The theme park trade publication Amusement Today held their 17th annual Golden Ticket Awards at Luna Park in New York City this past weekend to crown the Best In Class around the industry. Every year, Amusement Today conducts an international survey of knowledgeable and experienced theme park fans to get their votes on the Best in […]

Nothing screams “roller coaster” more than a classic wooden coaster. Over the past century, hundreds of amazing roller coasters have been erected throughout the country. Many of those amazing coasters are still operating today! Let’s run down a dozen of the nation’s oldest coasters still in operation. Leap The Dips – 1902 Lakemont Park, Altoona, Pa.Leap the […]

Kennywood’s 66th Annual Fall Fantasy Parades will take place from August 8th through August 25th. Just like the inaugural event in 1950, Kennywood will step through the looking glass with “Alice in Wonderland” themed floats! Fall Fantasy begins high-stepping through Kennywood on August 8 with nightly parades and marching bands from 190 high schools and colleges […]

Kennywood amusement Park in Pittsburgh PA has added 4D to it’s arsenal of attractions! The new 4-D experience fires on all cylinders engaging on five senses including touch and smell! Kennywood is opening it’s new multimillion-dollar 4-D Theater on July 29, when visitors can watch the animated short film “Ice Age: No Time for Nuts […]

Kennywood is famous for the Racer and a slew of other iconic roller coasters. This summer, visitors of the historic amusement park can compete in two all-new races, both on the ground and the tracks! On Saturday, June 6, Kennywood will team up with Roller Coaster Race for the Pittsburgh-area theme park’s first ever running […]

Kennywood’s Jack Rabbit is a wooden coaster built in 1920 by legendary coaster designer John Miller. 2015 marks the rides 95th anniversary. To celebrate the milestone for one of the fifth-oldest roller coaster in the world, 82 yr old Kennywood fanatic and ACE member Vic Kleman, embarked on 95 consecutive rides on Sunday, May 24, […]

Pacquiao vs Mayweather wasn’t the only fight Saturday night. Kennywood was having a great opening day, until teens decided to be disruptive. The park shut down 1 hr early after a fight broke out inside park around 8:45pm. Local Pittsburgh news stations reported that a fight started in the parks Kiddie Land area around 8:45 p.m. Once the teens […]

Kennywood located in Pittsburgh PA, is getting ready to open for their 118th season! Yes you read that correct 118th SEASON! Get ready for wild rides, Potato Patch fries, work picnics, and school trips! There’s so many new things at Kennywood this year we don’t even know where to begin! Let’s start with the new fanatics club… […]

When you think of amusement parks, you imagine a warm sunshiny day, the smells of park food, and the sounds of coasters and screaming guests. Well, Right now the Northern part of the U.S. is getting slammed with snow that is breaking snowfall records in some areas. People often forget that when it snows, it also snows […]

Kennywood is offering a End of Year Holiday Blowout sale on 2015 tickets! *Available online only. Weekday Ticket – $20.99 It’s a Holiday Blow-out! Save 50% on a single Weekday Ticket! Ticket valid for one day admission any Monday-Friday operating day in 2015, through August 21. Valid any 2015 operating weekday (Monday through Friday) May […]