Kennywood Announces Launch Coaster for 2010

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COMING TO KENNYWOOD - SPRING OF 2010
A seriously twisted, pulse detonating, Supercharged, stratospheric new ride Experience! Feel the seismic surge of a launch that takes you from zero to 50 in under 3 seconds! Take a fulll-throttle, 95-ft. Vertical climb and say adios to gravity as you go over-the-top and plummet 90-degrees due south! It??????s an upside down, downside up, sky-flying adventure you won??????t soon forget. Come feel the rush of a fully caffeinated, double-shot adrenaline espresso??????on rails.
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Kennywood Amusement Park Announces
Launch Roller Coaster as New Ride for 2010!
West Mifflin, PA ?????? Kennywood is proud to announce the addition of a seventh roller coaster for the 2010 season! Joining the ranks of the Lil?????? Phantom, Exterminator, Jack Rabbit, Racer, Thunderbolt, and Phantom??????s Revenge, the new Linear Synchronous Motor (LSM) launch roller coaster is unlike any other roller coaster at Kennywood.

??????This roller coaster will provide a thrilling new experience for coaster lovers at Kennywood,?????? explains General Manager Jerome Gibas. ??????The use of LSM launch technology will allow riders to blast from 0 to 50mph in three seconds and offers our first roller coaster with inversions since the Steel Phantom.??????

Kennywood??????s new launch coaster will feature many exciting and unique features including three inversions and a 0-50mph launch in three seconds! After the high-speed launch, riders will experience a vertical ascent to 95ft before a brief cliffhanger pause at the top and a 90-degree drop into a maximum G-force pullout. The riders then enjoy extended airtime as the train races into an inverted top hat element, passes into a barrel roll and goes vertical again through a twist up leading to another pause.

Riders experience a second vertical free fall followed by another maximum G-force pullout on the way into a highly banked fan curve. After a traditional corkscrew, a curve to a zero gravity hill, and a series of wave turns, riders finally return to the station. The new roller coaster will be placed in the current location of the Turnpike, a ride that has been at Kennywood since 1966. Guests will only have to say ??????see you later?????? to the Turnpike since plans are
already underway to bring back the ride in the near future. The Turnpike??????s final day of operation will be Aug. 16, 2009.

Kennywood??????s new launch coaster is proudly built in the U.S.A. by Premier Rides of Millersville, Maryland.

The project is expected to be complete in May of 2010. Official coaster name and logo information will be released in the coming weeks. See www.kennywood.com for a preview video and updates.

Ride Statistics:
Track Length: 2100 feet
Maximum Speed: 50 mph
Ride Time: 65 seconds
Number of Trains: 2
Number of Cars Per Train: 2
Number of Riders Per Train: 12
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Sources: http://www.palaceentertainment.com/kenn ... r2010.html and http://www.kennywood.com/docs/Kennywood ... 081209.pdf

That a horrible no limits recreation of the coaster.

I don't think it is the coaster...who knows, they show blue fire and a boomerang as well. We need more details!

I'm gunna make the layout in NL...give me a day or 2

0-50 in 3 seconds? Thats pathetic.

They say this ride is for the adrenaline-deprived, and to me, 0-50 in 3 seconds is adrenaline-deprived, but not entirely. It's still fun.

well, iSpeeds promo was in NL, and it was horrible, pumps and more.
this one is just as bad.

Kennywood is a FAMILY park so they want to keep the ride FAMILY friendly. I'm sure it will be fun and thrilling, but I didn't expect this ride to be over the top.

Holy crap! I thought that had been made in RCT3 at first. The corkscrews at the end of the video were hilarious. And I agree, 0-50 in 3 seconds is like accelerating in an average sports car...

[Turbo]

Originally posted by tracksix

I don't think it is the coaster...who knows, they show blue fire and a boomerang as well. We need more details!

It didn't look like blue fire to me, it looked more like mr. freeze

It was Mr. Freeze, and this looks to be like a good family coaster that even seasoned fans like us can enjoy. Maverick is 95 feet and goes 2-75 in 3 seconds so maybe this could be like a mini-Maverick.

Should be fun.

Originally posted by dmillz

It was Mr. Freeze, and this looks to be like a good family coaster that even seasoned fans like us can enjoy. Maverick is 95 feet and goes 2-75 in 3 seconds so maybe this could be like a mini-Maverick.

Should be fun.

maverick is 105 bro.

[GavG]

With the proposed vertical launch it sounds far from family based. From the pov it looks like they are trying to go for a packing in the punch factor, will be a good project to watch grow.
This will be good if they pull it off......

[gouldy]

they use NL themselves don't they, the parks? Instead of paying Keith McVeen to male them something proper, they buy NL for like $30 or whatever it is these days and then spend a couple of hours learning it before they make the ride, and this is the result.

Yeah it is Mr. Freeze, looks like it will be a fun ride! And damn that simulation is pathetic.

Sounds like it'll be fun, but not overly thrilling. It's nice to see Kennywood making a big move, though. Also, I'm glad they're doing something with the Turnpike (spot of the new coaster) rather than just getting rid of it forever.

We still wont see another full circuit Premier, other than that failure of a spaghetti bowl.

What's wrong with full circuit Premiers? Flight of Fear, Backlot Stunt Coaster, and a few more are great rides imo. BSC is a bit on the boring side, but still entertaining.

Uhm.....the bowls are good and this IS full circuit. They have also done the Italian Jobs and Max RPM which are also full circuit.

I don't know if anyone knows it, probably, but you guys do know it's a Premier LSM, not an LIM?

Well it said that on the info....so yeah?

Eh I'll try to take some pictures for you guys once they start building it.

From the video, it almost looks like its going to be one of those tower launch coasters like Wicked at Lagoon in Utah. Is it a 1 car train or multiple cars?

well we know its gonna be blue lol

Originally posted by Flickstah

From the video, it almost looks like its going to be one of those tower launch coasters like Wicked at Lagoon in Utah. Is it a 1 car train or multiple cars?

Read the press release, lol. 2 cars/train with a total of 12 passengers/train. That means the 2 cars have 6 seats each (so basically the trains are like Rockits, but made by Premier)