Does Kennywood Really Even NEED Steel Curtain? My Experience, July 2024

[@G3R0George]

They should have Chance Morgan remove the inversions and call it Curtain's Revenge.

[@austingreen258]

lol good one

[@Keystone_Koasters]

Made that same joke many times funny enough

[@christianortiz-v1l]

I remember that joke in the Steel Curtain Parody from Coaster Studios

[@G3R0George]

@@christianortiz-v1l Haha that's so funny! I just watched that when I saw your comment!

[@JVR10893]

Why not Steel Vengeance…oh wait that’s taken…

[@jzckvsn]

2024: officially the year of lawn ornaments

[@reedspace8267]

Steel Curtain isn't the world's 2nd largest lawn ornament. Formula Rossa holds that title, albeit by a small margin.

[@TravisBeaves]

⁠i think ur forgetting the 420 ft monster at cedar point

[@wickedsickfunkyfreshroller2037]

"Just like Madonna" is wild

[@C3T1C]

I rode steel curtain 4 times in 2022. It’s an addition that shouldn’t be removed, it’s a great and smooth ride.

[@scottie22slick]

That's really cool you're able to share all these parks and credits with your family. Happy for you

[@Coyotek4]

I bet Sophie creates a YT channel for flat rides, just to force you to go on every Scrambler, Musik Express, and Tilt-a-Whirl around.

[@Frankenberry]

😂

[@soylentbob6725]

Sophie has WAY more credits than I do.

[@puh_euet9095]

same

[@TheBolligerMabillardLover]

​@@puh_euet9095 Not me........yet🤣😂. Give her another 10 years. Some people celebrate 21 one way, she'll celebrate with her 700 or 800th coaster credit🤣

[@TheBolligerMabillardLover]

Especially if she goes on the Japan trip with us.

[@78konjo]

We are really going to need a Sophie video ranking all the Pendulum's. She's a clear expert! Miss living in western PA near kennywood. Great simple park with decent line ups.

[@Thelightning1out]

Bros got the little phantom credit before me 😭💀

[@Frankenberry]

"Some of its 100 years old .. some of its 57.... Just like Madonna." 😂😂😂. Thats GREAT! 💯 😂

[@Heatherofscots]

Being this is my home park, I go a lot and have a great time even without SC. I am glad you and the girls enjoyed your visit.

[@ScottyMania313]

I love the video and Kennywood, my first-ever park and my first ride - The beautiful racer with that gorgeous red-painted wood. Kennywood is awesome at keeping the old and bringing in the new. In this video, Sky Rocket's walk-up song was the best surprise for me. The Soul that is Collective have lots of great banger hits.

[@BoomerBaskins]

Ugh I wish I would’ve known you were there! Would’ve loved to come say hi! I live about 30min out! Glad yall had a great time!

[@jonathanhusk6590]

As someone who's homepage is Kennywood, yes. Most people i know skipped going this year do to the ride being closed. Phantom is amazing but having another big Steel Rollarcoaster is something the park needed for years

[@WasowskiSings]

I love Kennywood, I have a season pass, and it's free to access by public transit as a student

[@darkridedan1]

Loved the wooden coaster captions!

[@kwanzaa_cake]

I went in August. I loved my visit even though Steel Curtain and Skyrocket were down. Phantom’s Revenge and Thunderbolt were my two standouts

[@GooseTCB]

Okay fr can you edit all of your vids like this?? This was fun, loaded with personality, genuinely hilarious, but still a rooted coaster vlog. Peak coaster YT content. Fantastic video genuinely made me laugh several times

[@kingsgardens751]

0:11 Great American Scream Machine moment

[@LSM_rocket50]

Yes kennywood needs the steel curtain. It shortens the lines of the phantom,black widow and the exterminator. And I get to call out every inversion on the rides name.

[@SkyrushFanboy]

@@LSM_rocket50 how does it shorten lines if it's a piece of junk that doesn't work 💀

[@LSM_rocket50]

@@SkyrushFanboy when the ride is open most of the people that ride the phantom go to the steel curtain. There is a big difference of phantom wait times when the Steel Curtain is open vs closed.

