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I know its rural Pennsylvania

You should go to Kennywood sometime! Pittsburgh is a great city, and it's so fun getting off the multi-lane freeway and being an an amusement park right in the middle of it, with those millions of Pittsburghers around you and the skyscrapers off to your left.

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Very cool

 

A local friend said he heard its not likely to open until July. I never am one to trust "word on the street" esp just regular (non insider) people so anyone have any word? I was planning to go in June after Coastermania and theres no other time, so if it wont be open then I may nix KW

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That July info is "fake news" which originated from an inaccurate newscast. We should get more accurate details from Nick Paradise at CoasterBash tomorrow, although I'm sure they still don't have an exact date.

 

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That's good news re: the employee pay increases, though I'm still shocked at how low it is given the fact that these employees can be responsible for people's lives. I hope this trend spreads in the industry, or at least to Carowinds and SFGAM, because the lack of staff at the beginning and end of the seasons really affects the quality of a day at those two parks in my experience.

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That's good news re: the employee pay increases, though I'm still shocked at how low it is given the fact that these employees can be responsible for people's lives. I hope this trend spreads in the industry, or at least to Carowinds and SFGAM, because the lack of staff at the beginning and end of the seasons really affects the quality of a day at those two parks in my experience.

 

Pretty much every seasonal park is having staffing issues across the country

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That July info is "fake news" which originated from an inaccurate newscast. We should get more accurate details from Nick Paradise at CoasterBash tomorrow, although I'm sure they still don't have an exact date.

 

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Thank god! This is why I didnt post it. I was wondering how they got that July date and why I didnt see it anywhere else...

Oh good, I hope they can get at least a rough-ish estimate.

 

EDIT: The person that originally shared that news story said they mentioned to the park who actually responded and did confirm they asked the news channel to remove it, that they ran that story without asking them about it and had no idea how they came up with July. So that is hopeful

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Looking good! This lift hill is 50-degrees, right? Correct me if I'm wrong, but is that the steepest non-vertical lift hill out there?

 

I think so.. Because wasn't Valravn's the steepest before this one?

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Kennywood continues to share excellent construction photos as the Steel Curtain roller coaster grows by the day! Rain or shine, sun or snow, this project isn't slowing!

 

 

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Like most the rest of Kennywood, #SteelCurtain construction looks better with a beautiful blue sky backdrop! Just wait until this is finished and complemented by green trees!

 

 

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This post comes in honor of Dr. Seuss, who would be 115 years old today...

 

Sun, wind, rain or snow;

Construction on Steelers Country continues to go!

 

 

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Steel was flying high this afternoon as crews continue installing the lift hill on #SteelCurtain!

 

 

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Getting in gear: along with installation of the lift hill comes parts of The #SteelCurtain's chain lift mechanism.
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We continue to see great new updates from Kennywood's Twitter account on the construction of Steel Curtain! This thing continues to grow as the lift hill hill has been completed and work on the station track is under way!

 

 

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Steel Curtain’s lift hill is nearing its maximum height of 220 feet! #SteelCurtain

 

Pics: @jake_mysliwczyk

 

 

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Lots of heavy lifting done on The #SteelCurtain lift hill over the past several days. Let's see if we can't get this baby to 220 this week!

 

 

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Talk about a mesh point! From left to right, you have the lift hill, corked roll and banana roll all zipping through view. #SteelCurtain

 

 

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Get excited, roller coaster fans! While ironworkers continue install at the top of The #SteelCurtain lift hill, crews on the ground are busy on the loading station.
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We went to the Steel Curtain Construction Tour on the 20th, here's some of the pictures we took!

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ready to see some construction!

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grab your hard hats, vests, and safety goggles!

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Banana Roll...that sounds delicious!

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here they had a press conference and discussed the new attractions that will be coming with the new roller coaster!

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they showed us the buildings they are working on for the new attractions for the steeler experience

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some of the parts had weights written on them which we thought was cool

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they brought this track piece while we were waiting to go for the tour!

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souvenirs? ;)

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looks so good from afar as well!

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this concludes our trip report! the new skyline is looking good! Steel Curtain will be a nice addition!

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their workstation, we thought this was really cool to see

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progress on the part they were working on

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