Old Mill
Dark Ride at Kennywood, West Mifflin, Pennsylvania. Opened 1901.
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The Old Mill is a dark boat ride at Kennywood in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, and the park's oldest surviving ride. It opened in 1901, and the park calls it the world's oldest continuously operating dark water ride. Boats carry riders through a darkened building past family-friendly spooky scenes.
The ride has changed many times. It was completely rebuilt in the 1920s, and over the years it has run under names such as Panama Canal, Tour Around the World, Hardheaded Harold's Horrendously Humorous Haunted Hideaway and Garfield's Nightmare. The Garfield theme was removed in 2020, when the ride was restored as the Old Mill, and it received a new facade in 2022.
There is no minimum height. Riders under 46 inches must ride with a supervising companion, and infants are not permitted.
Sources
- kennywood.com/discover-the-park/attractions/old-mill (Park page: dark boat ride with family-friendly spooky surprises; riders under 46 inches ride with a companion; infants not permitted.)
- kennywood.com/our-history (Park history: Old Mill added in 1901, Kennywood's oldest surviving ride and the world's oldest continuously operating dark water ride; completely rebuilt in the 1920s; restored in 2020.)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennywood (Wikipedia: Old Mill, 1901, Good Time Midway; past themes Panama Canal (1907), Tour Around the World, Hardheaded Harold's Horrendously Humorous Haunted Hideaway (1974), Garfield's Nightmare (2004); rethemed back to Old Mill in 2020; new facade in 2022; current version credited to The ScareHouse.)
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