Raging Rapids
River Rapids at Kennywood, West Mifflin, Pennsylvania. Opened 1985.
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- Intamin
Raging Rapids is a river rapids ride at Kennywood in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania. Built by Intamin, it opened in 1985 and stands in the Kennyville section of the park. The park says the ride is built on a natural, downward-sloping hillside and simulates a white-water raft trip that is meant to get riders wet.
Rafts travel down a concrete channel through canyons and beneath waterfalls. Three pumps keep the trough filled, moving 93,000 gallons of water each minute. In the ride's first season the first holding pool had a working wave machine; since 1986, wooden guide rails have sent rafts straight through the former wave pool. Raging Rapids was closed for a year-long renovation and reopened in 2023.
Riders must be at least 43 inches tall, and riders between 43 and 51 inches must ride with a supervising companion.
Sources
- kennywood.com/discover-the-park/attractions/raging-rapids (Park page: water ride built on a natural, downward-sloping hillside that simulates a white-water raft ride; minimum height 43 inches, companion required for riders 43 to 51 inches.)
- kennywood.com/our-history (Park history: Raging Rapids added in 1985.)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennywood (Wikipedia: Raging Rapids, 1985, Intamin river rapids, Kennyville section; three pumps move 93,000 gallons a minute; wave machine in the first season, guide rails since 1986; reopened in 2023 after a year-long renovation.)
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