[@collegeluvr]

@@LSM_rocket50 I was saying that the other day… When that thing reopens the lines gonna be huge and everything else shouldn’t have one! 😂

[@lionsprideanimation]

Kennywood is my home park and while you say to take the back ow on the jackrabbit I prefer mid to front row. last time i was in the back I was thrashed around so hard I had a back sprain for weeks.

[@Ohio_coaster_enthusiast]

Nice choice of shirt 👍👍👍👍👍

[@OklahomaCoasterFan]

At least it opened. In August, they closed the park for the whole day because of a 10% chance of rain, and it never rained. So I went to Waldameer, then came back to Kennywood the next day on Saturday. Thunderbolt had a 22-hour line, but Phantoms Revenge was 15 minutes. Jack Rabbit's double-down was so much stronger this time than it was on my 2022 rides.

[@CC_Reads]

Sophie has good taste, our black widow is crazy at Kennywood because it's on the cliff. Native yinzer here!! Potato patch fries always kill

[@GLJosh]

Love that shirt, I still have my first riders shirt from Diamondback.

[@porcelainthunder2213]

It’s a great ride, and a record holder. It’s great, when it runs. Got my cred on it!

[@devintron1]

A park employee riding on their day off last week told me row 3 is the best airtime on Thunderbolt. Gave it a shot and it was definitely noticeably more than riding row 1 earlier in the night.

[@christianortiz-v1l]

Phantom's revenge looks like an amazing hyper coaster!

[@plighting_engineerd]

Hilarious intro! Great job.

[@sisterjudith2571]

The trims on sky rocket effect the ride way more when it’s cold and the trains are half empty

[@tractorgt]

Haha great shirt! Pass it everyday looming off in the distance from the Sunoco I get gas at.

[@TheRealAlfonso.]

Hopefully you guys can head to Canadas wonderland if you haven't .. world class selection of flat rides and now with the new launch coaster coming would be a great visit I bet !

[@AirtimeThrills]

We got there and put out a vlog last summer. No idea when I'll find my way back

[@reedspace8267]

I went to Kennywood one day in July 2023. - Steel Curtain was (surprisingly) open. And it was my favorite ride in the park. - Aero 360 was down all year after it got stuck upside down in 2022. - Black Widow was also closed. Steel Curtain needs to succeed. I would honestly like more coasters like it in terms of ride experience. As of now i think there's one other coaster with any similarities (and I rode that last June).

[@kotchapakmaneechote2062]

A trip to Kennywood really can't complete without getting Potato Patch Fries. Also, I nicknamed Black Widow ride as "Pittsburgh's Crazanity". And the Madonna joke is wild, man.

[@niki-1887]

Yay new video 🎉

[@jonathansima7591]

Great video! Always good to see you pay a visit to my home park. One thing of note: you listed the Exterminator as opening in 2010, when it has been around since 1999 (opening not long after Kennywood closed the Le Cachot dark ride). Just thought I would let you know.

[@AirtimeThrills]

Oops, I think I accidentally reused the Sky Rocket template and didn't update the year

[@Rico4U2]

Did an hour long marathon of phantom, and another of steel curtain last year when it was still running. Got a lot of rides in on a quiet day

[@Paolo8772]

Kennywood is the original multi coaster drop record breaking park, the other two being Magic Mountain and Cedar Point.

[@KENNYWOODKRAZY-mt1yd]

Hey brother nothing but mad Krazy Love. I am glad you enjoy my home park. Why does it rain EVERY TIME you come?

[@jasonhook3884]

The Sophie's Choice jokes are just writing themselves at this point

[@aliensallaroundus1126]

GOING TO KENNYWOOD IS LIKE STEPPING BACK IN TIME TO 1983 AND IS STUCK THERE WITH ALL THE MULLETS AND JEAN JACKETS. LOVE ME SOME KENNYWOOD

[@KeyDash753]

Got to Kennywood for the first time last Saturday. Phantom's Revenge lived up to the hype, and it was walk-on in the afternoon before the Halloween crowd showed up. On Jackrabbit, I didn't know that double down was a thing, I couldn't believe it when it almost launched me out of my seat after most of the ride was nothing. Their haunted houses were pretty solid. I got on Black Widow, it was okay but I liked the screamin swing more, and it broke down around 3pm and never reopened.

