Man it would be a different world if parts lasted “forever”…. I miss the original Steel Phantom, it brings back so many memories. That lift motor is a Dodge TXM gear reducer machine (not affiliated with Stellantis Chrysler car company) but they might have a hard time coming by replacement parts since as you mentioned, the lift hill, brake run track and lift motor are from the Steel Phantom. During the 1st season in 2001, the Phantom could only run one train due to a lack of brakes. They underestimated how many brakes they needed and in the 2002 season, they added additional brakes. The Jack Rabbit uses “hand me down” brakes from the Steel Phantom braking system. Check it out the next time you ride inside the brake run. I hope all goes well for the Phantom. It’s one of my favorites. I rode it the first day it opened back on May 19, 2001.

No idea what the problem was, but thankfully they were quick and efficient at fixing whatever problem the ride had, for the park annocuced that it is fixed and will be opened on Saturday, as for why I am not mentioning today it is because they are only opened for a private event and not for all guests but tomorrow and or Saturday is opened for everyone.

I rode the phantom revenge last year during August 1st 2023 and it was very fun and last year was my first year riding the phantom revenge and I was enjoying it but I was also a little bit shocked because of how fast was and now it is my favorite roller coaster in at Kennywood

Rust is hard to believe, because when they were doing a repaint in 2022 they would have done a sand blast on the track which would have removed the rust and if and integrity issues were found they would have mitigated it and done repairs before the repaint. Painting over rust is stupid and a company would never do that.

I'll just have to check its site before going, so i dont waste a trip, thanks for the heads up! But having worked at a amusement park before, they can close one day and open later that same day, sometimes days.

hey not trying to ruin your theory but what i have to say about the lift hill is possibly it wasn’t the track but it could have been the chains because you said the rest of the track wasn’t giving vibrations or it could’ve been the trains because theh have been the same since 2009 and the green train was oit for a while and wasn’t even inside the station just some info to add to your theory

Very good indeed

At least it is not closed all of next year I am going on it for the first time

I’m going to Kennywood this week so I really hope that it’s open

Shoot Magnum XL in CP was mostly built over sand and has been sinking for decades and nothing has happened. That ride gets stuck going up the hill at least twice a day. Every park has problems all the time.

Hope they get it fixed that would be their two main attractions and I'm from Pittsburgh

Another Great Vid!

They replaced the lift station and brake run track in 2011

The Steel Curtain was my first steel inversion coaster, should've rode skyrocket or phantom as my first steel coaster, but damn Steel Curtain had my pants moist (by the rain ofc) 😂

Wait, I was there and I didn’t get a free ticket. How / when did this happen?

I’m going for a school trip next Friday… This is not looking good

Phantom just reopened today

So phantom revenge and steel curtain are both down? Yikes.

That first drop was not retracked. It's original

I rode it today when it reopened lmao (it was for my sister’s school field trip so I was allowed to be there)

The vibration was really bad in October

This is just a theory (heard it from the ride ops), but It’s not been if the rust for the vibrations, it’s the old maintenance dude screwed up, and now they’re waiting on parts because he ordered parts for steel phantom and not phantom’s revenge, because that vibration wasn’t there in 2022, that’s my theory, and the theory being passed around by the ride ops, but over all great video but that’s according to the ride ops, so yeah

Man, kennywood just might just not know how to make a steel coaster. Jk jk. But most of there steel coasters have problems and I barely hear about problems on the wooden coasters that are way older. And is the phantom running 2 trains? The green train should be done getting maintenance.

still open😊

False and Fake. It is open. I rode it today, 5-12-2024. Stop spreading FAKE news !