Kennywood Thunderbolt POV
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- Here is the view from the front seat on the Thunderbolt at Kennywood Park in Pittsburgh, PA. The Thunderbolt has been voted twice as best coaster in the world. The Thunderbolt was originally built as the Pippin in 1924 by John Miller and was rebuilt by Andrew Vettel in 1968. Sorry about the annoying screaming teenage girls @ 1:40. Video taken on June 14, 2008.
Favorite ride at Kennywood. Because of the hills, speed, and its location next to Potato Patch
Classic ride from the "Golden Age" of coasters! Having ridden this beast many times, I know that keeping a camera that steady is no easy task. Congratulations on a job well done! Felt like I was riding!!! Great video, kennywoodjoe and thanx for sharing!
@patricknedz The Pippin was a larger version of the Jackrabbit basically. The designer for the new Tbolt made the lift hil taller and longer and left the first and last set of drops intact. The old station which ran parallel to the midway had to be moved so the new bowl section could be built. The Tbolt put Kennywood on the map when it was rated #1 rollercoaster in the world by the New York Times in 1974. At one point Kennywood was even considered the "Rollercoaster Capital of The World"
Next time I get out to Kennywood. I am making a beeline for the Thunderbolt!!!! Have not been to Kennywood in ages. Need to go back and get my fix! lol
Man, does this ever bring back memories! Damn!
Thanx very much for posting!
this is accually one of my favorite coasters ive ever been on
That first hill is fun. There's no warning. kennywood is a national landmark. It's so charming and nostalgic.
my husband is from norway and he LOVES this ride..... we always try to make it to kennywood every chance we get to come to Pittsburgh
this was my first rollercoaster. awesome ride.
At one time back in the day there was no brake at the 1:11 part of the ride in this video. The car would go flying fast down that hill.
Y'all need to find the video of the guys doing the daily inspection/oiling of the track. First they walk the entire length for a visually inspection. Then one of the guys stands up in the front car, with his legs wedged into the lap bar while he hangs over the front with a old fashiod oil can
I want to go on this ride so badly. Looks awesome.
I love how the tallest hill is the last one. Only coaster I know that does that.
Best rollercoaster at Kennywood! The phantom may be more intense, but Thunderbolt really spreads the thrills out better. Plus I love these old wooden coasters.
I'm going there in 4 days! Can't wait!
This ride rules I went in it five times in a row it was awesome
I can't wait to ride this going there next Saturday!
I miss the tunnel that they used to have over the first curve, but at least now it's serving the Jack Rabbit
Rode this just last night. Too much fun.
I was in the front row, and my friend and I went down the hill near where the Phantom and the Thunderbolt crosses, and we got a bump that no one else got, and our hands were up, and that made us hit the Phantom with our hands just as the Phantom was coming. Ouch.
This is one coaster that has to be experienced!!
going on a field trip to kennywood in 2 days i cant wait to ride this!
After moving away from Pittsburgh 7years, and after visiting various amusement parks across the country, there's no place like KennyWood and no ride like the Thunderbolt.
I rode this for the first time the other day and I LOVED it lol
I actually just went back in June and we were there before the park opened. It was also on a week day so all the lines where very short. So a normally 30 min or 40 min wait to ride something like the Phantom's Revenge was reduced down to 5 minutes. :)
favorite coaster in the WORLD! Ive been all over the world riding coasters and The Thunderbolt is the most unique THE ONLY coaster to start with a decent unlike the countless uphill carbon copies
I have been to Keenywood many times and my fave ride is the thrunderbolt
@MysticalNekochan Thanks man, but when i rode great american scream machine at six flags over ga, my hips were hurting for days man, plus im only 12, but thanks for the heads up. But if u have been on scream machine, could u tell me if the scream machine is more painful or not.
this ride was awesome rode it 8 times in a row
me and my friend went on this 7 times and we got on the same car and the same train it was amazingg... when you put up your hands i felt like i was flying :)))
its so loud when the car goes around that big curve drop near all the people
Love this coaster
My favorite ride of this year.. although I do love the Banshee and Goliath to..
a few years ago i went to kennywood and it was a bit rainy so there was no line for that ride so i went on it 10 times in a row
so much fun at night, however it was the only time I go to ride it due to long lines in the day and I filmed it but I was unable to get a front seat so the video was very good
OMG I NEVER BEEN TO KENNY BUT IM FINALLY GOING THIS SATURDAY!! I CANT WAIT TOO RIDE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
my grandma lives near kennywood and i am visiting her this fall break
and we r going to kennywood but from my house to hers is 6 hours. ps my fav ride at kennywood is jackrabbit. i even have a jackrabbit hat
OMG I LOOOVE THIS RIDE!!! SO FUN!!!!
That looks like a great coaster....
@musicatonnetwork if we didn't have wooden roller coasters we wouldn't of had the idea of the steel coasters. i think that steel coasters are better because they have more possiblities right now. but wooden coasters still deserve tons of respect because they were before the steel and helped create the steel coasters.
@kennywoodjoe I was on there the day you filmed this...After the ride was over you asked me if i can say to your cam that was awsome! but i said no..
greatest wooden coaster ever!
