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Idlewild tightens summer hours: Park to close every Wednesday for the rest of the season

Quincey Reese
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Brothers Adam Antell (left) and Aaron Antell cool off at Idlewild & SoakZone Thursday on the Pipeline Plunge. The park’s online calendar indicates closures every Wednesday through July and August.
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Parkgoers cool off in the wave pool Thursday at Idlewild & SoakZone.
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Amanda Reese of Burrell Township reacts on Paul Bunyan’s Loggin’ Toboggan with daughters Hazel Shunk (front) and Tinley Shunk (back) and family friend Delylah Davidson.
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JP Skelley of Johnstown rides the Flying Aces with son Leo Skelley, 4, Thursday at Idlewild & SoakZone.
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Parkgoers cool off in the wave pool Thursday at Idlewild & SoakZone.
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Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review
Amber Culley of Cook Township, along with family friend Clara Schmucker, 5, of Latrobe react while riding the Scrambler Thursday at Idlewild & SoakZone.

Idlewild and SoakZone in Ligonier Township will be closed on Wednesdays for the rest of the summer.

The amusement park’s online calendar indicates closures every Wednesday through July and August. The park did not respond to requests for comment left Thursday afternoon.

Kennywood Park in West Mifflin will be closed on Tuesdays, beginning next week, for the remainder of the summer season, according to its website.

Kennywood also closed during the latter months of the summer on Mondays and Tuesdays in 2020.

Most rides at Idlewild open at 10:30 a.m. in July and August, but kiddie rides open at 11 a.m. The park will close at 7 p.m., but it will stay open until 8 p.m. on Saturdays in July. SoakZone is open 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Storybook Forest is open 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Exceptions to this schedule can be found on Idlewild’s website.

Idlewild also is resuming its annual Neighbor Days series, which will take place every Friday, Saturday and Sunday through the end of the month.

During Neighbor Days, visitors can meet characters from a variety of children’s shows, including “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” and “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood,” and participate in related theme activities.

Quincey Reese is a TribLive reporter covering the Greensburg and Hempfield areas. She also does reporting for the Penn-Trafford Star. A Penn Township native, she joined the Trib in 2023 after working as a Jim Borden Scholarship intern at the company for two summers. She can be reached at qreese@triblive.com.

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