturdays & Sundays throughout October. Highlights of the event include Thomas Town at Kennywood, redecorated for the fall and including a […]

After the sun has set on Kennywood’s 2019 Summer Season, and before the fearsome Phantom takes over for Fright Nights, two popular food and drink festivals fill the park calendar for the final weekend of summer. The fun begins with Brews in the Park on Saturday, September 21, continuing the next day with the Pittsburgh […]

Bombs Away, a high altitude, floor vanishing, looping free-fall body slide is coming to Pittsburgh’s Sandcastle waterpark in 2020! Opening early next summer, Bombs Away will take riders to a towering height of more than six-stories. Once they reach the top, riders will enjoy a breathtaking view of the Monongahela River before stepping into an […]

Summer is starting to wind down, which means it’s time for another year of Fall Fantasy Parades at Kennywood! This year marks 70 years of Fall Fantasy Parades, one of the park’s oldest and grandest. More than 150 high school and college marching bands from southwestern Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio will fill Kennywood’s midways […]

As Kennywood prepares to open its latest record-setting roller coaster, The Steel Curtain, later this summer, it’s only fitting that America’s Finest Traditional Amusement Park begin the year by paying homage to the builder of the park’s first roller coasters. Before opening the gates for the parks 121st season, Kennywood, along with the Senator John […]

The tallest piece of Kennywood’s new Steel Curtain roller coaster has been bolted into place! Construction crews hoisted the apex of the lift hill to a height of about 220 feet above Kennywood Park and attached it to the growing structure that overlooks Pittsburgh’s Monongahela River. Watch below as the highest piece of track is […]

Legendary WQED TV Producer / Writer / Narrator, Rick Sebak, debuted his latest project earlier tonight — a new episode of his Pittsburgh documentary Nebby series, titled “That Kennywood Summer”. The footage dates back to 1988, when WQED in Pittsburgh released a documentary called “Kennywood Memories.” The film was an instant hit and became an […]