[@devintron1]

So kennywood has started brining in materials and now machinery over near curtain so I expect work to start soon. Looks like they’ll be putting in either new or additional footers. They had what looked like a large drilling rig parked over there last weekend.

[@jimscarlett]

Just waiting for them to RMC Steel Curtain. lol. I will never get tired of the Phantom.

[@randompog8493]

Love me some kc and the sunshine band in the background

[@coyotegames156]

Can’t wait for one of those S&S screaming swings to be added to Hersheypark

[@Stonekrod]

Love the videos, just wish you release them in order, little confusing watching the coaster counts go back and forth.

[@Coyotek4]

Go figure ... a coaster themed after the Steelers, with the reliability of the Eagles.

[@AirtimeThrills]

Ouch

[@billchief397]

Na more like the vikings lol

[@reedspace8267]

Actually like the Cleveland Browns.

[@timothykaczmarek5871]

More like the Cleveland Browns!! THEY SUUUUCK!!😂

[@fantomfanatic18]

@@timothykaczmarek5871and the squealers swallow. WHO DEY!

[@SlimFury]

I heard that before Steel Curtain, Kennywood was planning to build a terrain based RMC. I hope they revisit the idea. Phantom's Revenge is reason alone to visit Kennywood.

[@wickedsickfunkyfreshroller2037]

This is true. There are still plans for it on the internet. It didn't work out for a few reasons. First of all, the valley is technically in a different borough and they wouldn't grant the building permit. Also, 2017 through 2018 was a very very rainy year and there were a lot of landslides in Pennsylvania so a terrain coaster would've been a little risky.

[@ItsAllGood_]

Did I miss Amy's first credit or has that not been released yet? Good job, Amy!

[@AirtimeThrills]

I did a short on that back in March it was at frontier city

[@ItsAllGood_]

​@AirtimeThrills Frankie's Mine Train! Haha...sweet.

[@jessicabedo-keathley1309]

Luckily, they announced Steel Curtain to reopen next year. I’m so sad I missed your visit into Kiddieland. I supervise the area.

[@memesrct_official]

Hopefully Steel Curtain will get fixed and reopened by 2025 to become more reliable.

[@Finland3]

Why on Earth do you think that Steel Curtain an upgrade

[@justinmaybach6388]

I’m so glad you all had a wonderful time at Kennywood this year even though you still dealt with the rain while you were at the park. Do you have a World Series prediction and some other guesses as far as who will advance past each round in the playoffs this year?

[@lowellgutridge1645]

"Like Madonna"!!!😂😂😂🔥

[@dustanglx50]

Top Thrill Dumpster is the worlds largest lawn ornament.

[@timothykaczmarek5871]

Top Thrill DOWNTIME!!! That's another ride that needs to be torn down

[@timothykaczmarek5871]

I worked at Cedar Point and we used to call that stupid thing Top Thrill Dumpster and Top Thrill DOWNTIME. It's a giant penis with lights. Tear it down!!!!¡

[@sdc5914]

Hate the ops, hate the one train ops, love the rides. Steel curtain deserves everything ppl say but at the end of the day, it's a very fun ride.

