Kennywood Noah's Ark

This is Noah's Ark at Kennywood amusement park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Video taken on August 6, 2007. Noah's Ark was built in 1936, the same year as the worst flood in Pittsburgh's history. Noah's Ark was completely rebuilt in 1996 at a cost of over $1,000,000. There is only one other surviving example of a Noah's Ark, located at Blackpool Pleasure Beach in England. The Blackpool Noah's Ark is still standing but closed to the public in 2008 and is no longer operating.

[@АлехСтоыанофф]

I really miss this version of the ark. Thank you so much for capturing this and sharing it.

[@kennywoodjoe]

You're welcome! :)

[@Amy-ln4lc]

Am I the only one who was scared to go through Noah's Ark? Because I couldn't even get through half of it.

[@Amy-ln4lc]

I know it's just a fun house but I just couldn't go through the whole entirety of it.

[@BeefShack]

no you are not. I am 48 years old and also very sensitive to spirits. I have had many paranormal experiences. The last place I expected to have one was here with my 4 year old son. There was a very negative spirit in my face and then it felt like it was breathing down my neck. This happened just after the part where you walk outside, in the hallways where there is nothing but wall. Having grown up in a haunted house, I am pretty hard to scare. But I took my son's hand and ran out of there rebuking it in the name of Jesus. My husband was waiting for us outside and he said I was white as a sheet. The feeling left after a few steps outside. I really couldn't find anything on the internet about it being genuinely haunted, but there have been so many battles fought around here. There are little monuments all over kennywood about George Washington being there, so who knows how many people could have died on those grounds.

[@mikeygoodboi]

Then the Ark had power to scare.

[@spoileralert17]

i have been on Noah's Ark twice. once as a four year old, and once as a fifteen year old. i've been damn scared of this hellhole since i was four, if that says anything about that... they redid it to be a lot less scary last year and this was the first time i've ever gone through it the whole way. i was shaky legged and nervous the whole way...

[@ridenourpictures]

This ride is ment to be scary

[@HLHReviews]

This version of the ride is the most nostalgic for me. The new version of the ride is still good, but nothing will ever be as good as this.

[@evyhorror]

I wish Kennywood still had dark rides that they didn't turn kid friendly.

[@MrSRArter]

One of them's coming back this year (The Old Mill).

[@amoney1421]

I do too. it sucks the park is almost entirely for kids now.

[@PhantomGleek]

I remember when I was maybe 6 or 7 the underwater part (mainly when the Alarm started going off) would scare me to death. The funniest memory I have with that is I had plastered myself against the wall, scared of the water not knowing the doors were there and when they opened I fell back and tumbled to the funnel cake stand.

[@kristingallo2158]

PhantomGleek my mom had to take me out of the emergency exit because I was freaking

[@courtcourt2]

Kristin Gallo same

[@Fa1ry]

LMAO this happened to me too! I was screaming

[@amoney1421]

I miss this version of the Ark, used to scare the shit out of me as a kid, the elevator breaking down and walking over the skeletons with the glass floor was creepy, on top of the submarine part i always thought a giant squid or something was gonna burst through the walls and eat me! lol

[@urbex_coasters]

I miss the Goldrusher, although the new version of the Old Mill uses a lot of Goldrusher props. While it isn't quite as good as I remember Goldrusher being I still appreciate it. Sadly I'm too young to have gotten to ride Le Cachot, looks like it was a great ride though and given how much I like Waldameer's Wacky Shack and Knobles dark rides with similar effects I think it would have been a favourite of mine and I'm sad I never got to ride it. I fully support the decision to bring back the whale's mouth on Noah's Ark for capacity's sake but I would've liked to see some of the darker elements of this version kept in place.

[@berrymansir]

I have trauma from this version

[@constanceway45]

​@@berrymansirI have trauma from the new one

[@DiddyCanFly]

I’m glad I was born in 1989, I got to experience this masterpiece at it’s prime. My little sister and I loved this with our parents.

[@mikeygoodboi]

I LOVED the old one. Thanks for loading this. Brings back a lot of memories.

[@thegsk]

That 2 note flute sound is burned into my memory forever. Old Noah looked so damn evil looking down at you i never went in as i was too little and a scardey cat then. then i moved and never got the chance, but this ride always facinated me since i was a kid. Thx for the tour vid.

[@blackrosesound_]

ok first of all it feels weird replying to a comment over 10 years old but… mine too. i don’t know what happened to it the past four years but it got weaker and then it just stopped. i wish it would be turned back on. that and the bayern kurve horn. both are gone. it makes me so sad

[@Ugandylan_Knuckles13]

Does anyone have the transcript of the Kennywood Flooding Chamber at 7:55 ? Because i don't understand what they're saying because i'm French.

