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Kennywood pits rides against each other a la March Madness

Justin Vellucci
By Justin Vellucci
1 Min Read March 16, 2023 | 3 years Ago
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Kennywood is asking fans of the West Mifflin amusement park to pick their favorite park rides, March Madness-style.

The park recently announced its bracket-driven competition on social media. Twitter users “get to help crown our fan-favorite ride” over the course of three rounds and a championship, the park wrote while sharing their bracket matchups.

Will the Jack Rabbit triumph over the Whip in the first round? What about that match-up between Thunderbolt and The Old Mill?

Voting started Thursday via Twitter polls on the park’s feed.

By 8 a.m., fans were clearly favoring the Jack Rabbit and Thunderbolt. However, the competition was a bit closer between the Racer and Noah’s Ark. And the Kangaroo’s big early lead was slowly being eaten away by the Turtle.

The championship round vote takes place April 2 and 3.

The park will open for the season on April 22. Daily operations will begin May 26.

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Justin Vellucci is a TribLive reporter covering crime and public safety in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. A longtime freelance journalist and former reporter for the Asbury Park (N.J.) Press, he worked as a general assignment reporter at the Trib from 2006 to 2009 and returned in 2022. He can be reached at jvellucci@triblive.com.

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