Kennywood’s Steel Curtain wins best new roller coaster award
Kennywood’s Steel Curtain kicked off the year with plenty of anticipation and topped off the summer with an honor.
The Steel Curtain roller coaster took the Best New Roller Coaster award on Saturday night at an industry event at the Silverwood Theme Park in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
Kennywood posted several tweets proclaiming the award.
We won!! #SteelCurtain voted the best new roller coaster of 2019! https://t.co/gpbTye6f4R
— Kennywood Park (@Kenny_Kangaroo) September 8, 2019
We won! #SteelCurtain voted the Best New Roller Coaster of 2019! Such a thrill and honor to represent @Kenny_Kangaroo and bring this award back for the 412. #GTA2019 #HereWeGo pic.twitter.com/BzDFGvSUPz
— Kennywood PR (@Kennywood_PR) September 8, 2019
Drowsily heading back to Pittsburgh with this beauty! The Golden Ticket Award for Best New Roller Coaster! #GTA2019 #SteelCurtain pic.twitter.com/fibdPsL0oZ
— Kennywood PR (@Kennywood_PR) September 8, 2019
The Steel Curtain opened this year in the new Steelers Country section of the part, which was done in a collaboration between the park and the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The coaster takes riders 220 feet above the Monongahela River and then drops them through nine inversions and speeds reaching about 75 mph. The ride last about two minutes.
Kennywood claims it is the tallest roller coaster in Pennsylvania.
The Golden Ticket Awards are presented annually to honor the best in the amusement industry and are calculated from a poll conducted by Amusement Today.
Frank Carnevale is the TribLive multimedia editor. He started at the Trib in 2016 and has been part of several news organizations, including the Providence Journal and Orlando Sentinel. He can be reached at fcarnevale@triblive.com.
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