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Park News - (9/19/11) In this article, Kennywood seems to confirms that Pittfall has already been sold, as well as confirming that it wont go to any of the other sister parks owned by Palace Entertainment.
    (9/16/11) Kennywood has confirmed that Pittfall will be leaving the park to be replaced by a new attraction in 2012. Your last day to ride will be this Sunday… September 18th.
    (8/18/11) To celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Phantom Frightnights, the official website confirms that Kennywood will have a new haunt experience to offer called Biofear.
    (8/16/11) A nice trip report from Kennywood has been posted to ThrillRide this week.
    (7/7/11) Kennywood confirmed that the park will open for a special Holiday Lights event this December on select days (Dec. 2,3,4,9,10,11,16,17,18). Click here to read up on all the details.
    (6/15/11) I’m told that Pittfall isn’t the only attraction suffering from a mechanical issues (see below). The park has confirmed that the “flooding chamber” effect at the end of Noah’s Ark will most likely not be working for the entire season due as it is in need of a “major repair”.

2012 - Black Widow - (12/16/11) Kennywood announced their new 2012 attraction a few hours ago. It will be called Black Widow, which will feature a spinning circle of 40-seats that will swing around at the end of a large arm up to 146 feet into the air at speeds up to 68mph. As rumored, Black Widow will indeed be a Zamperla Giant Discovery ride.
    I’ve embedded a video below from Zamperla showing off a similar Giant Discovery ride in operation elsewhere in the world.

    (12/15/11) A bunch of new pictures of Pittfall coming down have been posted to the Kennywood Connection Facebook page. Lots of unique shots, including a look inside at the mechanical parts in the cap piece.
    (12/12/11) A reader has sent in a c ouple of great pictures of Pittfall… with it’s top now taken off. Looks like the rest of the tower will be coming down very soon.
    (12/9/11) One of our readers went by Kennywood and snapped a quick picture showing off the crane now set up next to Pittfall, as they work on preparing the ride to be taken down.
    (12/2/11) The work has begun to remove Pittfall at Kennywood… though you wont see the tower come down just yet, as they are removing all the smaller parts and pieces first. I’ve also been told that the new 2012 attraction will not be from Huss after all… but instead they are likely to go back to Zamperla once again, possibly with the purchase of a Giant Discovery ride. If true, this makes sense as the Giant Discovery is essentially Zamperla’s version of the Giant Frisbee, though without the reputation for downtime issues that have plagued some of the Huss rides of late.
    (11/22/11) According to the latest e-mail sent in from a local spy, a section of the hillside by Exterminator has been excavated for whatever the park has in store for the 2012 season. Speaking of which… the latest rumor sent in described a very tall Huss ride… possibly a Giant Frisbee. Given that two of the biggest parks nearby already have a Giant Frisbee (Cedar Point and Kings Island) I’m a bit skeptical of that rumor myself, so if anyone else has something to share, send it in.
    (8/18/11) The latest rumors suggest that Kennywood is looking to purchase a new flat ride for the 2012 season. Apparently they are looking at the variety of rides that swing high into the sky, as well as those that spin while they swing. So look for something that could mix the best elements from rides like an S&S Screamin’ Swing, Huss Giant Frisbee or a Star Flyer on steroids. Pittfall is also still rumored to be removed one way or the other, but no promises that the new ride will go on the same site.
    (6/22/11) The local news caught up with us and has also confirmed that Pittfall is up for sale through IRM. However, they do have an interesting comment at the very end of the article where the VP of IRM denies that Kennywood would be looking building a Windseeker / Star Flyer style ride. “Kennywood looks for new rides that don't exist within neighboring markets”, “The ride they're looking for is much better than the WindSeeker.”
    (6/20/11) It looks like the rumors of a planned future removal for Pittfall are true, as the ride has been listed as being for sale on IRM’s Facebook page (but not on their website yet). However… there is a big exception to this bit of news. Just because the ride is listed as being FOR SALE… does not mean that they have to remove it this year, or ever… until it is actually sold.
    We’ve seen many rides listed as being for sale over the years… and sometimes they will simply sit on the for sale lists for years before being removed. For example, Cedar Point had actually been trying to sell Demon Drop for most of the past decade. Once they bought Geauga Lake, they had both Demon Drop and Mr. Hyde’s Nasty Fall both up for sale at the same time, until they simply decided to scrap Mr Hyde and use any good spare parts left to keep Demon Drop running. In the end Demon Drop never did sell… they just moved it to Dorney Park. So while this is a good sign of the park’s intentions right now, this does not confirm that the ride is coming down just yet.
    (6/15/11) Apparently the news of Pittfall’s impending demise comes as no surprise to those who are familiar with the ride itself. From what I’ve been told the ride has been suffering from far too many mechanical problems and rarely, if ever, is able to operate all four of it’s cars at once. According to one anonymous source, “ The ride has been a mechanical nightmare for the park the last few years and nobody expects the current ride system to be around for much longer.”

???? - Turnpike - Rumor - (3/10/10) I’m told that Kennywood is looking into possibilities to bring back the Turnpike in a new location sometime in the next few years.

???? - Old Mill / Garfield’s Nightmare Renovation - Planned - (6/28/11) According to an insider, there has been really no talk at all lately about rethemeing Garfield’s Nightmare into a new attraction for 2012. The project was said to be all but approved at one point for the 2011 season, but was suddenly put on hold with no real explanation as to why.
    We know the park was wanting to shed the Garfield theme in order to stop paying costly licensing fees, as well as retheme the former Old Mill ride back into something popular once again, so it does worry some that there has been no progress on this, as we would hate to see the ride simply closed down at some point in the future, to avoid the licensing fee, but with no money put into it to reopen it as something new.
    (2/28/11) Any plans to redo the ride for 2011 have been dropped, so maybe we’re looking at 2012 now. Anyone know for sure?
    (10/2/10) While nothing firm has come from the park yet, we’ve heard once again that Garfield may need to find a new home this winter and The Old Mill may take on a new theme for 2011.
    (7/26/10) From what I’ve been told so far, Kennywood is paying a fee every year they keep Garfield’s Nightmare in place, and they’re ready to rethemed the ride to ditch this unnecessary payment sooner than later, so look for a new version of The Old Mill to return next season most likely. One possible new theme I’ve heard is that they may go with some kind of “old steel mill” theme as a way to get back to using The Old Mill name once again. I’ve also heard a rumor that Noah’s Ark could get some kind of upgrade next season as well.
    (9/8/09) According to an update at NewsPlusNotes, Kennywood has confirmed that within the next two years we will see the former Old Mill ride, currently known as Garfield’s Nightmare, rethemed into yet another new experience, likely returning it to something more in tune with it’s roots and history as the Old Mill, which incidently is about 108 years old at this point. Not too many rides can say that!