This ride is the best at night, because you don't see how steep the first hill it
I hate being in line for the Thunderbolt. In the morning it goes so slow and you have to listen to the dumb sound affects from Ghostwood Estate, but at night the line goes so fast!!
FIRST TIME I WENT ON 5-29-10. ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS THAT ITS FREAKIN' AWESOME. ALSO COOL THAT I CAN SEE THE RIDE I WORK AT (GHOSTWOOD). ANYWAYS ITS AWESOME!!!!
went here the 4th and going BACK the 18th YAY i
@finkelink Ive ridden both coasters and they are completely diffrent from each other. Thunderbolt is more of a twister wooden coaster and Great American Scream Machine is more of an out and back wooden coaster. Tbolt is also way less painful if you are prepared for the first part of the lift hill cause it kicks you forward like the brakes on GASM and if you arnt ready for it it can hurt when your a smaller rider. I Love GASM its one of my favs a DEF underated coaster gotta love the airtime.
Hands down the best coaster in the park, including the steelie.
@ 1:17 is my most favorite part of Thunderbolt! I was there yesterday and I love Thunderbolt! In my oppinion it was the best roller coaster there. Idk about Sky Rocket and Phantom's Revenge because I didn't ride them.
Awesome and I will! May I ask what school you went to? We might have gone to the same
The Thunderbolt is my favorite coaster in the park. The Phantom's Revenge is really good too, but seems so short to me.
@finkelink No, I haven't ridden the scream machine, but here're some tips for the Thunderbolt. I just rode it again yesterday lol When you hit a turn, grip the lap bar to keep yourself from shifting into your partner. It keeps your hips, thighs, and lower legs from getting into awkward, cramping positions, also. And if I were you, I'd go with someone larger than yourself. That way, you'll be directed into the car first and you won't get squished :) It always works for me
Going there next week
Another Classic
when this was the Pippin was the layout the same or different? What happen with the pippin
@klgatesjr kings island is a good park, the beast is like thunderbolt, using the terrain where the track is placed.
I'd say the best time to ride this is at night (: you don't know when he hills will get you, it is extremely fun!
get to go there for a school activity on june 4th yay i
The "G" spot for me is the very last seat, weightlessness almost throughout the ride!
I love wooden coasters!
@MysticalNekochan THANKS! but im not goin anytime soon, lol, but i wanted 2 know cuz this ride looks so AWESOME!, next time i go visit phili to visit family, ill ask my parents if i can go to pittsburg to go to kennywood. But thanks. :)
the best roller coaster ever!!!!
It is like one of the oldest coasters in america so you bet it would be rough.
of course, I rode both, and the Beast has a way bigger hill, more speed, it is the longest wooden roller coaster, and has a giant helix, it is like comparing an elephant to a dog
@gogogirl1233 I know! My dad was in line for the Phantom's Revenge and my mom and friend were in line for a drink and i didn't want to wait with them so I decided I was going to ride Thunderbolt and by the time I got off my mom and friend were still in line for a drink and the line for this was as far back up to Ghostwoods Estates and it took less than a half hour to wait to get on the ride.
im going there probly is it fun i will soon know
I love the Thunderbolt me and my friend were going to ride it again after the jack rabbit but then the park losed so we were mad
voted #1 in the world o.O
I don't get it. What makes it so good?
I'm going in a couple weeks for a school field trip! not very excited though... :P
this is a fun ride
Still the best woodie around!
I went on the thunder bolt and the sky rocket right after I ate and I dident throw up
i love this ride. best ride at kwood in my opionion
good first roller coaster, and any time after that for the matter
Ohh I go to Marshall Middle School in Pittsburgh
These classic woodies knock the socks off the modern junk they're building these days.
I like this more than ravine flyer
WHOOOO!!!!! PITTSBURGH!!!!
i am goin 2marow and ridden all the rollar coasters
i live in ky and go to kings island all the time and i ride the beast
when i went the line was short, as a matter of fact all the lines were short! i guess i went on a good day lol
thunder, thunder, thunder, thunder!
This is the same thing as the wildcat at lake compounce
Pittsburgh has the best wooden coasters on earth FACT every coaster enthusiast will tell you so
ravine flyer is good stuff though!
@ittakes3STUDIOS No, it's Tbolt.
Freaking scariest ride at night. XD
omg on the video u think oh those hills dont look that bad but in real life ur like "oh god oh god! imma die!"
IS THIS PAINFUL?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
YES!!
i live close to this park and we go up twice a year honestly i hate pittsburgh but best park ever! lol me and my dad call it shitsburgh! love you kennywood
And millennium force at cedar point in sandusky ohio has been voted the best rollercoaster in the world 5 years in a row :D
I loe the black widow at kennywood and the phantoms revange
Nice youll have fun. Stay untill nightime and ride this and the phantoms revenge its awesome!
don't get me wrong this is still a good coaster though
but Kennywood has the 3 best wooden coasters in the world the beast is just 1
@101michaelbublefan yep
lol i like the phantom!!!
Love
Brashear highschool in pittsburgh.