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Ride Reviews
Kennywood

Jack Rabbit
This coaster is the only wooden coaster left in the world that features a double-dip. After this coaster's lift hill, it drops, flattens out, and then drops again, throwing every single person out of their seats. And the strangest thing of all is the fact that it has no lap-bars, just seatbelts and a very small handle to hold onto. This coaster is a true classic, and one of my favorites.

Pitt Fall
This 251 foot tall Intamin designed freefall tower gives a great view of Kennywood and all the surrounding area. It is the only Intamin giant drop that I have ever rode and I like it better than the S&S Space Shots and Turbo Drops I have ever been on.

Racer
This coaster is yet another classic wooden coaster at Kennywood. Built in 1923, this is racing coaster is the oldest of the 6 coasters at this park. It also has one continuous track which means that you enter the trains on one site of the station and exit on the other. This coaster was pretty cool, but my least favorite of the 3 classic woodies.

Steel Phantom
Ok, I've been on some pretty rough coasters, but this just exceeds the limit. I don't see why people love this coaster so much. I thought the drop would be much more exciting and after that it's just non-stop head banging. I rode this coaster in the front once and got a headache, and later gave it another try. It was considerably smoother torwards the middle, but it was still rough enough to revive the headache I got earlier. Overall, this is my least favorite ride in the whole park and I am sure that Phantom's Revenge will be much more fun.

Thunderbolt
There is no doubt in my mind that this is one of the greatest wooden coasters of all time. The layout of this thing is quite unique. It was originally called the Pippen and it was re-designed in 1968 and it is now known as the Thunderbolt. The best part about this coaster is it's unique layout. You drop into a big ditch right out of the station, turn around, and drop again until you finally catch onto the lift hill. Then, the track goes up and down through 2 spirals and then drops 2 more times into the same ditch. And the weirdest part of all is that it's largest drop is the last drop in the whole ride. This is by far the best coaster here.

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