[@wabbawu1]

I went on a long time ago. I was terrified. I was screaming and crying. I'm still scared of it. And, you know that place near it where you sit and eat? Yeah, whenever I eat there, the Noah's Ark noise annoys me. Heres an example: -takes a fry and dips it in my cheese- BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP! -looks at Noah's ark while eating fry- BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP! -starts getting annoyed- BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP! Me: OMG STOP BEEPING

[@olivea12345]

HAHA I KNOW! I choked on a deep fried Oreo when I heard it

[@wabbawu1]

***** Lol yeah

[@andrewblain5202]

I went on it when I was littler and I think I was crying on the elevator

[@spoileralert17]

i went on it at age four and bailed asap due to how scared i was. i went on today at age fifteen and tried to bail at every exit (despite the not-as-scary refurbishing) but my friends all pulled me back down the hall. i'm still not a fan of this hellhole lol

[@lilynoyama1989]

I like the Noah's Arc ride as it is today. Personally its fun to have all the spookiness coming at you. Not to mention, its a huge maze to walk through!

[@bonbon-totaldigiama3177]

To this day, this version of the ride has scarred me since I was a kid. I refuse to go on it unless I'm forced to😂

[@izthemovie]

Wait, I was just there two days ago, I never saw the last part where the water was caving in. Did they change it since 2007?

[@bonzaijoePA]

Yes they did, I think it malfunctioned and broke, and Kennywood park had too many complaints about it recently. They changed it in I think 2013 or 2012.

[@izthemovie]

BonzaijoePA I see. Thanks for letting me know.

[@jennifermcdonald4917]

Yes, it's a bummer. Was a super fun part of the experience. A lot of Kennywood's "renovations" are kinda crappy imo. I don't care for Garfield's Nightmare. Should've left the Old Mill there. And while Ghostwood Estates is cool and all, it's certainly no Old Mine.

[@Rasdock]

Jennifer McDonald Six Flags Over Texas used to have an awesome Cave Ride (The Spee-Lunker Cave) with a lot of personality and charm, and they changed it to a Looney Tunes ride. It wouldn’t be a bad ride if it hadn’t replaced a classic. The Spee-Lunker Cave inspired Walt Disney to create Pirates of the Caribbean! I just watched a video of the Old Mine and it looks very similar to the Spees.

[@crawfordbergl6437]

i remember going on this version 10 years ago. much scarier than the version now. the one now is shorter and has been updated a lot

[@briannacochran6787]

I think they cut the elevator part and the wall with the water coming towards them. The last time I was there it was so freaking short!!!

[@j.elizabeth4621]

When I was 8 I was so scared I went out the emergency door at 4:59 and shut the ride down for hours.

[@AidanAnthony22]

J. Elizabeth yeah this ride used to be terrifying the elevator was so realistic feeling now toddlers don’t even get scared

[@phlogchamp2455]

This was when the funhouse wasn’t so fun... they made it a funhouse with the whale. It isn’t scary anymore, it was great when it was.

[@desertsea722]

Wow Thank you kennywoodjoe for sharing that memory. What happened to the maze they had that used to turn your clothes purple. Thank you.

[@wmonger]

When the hell did they change this, I was just there in 1978....oh

[@hiibob2618]

War Monger They changed it so the Whale is back

[@cococrystals]

I love this ride, and I'm looking forward to seeing the new changes. I'm watching this as a reminder of how I've known Noah's Ark growing up.

[@patricknedz]

@Ninjaboyz128 not a good idea, this is an old classic ride from 1936, we dont want to make this park too modern, its nice how it is

[@JoeManza]

@idkjade Me too. The part I freaked out at was the flooding chamber. I was younger back then, so I got the misconception that it was actually flooding and I ran to the door at the end and tried to open it, but the wheel wouldn't turn.

[@Ringo-2008]

More old Noah’s ark videos pleaseeeeee!

[@MichaelAKaras]

It's so sad - they're really letting this ride go... The new glow paint in the tilting room is ugly.

[@50Halbedl]

they're renovating it next year and are bringing back the whales mouth and new scenes

[@mvol5973]

+Sir Fduck Amen! Glad this stupid elevator is coming out and hoping they get rid of the underwater tank or whatever that is supposed to be at the end of the ride

[@50Halbedl]

mvol5973 I think the tank will be gone too. They're giving it a classic funhouse feel.

[@IAmCaezar]

This brought back memories I wish I could go back too.

[@giastarkey4524]

I remember this I went on it 7 years ago in like 2010

[@mrjohnson253]

cool, somebody who's very obsessed about kenntwood just like me! i'm in love with the carousel, it's like the soul of the whole park

[@giantsean]

I have looked all over the web for Noah singing his "Noah is my name" song (I have never been to K-wood but saw it on an old amusement park documentary). Does ANYONE know of a recording somewhere?