[@LightningWolf127]

I gotta meet you guys in person one day same with Brandon from theme park recommendations

[@Paolo8772]

My 1st comment was made before watching. Speaking of which: I almost forgot about Six Flags Great America, which in 1981 opened American Eagle; the last wooden coaster to break the drop record which would hold for over seven years when Shockwave opened at the same park. But to be honest: I didn't actually forget, since I'm not convinced Shockwave had a bigger drop than Bandit in Japan (which opened earlier that year) of which there are no drop stat available. But it seems plausible enough to me to be likely that the largest drop on Bandit is more than 155'. But I digress: After watching: Lil' Phantom by Molina and Sons is a clone (if not an actual literal transplant) of what was originally called Lil' Screamer at Great Adventure until 1979 when its name got changed to Lil' Thunder when Rolling Thunder was built. I remember riding it on my 1st visit to Great Adventure during a rainstorm in summer 1977 with my parents and younger brother who was just under 5 years old then. He'd ride it screaming (as a joke) "My car! My car!" and we all thought it was funny and cute. I believe it's the smallest gravity powered coaster I've ridden, possibly tying with a temporary one I rode in the town square of Nottingham in October 2019. Thanks for posting this video!

[@broadwayblueshirts6160]

Yes it does!

[@mitchellries256]

It's hilarious to say that the Racer is the newest wooden roller coaster at Kennywood despite the fact that it opened almost one hundred years ago.

[@MidcourseDiscourse]

Yes!

[@blakeattig5426]

Hopefully you post on the baseball channel again soon!

[@rbebut1]

I got to hand it to you. You know how to ask for rain checks.

[@cfrankbii9613]

The curtain was a nice attempt, but let it go. My favorote part of it was all the people that were like, "i don't like sportsball so this whole thing is dumb." 😂 personally I'm still mad about the removal of Pit Fall. 😂

[@brianmacdonald7297]

I need to get a second ride on Jack Rabbit. The one chance I had, I got the back car, and I got stapled. How do you staple somebody with a seat belt? That's what I was wondering, but the ride op yanked it way tight, and the double-down did nothing for me.

[@triplej755]

What a great lawn ornament! A hyper lawn ornament with 9 inversions, themed to one of the best football teams in Pennsylvania! (Credit to my friend Derek for that joke)

[@paraskep5080]

i would love for Steel Curtain to be a jungle gym for the monkeys.

[@TheBolligerMabillardLover]

While reopening and running as a coaster! The Wild Safari at Great Adventure meets steel curtain.

[@Ejmhoops]

Kennywood is my home park, I'm 6'6" so I was unable to ride steel curtain anyways.

[@TheBolligerMabillardLover]

Aw, that sucks, it's a great ride!

[@BigDCoasterFam]

The skies looked very ominous at the end. Video topic: Best and worst coasters of S&S. Is S&S a better flat ride company?

[@lkeshow86]

I've been to Kennywood 6 times in the last 2 yrs and no they dont need steel curtain.. phantom is in my top 10 and that double down on jack rabbit is insane

[@landenmccraney5]

If steel curtin closes and alpen fury open it would be the new record holder for most inversions in North America for an active coaster

[@jtbowman132]

I love that the Noah’s Ark attraction is psychedelic themed lmao

[@vespinonl]

One of the best parks we’ve ever visited. Sophie’s a bad ass. Is it me or are the videos posted in a wrong order?

[@Jakaynub]

I love you

[@IronAnacondaMC]

6:25 just like Madonna 💀

[@puh_euet9095]

phantom is so tempermental, sometimes its worldclass and sometimes its so world class you almost die(in a good way) im the smallest of my freinds so i never have to get squished on thunderbolt and it slaps

[@TheRealestHooman]

Kenny wood more like… um… not.. operating coaster wood? yeah hahahahha I got you

[@philipnauman838]

Amy!

[@Artbyhurricanyounot]

Idk why but the use of the word “geriatric wooden coaster” was way funnier than it should have been. Also, I must know, what is Mrs. AirtimeThrills’ credit count??

[@ThatOneGorilla567_monkey]

You know kennywood has the tallest, fastest, and longest ride. The coaster isssss Lil phantom

[@colinschmitz8297]

I really wish someone would hire Chance again to build another Phantom's Revenge.

[@MattMcIrvin]

"Nothing I can do about it now" Hey, if Hollywood could erase Henry Cavill's mustache...

[@NoahRhodes-wb1hb]

They need to Rmc steel curtain!

