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 Review of Steel Phantom @ Kennywood
1 Rating Posted by: skifast22 on 5/19/2002 11:31:00 AM
I was lucky enough to ride this coaster on the next to last weekend of its existance. Why a park would choose to tear down a coaster which made every top 10 list that the discovery channel ran i dont know. I have long heard of people claiming it was a very rough coaster, one of the worst theyve been on. All these reports were going through my mind as i was boarding the train and climbing the lift hill. After the ride, i was wondering what people were talking about. This may be because i am 62", and banging my head on the restraints usually isnt a problem. But my neck didnt get bumped around much either. I think that people have just become spoiled by the glassy smooth rides B&M put out. In any case, the coaster climbs the lift hill right out of the station. The 1st drop is a swooping hill, similar to the Great American Scream MAchines 1st drop at 6 flags Great Adventure. At the bottom of the drop, there is a long straight section of track that buzzed by a pathway. From there it climbed up to the top of the second drop. There was actually a little bit of air time as the train crested the top and plummeted into the famous 225 drop through the Thunderbolt. At the bottom the train banked to the left and turned 180 very close to the ground and very fast. From there it climbed up into a vertical loop. This loop was very similar to the 1st loop on the scream machine. After the loop came a boomerang. This was the fastest boomerang id ever gone through. The only one that comes close to the gs felt in this element is the boomerang on Montu at Busch Gardens in Tampa. The next element was a helix that circled the Pitfall ride. then a final single corkscrew brought the train back to the station. Each element f this coaster is intense. The ride had some major positive gs, and a small hint of negative gs at the top of the second hill. To my knowledge, this was the only coaster in the world to have a drop over 200 and have inversions. I deeply miss this coaster, but will be forever gratefull i got to ride it before it was destroyed.
 

Review Comments

Twirlnhurl on 8/7/2002 12:45:19 AM said:
Actually, the helix comes after the corkscrew.
XtremeFan8 on 8/23/2002 4:06:02 PM said:
yea what the hell is that guy talking about!
Twirlnhurl on 8/26/2002 7:59:47 PM said:
Its not a big mistake, but also SoB has a 24somthing drop with a loop.
heplerclan on 8/19/2003 2:22:49 PM said:
I am also grateful that I was able to ride this stunning coaster before it was altered. I have to agree with the magority of riders though that The Steel Phantom gave you quite a beating. Only in the sense that at the bottom of the second hill the force sustained upon your neck as youre thrown into the sharp left bend is easily enough to give the average grown man whiplash (even with the now omitted headrests). It was the kind of ride that was wonderfully intense, but you needed a recovery time before you get back on. I much more enjoy the ability of being able to ride the new Phantoms Revenge over and over again.
Red Rascal on 8/19/2003 2:36:33 PM said:
I rode this ride on its last day of operation(to the public). Its not a bad ride.
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