[@Vampirosaurusrex]

This ride scared the hell out of me when I was little.

[@sunshynajc]

I love the room right before the last with the blinking lights that make pictures if you glance at them real fast! I think that's so freaking cool! =]

[@bratzVSmkw]

When I went on this when I was 6, I wanted to get out so bad, but my parents wouldn't let me go, but I tried to go thru the emergency exit, ONCE, but my parents stopped me. So my dad carried me most of the way. :p

[@steelcity1018]

this ride scarred my for life as a little kid. it was back when the water room was at the end

[@MrSRArter]

In 2011, in-between when this video was taken and the 2016 revamp, they shortened it so the exit was right after the rattlesnake jumpscare at 7:03.

[@patricknedz]

is the elevator not there anymore?

[@williamhook4494]

I don't get why Noah's ark is not scary anymore

[@MarcYacoviello]

I wasn't too impressed with the new "throwback" design with the whale

[@domcarcia2945]

kennywoodjoe what video camera were you using in this video I'm curious

[@brokenangel634]

Im 36. I guess I DON'T remember the actual original, but I liked it better before they changed it from the whales mouth. Weren't there aquariums of fish inside the whale at one time?

[@mangaz137]

Sorry for the DC, but I used to think that if you missed a stone on that part with the skeletons toward the begining, you'd fall in. And sometimes on that flood part at the end, I don't think you always get wet like you used to. And at the end, it's really a good psychological technique to have Kennywood a manager say there's a flood instead of just some wierd vioice. Then noobs think that something is really wrong and it's not just the ride. Awesome vid!

[@Chargal4]

I remember this! Scared me so much when I was little

[@mjmmorales]

Looks like a spoke house not Noah's Ark .... And what was that head on top of the ark?

[@koryzap7339]

girl at 8:55 using water on her hair. uhhhhh grooosss lol. loved this attraction since a was a young lad

[@Auroraquais]

I get to go to kennywood tomorrow for a school picnic for the first time in over 6 years Yayy!!

[@jennakeith5711]

I'm so glad I wasn't forced to go on this when I went as a little kid. I woulda been scared to death!

[@hiibob2618]

Jenna Keith They changed it, it is more friendly but still good

[@JoeyTABoy-k9l]

kennywoodjoe what camera did you use to film these videos

[@Nate_chillz]

I kinda remember going on the elevator ride when i was in 2nd or 3rd grade and i was scared

[@CarlyAlison317]

I almost had a spaz attack the first time I got to the water part. I thought the place was really going to flood. :P

[@ukulelesam]

the elevator would scare me to death

[@moonspots01]

What happened to the whale at the end?

[@shadddey5]

me and my friend were at the front of the line when i went with him this summer and let me tell ya we didnt take this long! good times! thanks for the video 5/5!

[@duanemax9069]

I see why the elevator failed... there are some BIG MAMAS on there !!!

[@Tees_Place]

I haven't been on this ride since the 70's. Family members would always drag me into it. I hated it. I remember a giant flourescent spider popping up in front of me and I stopped for fear of something else like that and the family behind me were trying to push me forward so they could get through the ride. Everything was flourescent back then. Also the floor would slide back and forth really fast under your feet and THAT would scare me (I was little). The stairs might have moved in some way too.

[@Parunner1]

That high pitched noise that comes from the ark annoys me sooo much

[@jayo1212]

Did the elevator actually move?!

[@hiibob2618]

jayo1212 no

[@AmbroseClarke]

I was in the one in Blackpool when I was small - was kinda fun the way the floor moved. Didn't know there was as second one - It was powered by a very old and fancy steam? engine you got to see working as you left - the Arc is still operational today - only you are not allowed inside (probably health and safety) - its over the place where you buy tickets to enter the park.

[@patricknedz]

@xsingingstarr yeah I know, I think they are redoing that part or something I dont know why its closed, I was there yesterday and it was still closed, it was always the fun part

[@SuperMG1980]

This is a lot spookier than the Blackpool version! That one just had cute lions and other pretend animals. Unfortunately the ride's closed now but it is still there and you can't go on it.

[@getthecoolshoeshine9722]

This house of horrors gave me nightmares for at least 5 days as a 7 year old. I didn't even make it through the whole thing.

[@cartershow6349]

This ride made me afraid of elevators as a kid

[@gumbyetl]

when i was little this used to scare me so much. i always hated the end with the loud noise and the water. i think i cried a few times while in it lol

[@mesmoland]

This is the last operating one left now : (

[@johnny10301968]

Anyone remember the ghost ship dark ride that was at Kennywood?

[@mrjohnson253]

man! how often do you go to kennywood?

