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Kennywood's Noah's Ark Goes Retro


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(Image via Kennywood.)

 

Kennywood opened today for the 2016 season. The starring attraction is once again Noah's Ark – now 80 years old and the only Noah's Ark walkthrough "dark ride" left of the dozens built in the early 1900s. The large-scale redesign removed some of the more frightening Indiana-Jones-esque elements from a 1990 renovation, including a "crashing" elevator intro, jumping over pits of skeletons, and a flooding bathysphere.

 

The attraction now once again sports classic animal scenes, old time special effects, and (most importantly to locals) the whale mouth entrance, where entering guests step down the length of his spongey tongue to begin their climb up to the ark.

 

 

Very cool for Kennywood, its fans, and dark ride enthusiasts. Let's just hope The Old Mill Garfield's Nightmare is next!

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2016/05/03/kennywood-visitors-in-for-a-whale-of-a-time-this-summer/

 

http://www.cleveland.com/travel/index.ssf/2016/05/kennywood_restores_popular_noa.html

 

 

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