Comments on: Kennywood Announces New Launch Coaster for 2010

By: Kat

Kat — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 01:07:46 +0000

I live in Pittsburgh as well, I am going to Kennywood this upcoming Friday. I have never been on the Sky Rockett and I'm looking forward to going on it this year. It looks like a fun little ride!!! Never been on…anyone want to tell me what it's like? I love the fact that it has corkskrews LOL XD

By: jonah

jonah — Sat, 07 May 2011 12:35:36 +0000

ilive in pgh to but i live across the street from kennywood and i go there all the time and i just love the skyrocket

By: jonah

jonah — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 17:21:09 +0000

the skyrocket is really fun it is better than i thought

By: Frank

Frank — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 23:06:00 +0000

i was just at Kennywood 2 days ago for the first time and rode the new coaster called Sky Rocket. Its a fun little coaster, little because its less than 100 feet tall and there are NO LOOPS!!!! The trains did corkscrews and did a sort of turn/loop but no loops in the traditional sense. The ride was very comfortable and VERY smooth too. It is a fun coaster but having been on Kingda Ka and Top Thrill Dragster with those insane heights and launch speeds, Sky Rocket is a bit tame, but it is perfect for Kennywood and is still a good ride.

By: Maura

Maura — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:44:59 +0000

http://www.pittsburghfoodbank.org/Details.aspx?Re…

JUST FOUND OUT!! They are auctioning off the first 200 seats (i.e. the first ride). A minimum of $50 bid and you could get a ride all day park pass, gift bag, and a seat on Kennywood's newest coaster. (seats are picked by riders highest bid to the lowest). The money raised in the auction will be donated to the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank!! They only have 5 bids so far-meaning, for $50 you have a great shot at getting a seat!!

http://auction.pittsburghfoodbank.org/

By: Candace

Candace — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:44:27 +0000

hey from pittsburgh,pa and i think that the new coaster name should be………THE DART because how it goes from 0 to 50 mph in 2 seconds and so does a dart or anything that can be flew os something.!

By: Hampton Colorguard

Hampton Colorguard — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:21:39 +0000

We think that the new coaster should be named The Swivel Shaft.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:46:05 +0000

Yep.

And don't you love the random Vekoma Boomarang they through in there? Don't forget Mr. Freeze either.

The ride looks like enough fun, though.

P.S. Note they said "stratospheric" in the promo, even though Phantom is taller. I think I can guess a few names…

By: Ross

Ross — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:43:18 +0000

Okay, Ive just seen the promotionnal video, and noticed that the pov animation was made with No Limits Coaster Simulator, and let me tell you, this is one of the most newbie NL animations I've ever seen.

It is in fact dreadful, and I don't understand how they could dump such a low-quality No Limits coaster in such an important and professional ad! How can they get away with this?

The person who made this simply doesn't have any experience: he didn't use continuous roll, the curves were ten times too sharp for anyone to survive the lats and Gs and the heartline of the track is so busted the riders would be sent flying around in their seats and breaking their ribs on the side of their cars, while being ejected because the harnesses would fail to sustain the whole thing. They really should have called for an experienced person. I just can't get over it.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:12:33 +0000

I would like to suggest "SKY BLAST" as the name for the coaster. How do I convince Kennywood to put this in the pool of names they are coming up with for it?