[@Ninjaboyz128]

I think they should replace this into an Aperture Science Portal Testing Tours ride.

[@Ninjaboyz128]

ever notice when theres a large group, people walk slow as hell? That pisses me off so much

[@soulfulpisces]

1996? I swear the last time I was there was 96. Noah's Ark has changed a lot. No more Whales tongue? I loved walking on the whales tongue. Noah's Ark use to scare me silly when I was a child.

[@deeks1970]

I liked the old Noah's Ark. This was boring.

[@srmcb72]

I did that too once! The guy that worked there was like "YOU CAN'T GO OUT THAT!" And I was going off my head like "I DONT CARE!!!!" hahaha

[@Ceejification]

i love staying around the corner and jumping out at people, they like shit they're pants XD

[@Tees_Place]

(cont.) You could almost get hurt in Noah's Ark back in the day if you weren't careful (or it seemed that way to me). After seeing this I might consider it again, with a LOT of people with me. It doesn't seem as scary. That elevator/bathosphere kind of stuff doesn't frighten me. I'm a rollercoaster fanatic. I've never liked haunted houses though, especially the kind you have to walk through.

[@daffyduck789]

I remember when this was fun, now it's all fished them not even scary!

[@lilj2345]

I remember that, I alway's got scared when u got to that part when you had to cross the rickety bridge ove the river.

[@videoman954]

i went on this last summer! its not scary but it dose keep you on your toes.

[@Tyses]

@kennywoodjoe They should have kept it the Old Mill. I loved it.

[@Umesport0409]

Garfeild got torn down its now the old mill again

[@Tyses]

@@Umesport0409 Oh, I know!😊 I was ecstatic when I heard the news.

[@Umesport0409]

@@Tyses good🙂

[@misskaryn9902]

I thought this ride was misleading. Looked like noah's ark on the outside. My kids were terrified cause we had no idea that there were fake dead bodies in there. We didnt finish the ride. Once we got to the animals we saw a door that said exit and we thought that door took us to the end of the ride. We thought the ride was over. We opened it and was outside. It took us by the entrance. Had to climb under railes to get out.

[@xoashleyxo10101]

I ADORE that ride, I live in Pittsburgh and I go to Kennywood ever year. I haven't been on that since I was like 4 and I just went on last year and it was a total shocker 'cause I didn't remember anythign but I love it now! ♥

[@Awesomepuff237]

Same! But i went on when i was really small, and i got freaked out at the elevator ride, making me burst into tears and run out the exit. haha

[@nightpnthr]

I was at kennywood last Sunday. Did Noah's ark and didn't hear any sound effects after we exited the elevator. Also its so dark in that first part that we went around the skeleton floor part twice. I didn't see any of those arrows or signs on the walls.

[@karii.4562]

Whenever I went on this when I was like 5 or 6 I thought that I was actually gunna die xD

[@tomh4544]

That whistle gets on the nerves

[@theUnholySquire]

no, its still there.

[@mikehlebik]

@Nelphoto i agree--i hate when they change things just for the sake of changing things

[@TheBrethart52]

So many good memories

[@sootsmoker]

its still really dangerous, the boat is freaking rockin back and forth and they make you walk down steps with a rope thats too low to hold onto :(

[@patricknedz]

yes it is

[@patricknedz]

yeah they changed it too much. this Thing is differnt that it was when they first build the ride. I like the elevator part. that was a shame about the old mill. I I like the old m ill and would refuse to ride the garfields ride. The gold rush was nice too they ruined alot of things

[@BT1DEATH]

the room at 7:20 is cool if u know what to look for

[@piratef2004]

I use to work on Noah's Ark for several year. It was a Blasted.

[@clairekeesey1285]

YES!! I went through it in the 60s and was scarred for life. I hated rides of all kinds!

[@CountryBuff08]

@paperpro3223 yeah! it was awesome during Fright Night!

[@peacechild911]

I like how at the end the one girl was just sticking her hair in the water.

[@patricknedz]

sometimes it does, feels like the borad is moving

[@mrpig2u]

Did they take out the animals that used to circle the ark on train tracks? Cant tell. And whats with that elevator. I loved walking into the whale's mouth. Use to sit and bounce across bouncing floor, where you hear the native's drums.

[@RosanneB]

My late grandfather helped build Noah's Ark but he would never tell us where the tricks were. I didnt like the Ark much; I preferred the roller coasters.

[@creamimoon1530]

i literally used to get lost in this and scream.

[@originalprettybird]

I was scared when I walked through this as a five year old. I had to be carried through the rocking part with my eyes closed.

[@alexzacks8366]

I love that place and Hersheypark

[@simoliz03]

The memories! 😃

[@ZebrasinPink15]

well whe ur 6 or 5 and and u hear weird noises and the part when it wa su wont come back up, it is