Negative-G - Kennywood West Mifflin, Pennsylvania - 2025

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The Phantom's Revenge roller coaster at Kennywood Park, West Mifflin, PA

After ten years of operation it was announced that Kennywood would remove the Steel Phantom. Fans were not happy to be loosing such an iconic ride. Thankfully the park listened to their concerns and hired Morgan Manufacturing to keep the best of Steel Phantom and transform it into Phantom's Revenge for the 2001 season.

For Phantom's Revenge the over the shoulder restraints were scrapped as Morgan reworked the trains to have a lap bar restraint. The legendary second drop was lengthened from 225 to 228 feet. The loops were removed and an additional two hundred feet of airtime filled track was added to the rides total length.

Without the loops there isn't a single bad thing I can say about Phantom's Revenge. While Mamba at Worlds of Fun is my favorite Morgan coaster I have to say that their work transforming Steel Phantom to Phantom's Revenge is by far their best work.

If I haven't already given you a few dozen reasons to visit Kennywood here is another one. Phantom's Revenge is an airtime lover's dream as you can see in this photo. You spend about as much time pressed up against your lap bar as your rear end is pressed down on your seat. Like the rest of the coasters at Kennywood Phantom's Revenge is just perfect.

When visiting Kennywood make sure to say "hi" to Kenny Kangaroo. At Kennywood there was always music, costumed characters, or performers all over the park. Those things really add to the atmosphere. More parks need to follow Kennywood's lead here and bring back entertainment to their parks.