Comments on: Featured Photo #29 – Respect for Elderly Coasters

By: Jacob

Jacob — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:35:06 +0000

All of the woodies at Kennywood are significant in history. Thunderbolt was once the crowned jewel of all roller coasters. The Racer is the last Mobulus loop coaster still operating in America. And the Jack Rabbit was one of the first, if not the first to use unstop wheels, giving it the ability to have steep drops and its legendary double-dip.

By: Kristofer

Kristofer — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:04:19 +0000

I remeber getting ert on this coaster in late july. Got 11 rides in in 30 minutes. I love this coaster. I have been on it more than 30 times this year.

By: Gearhart

Gearhart — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:32:22 +0000

I was totally surprised by this ride, way better than I expected and easily one of my favorite "classic" woodies, one of the best finales out there. I would also say at the top of my list would be the Giant Dipper in Santa Cruz and the John Miller designed Coaster at the Puyallup Fair that only runs a couple weeks a year near Seattle. It's smaller but runs like a dream with some decent air in it's old school trains.

By: L.J.

L.J. — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:03:58 +0000

Yea a lot of people take pictures from that area so it looks pretty similar to a lot of other thunderbolt pics. great pic btw

By: Prof.BAM

Prof.BAM — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 15:07:20 +0000

Just to make you all jealous, Yesterday I was at my home park Valleyfair! and (after we broke the record of most adults reading to children at one time in one place) I went straight to Renegade. I was the first guest of the day, and I had the whole train to myself! That's what you get for Vigilance!

By: The Coaster Critic

The Coaster Critic — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:01:31 +0000

I haven't but I considered heading out to Lake Winnie as part of trip down to SFOGA for Dare Devil Dive. The only thing is that park is pretty far out of the way and it only has a few coasters. Is it worth the trip? I've definitely heard of the Cannonball. What makes it so great? Anything special about the rest of the park to make it worth my while?

By: Dillon

Dillon — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 10:11:51 +0000

this is probably my second favorite woodie, i rode it at the beginning of august, it was running very well. another one that is practically unheard of is the Cannonball at lake winnie in rossville georgia. hey coaster critic have you ridden cannonball?

By: The Coaster Critic

The Coaster Critic — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 08:39:54 +0000

You probably have. It's likely a popular place to take photos of Thunderbolt as it's near the path and a seating area with tables. Or at least it was back in 1999.

By: The Coaster Critic

The Coaster Critic — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 08:38:06 +0000

Yeah. It's definitely fun to be surprised every once in a while. Especially when you research and read so much about these rides. I had one of those moments on Six Flags Over Georgia's Georgia Cyclone. I was expecting a ho-hum woodie ride and ended up feeling like I was holding on for my life.

By: The Coaster Critic

The Coaster Critic — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 08:35:49 +0000

Not sure about the GCI train name, but your comment made me actually look at the riders. There's a guy 'protecting' someone who I assume is his daughter from the drop by wrapping his arms around her. It looks like it's about 6 rows from the back of the train. Pretty funny!