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Park News - (6/22/09) A fun music video showing off Kennywood at night has been posted to YouTube and I’d thought I’d share it with everyone below. No matter if you love classic amusement parks or more modern ‘themed’ parks, in my opinion Kennywood really isn’t quite itself until after the sun goes down and all the lights come on. For an encore, I also embedded another fun video slideshow below that showing off the park’s lost dark ride, Le Cachot which ran at the park from 1972 to 1998.


  (6/3/09) Kennywood Connection mentions that Kennywood will make a major announcement about the next big thing coming to the park on July 19th, durring the ACE 20th Anniversary KennyKon event.
  (4/9/09) Since our last review of Adventureland was negative, I’ll post some comments from a reader who did like the film. “Me and three friends who've all been to Kennywood saw the movie last night and we liked it. If you're looking for a movie like Superbad, it isn't it and we did laugh quite a bit. Was it as hysterical as Superbad? No. This was definitely a more realistic film in the portrayal of its situations and characters. As for the use of Kennywood as a prop, I thought they did the best they could given the time period of 1987. The Racer, Jack Rabbit, Thunderbolt (one shot), Wipeout (this got a lot of screen time), Musik Express, Paratrooper, GranPrix, Antique Cars, Enterprise (shown from a distance in several scenes), and Pirate ship (also seen in a distance), whip, games, and more arcade all made the movie. Phantom's Revenge is never seen running, and they did their best to shoot around it. I think if someone was looking for more of a Kennywood tourist bureau video, all they have to do is go to YouTube.”
  (4/7/09) For anyone interested in the new Adventureland film, one of your fellow readers has posted their own personal review of the new film and how well it uses (or fails to use) Kennywood as it’s backdrop.

2009 - Phantom’s Revenge Improvements & Bayern Kurve - (3/19/09) A local reader who went by Kennywood the other day reports that the new track for Phantom’s Revenge is now fully installed. Looks like whatever alignment issue they had was fixed, and the Bayern Kurve is also starting to go up.
  (12/26/08) A reader sent in two great pictures today, one showing off the now bare first drop on Phantom’s Revenge, just ready and waiting for that new track, while the second shows off the Wipeout all packed up and ready to be shipped to a new home.
  (12/8/08) Kennywood has confirmed on their website that The Bayern Kurve will return in 2009. While no other details were mentioned, we have heard from one source that the ride will likely replace Wipeout, which in turn is expected to be moved to Lake Compounce.
  (10/20/08) Brand new green steel coaster track has been spotted at Kennywood, but don’t get your hopes up for a new coaster in 2009. Instead the track is actually for the Phantom’s Revenge, as the park plans on replacing the old Arrow track leftover from the Steel Phantom days from the first drop up to where the conversion from Arrow to Morgan track takes place going down the second drop. After this the only original Arrow track that will be left on the ride will be from the brake run through to the lift hill, along with the transfer track.

2010/2011 - Big New Ride - In Development - (5/16/09) The local news reports that Kennywood’s new owners have announced that ‘a big ride’ will be added to the park in either 2010 or 2011.