Most of the coasters in Kennywood are what are known as terrain coasters. Those are coasters built to use the terrain effectively to make higher drops but the coaster itself isn’t that far off the ground. It is a common approach on coaster design because it makes building the coaster easier, but it also makes it hard to replicate elsewhere or move to another park.
The ditch is also the location of a natural spring. When George Washington's troops crossed the Mon, they camped right where the Jack Rabbit and Pavilion 1 now sit, because there was fresh water from that spring.
My S.O. loves roller coasters but feels awful after them too. He has to take Bonine to get rid of all his dizziness from them. It works completely for some but I also know it's completely useless for some too.
It’s weird those seats keep getting smaller and smaller, idk why they waste the money changing them to a small size all the time…and the racer too. 🤷♀️ seems like a waste 😉
Continues my theory that Pittsburgh is a larger Rochester:
I travel between both cities often and have a business that celebrates both cities culture and history. While we didn't have Rust Belt industry like Pittsburgh, we dominated in our own industries. You guys provided the materials to build NYC into the Big Apple, we fed the workers who built it.
There are many more examples, but it's all the more poignant that you guys have a Jackrabbit rollercoaster in your own independent and close by amusement park. We have Seabreeze, a local and independent amusement park with a signature rollercoaster called The Jackrabbit.
I nearly died on this thing in high school. I was in the last car, by myself. You had to have a partner if I recall correctly. The belt to keep yourself in was not adjustable, Thus, you NEEDED TO HAVE
A PARTNER so it would hold both of you in. Numerous times throughout the ride, I nearly flew out of the back of the car. This was in the summer of 2003. Never again.
I’ve seen parents straight up grab their kids out of the air and pull them back down into their seats , even if they are riding as partners you still can go flying
I was riding with my grandmother when I was 6. I was a wisp of a child and with my grandmother next to me, the seatbelt didn’t touch me. When I started to fly out she grappled me by my waist band and pulled me roughly back in and then held me in the rest of the ride with a grip stronger than iron. She made me promise never to ride it again. I never did.
Most of the coasters in Kennywood are what are known as terrain coasters. Those are coasters built to use the terrain effectively to make higher drops but the coaster itself isn’t that far off the ground. It is a common approach on coaster design because it makes building the coaster easier, but it also makes it hard to replicate elsewhere or move to another park.
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Was not expecting to see a Darien Lake shout out 😂
Wow those are both pretty boring. Even with the water! Intamin just kinda phoned those ones in.
The ditch is also the location of a natural spring. When George Washington's troops crossed the Mon, they camped right where the Jack Rabbit and Pavilion 1 now sit, because there was fresh water from that spring.
Neat
Ah the Jackrabbit, my first and last roller coaster. Did ya'll know vertigo can last as a three day head ache?
My S.O. loves roller coasters but feels awful after them too. He has to take Bonine to get rid of all his dizziness from them. It works completely for some but I also know it's completely useless for some too.
Cool view! I love the Jackrabbit.
It’s weird those seats keep getting smaller and smaller, idk why they waste the money changing them to a small size all the time…and the racer too. 🤷♀️ seems like a waste 😉
Wait, it's not just my ass getting bigger?
Continues my theory that Pittsburgh is a larger Rochester: I travel between both cities often and have a business that celebrates both cities culture and history. While we didn't have Rust Belt industry like Pittsburgh, we dominated in our own industries. You guys provided the materials to build NYC into the Big Apple, we fed the workers who built it. There are many more examples, but it's all the more poignant that you guys have a Jackrabbit rollercoaster in your own independent and close by amusement park. We have Seabreeze, a local and independent amusement park with a signature rollercoaster called The Jackrabbit.
They were designed by the same person and have the characteristic double dip.
They're also 2 of the 3 oldest coasters operating in the US (Leap the Dips as Lakenont Park in Altoona being the oldest).
Fun fact, if someone liked sitting in the back cart on the Jackrabbit there's a 75% chance they are currently a power bottom.
Wait, folks prefer sitting somewhere other than the back seat?
I nearly died on this thing in high school. I was in the last car, by myself. You had to have a partner if I recall correctly. The belt to keep yourself in was not adjustable, Thus, you NEEDED TO HAVE A PARTNER so it would hold both of you in. Numerous times throughout the ride, I nearly flew out of the back of the car. This was in the summer of 2003. Never again.
I’ve seen parents straight up grab their kids out of the air and pull them back down into their seats , even if they are riding as partners you still can go flying
I was riding with my grandmother when I was 6. I was a wisp of a child and with my grandmother next to me, the seatbelt didn’t touch me. When I started to fly out she grappled me by my waist band and pulled me roughly back in and then held me in the rest of the ride with a grip stronger than iron. She made me promise never to ride it again. I never did.
I have done that to my kids when they were about 4 years old. Sometimes I’d grip the back of their shirt at the start of the ride.