[@GoBrowns]

Have you or Sophie been on skyhawk or MaxAir at cedar point how do they compare to kennywoods?

[@chekherjoy]

Did Amy get the Thomas the Tank Engine train credit? Also no Turtle or Kangaroo?

[@AirtimeThrills]

I dont know if we saw the train honestly

[@generalguy64x]

Man, Madonna catching strays this video

[@PumpkinBear]

if someone was to go to pennsylvania for the first and get 2 days at a park should those be 2 days at hershey or 1 day at hershey and 1 day at kennywood

[@BonesJones946]

No Turtle?!

[@Jason_Maier]

I mean Kennywood paid som much 💰 for Steel Curtain so .... taking a year off to fix it is worth it. But this year wasn't good for coasters: SC and TT2 being SBNO; delayed protects until 2025 (Flash at Great Adventure) and reports of new B&M's being rough (Iron Menace)

[@nickasta3400]

Is this out of order? I thought Sophie was close to 300?

[@gemmachaos]

What's the credit situation with mobius loop coasters for you? My opinion is, if I have to queue twice, it counts twice. So: Grand National two credits, Twisted Colossus one credit. Kennywood Racer two credits, West Coast Racer one credit.

[@AirtimeThrills]

I dont even count separate tracks of identical coasters as 2 credits. So i have racer at KI as one. So obviously i have the mobius ones as 1

[@gemmachaos]

@@AirtimeThrills BUT WHAT IF the two tracks are intrinsically different experiences? Like Battlestar Galactica in Singapore? Or the upcoming YOY? Or that Togo in Japan where one is a stand up and the other is a sit down?

[@Rickyfingers]

I Still have more credits than Amy! For now.

[@JustinCoasters]

They should just scrap it, Sue S&S and replace it with a Vekoma Suspended Thrill Coaster

[@JohnCasto-nq5iw]

That would be awesome

[@ferretmom76]

It's like Steel Curtain, Top Thrill, and Top Thrill 2 are all members of a special club. A very evil, evil, but special club.

[@g.c.tgamescoastersandtoys649]

Airtime thrills exterminator is older than phantoms revenge u put 2010 and it opened in 1999.

[@jpgiles1725]

Do you think they don't need it? With Kennywood being my home park, I feel Steel Curtain is definitely needed. Kennywood is a quirky park with decent historical flats and some modern flats. As far as coasters, Phantom is really the only thrill coaster in the park. You have great woodies, an indoor coaster, and a moderate thrill coaster with Skyrocket, but you definitely need another top scale coaster imo. Kennywood is a lot of fun without Curtain, but Curtain definitely helps make it more fun

[@AirtimeThrills]

@@jpgiles1725 well the point of the video was we could have a good time without it, and we could. It does add a lot though

[@jpgiles1725]

@@AirtimeThrills oh I see what you mean now. I'm glad you guys had a good time. Black Widow is a prototype, so unfortunately the ops are bad because of the ride itself and not necessarily the ride operators. At least that's what I was told.

[@rfastravers8841]

Yeah, on my US tour this year I definitely liked Kennywood a lot, but it was missing another standout, with that looming structure of yellow and black reminding you of that. I didn't entirely expect the hype to be true of Phantoms Revenge, but that ride has no business being that good. Also how can it be that smooth... and it is already telling you that before you even get on as there is no vibration at all when it leaves the station. Also Skyrocket needs a better second half.

[@SkyrushFanboy]

As my home park: no. They don't. It's number 4 in the park at best. But honestly this is the least of KW's problems. The park is horribly ran, so many ride closures and early park closures, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. Screw palace entertainment.

[@TheBolligerMabillardLover]

Hopefully they'll sell it off in the near future.

[@jarrodholbrook6176]

You didn’t ride the new Zamperla gryphon?

[@AirtimeThrills]

We didnt

[@MrCrash-hz8xy]

believe me steel curtain belongs only at kennywood lol Headache vs Headache lol

[@fantomfanatic18]

Should've built a Bengals coaster

[@jasonhook3884]

@@fantomfanatic18 this guy gets it