Ghostwood Estate
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Ghostwood Estate
Kennywood · US · ETF Ride Systems (vehicles); Halloween Productions (effects) ETF Mystic Mover trackless interactive shooter
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Fast facts
- Ghostwood Estate opened at Kennywood in 2008. coasterpedia.net
- The ride is an operating trackless dark ride in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania. coasterpedia.net
- ETF Ride Systems supplied the Mystic Mover trackless ride system. coasterpedia.net
- Its mansion-fronted building stands an estimated ten metres high, and the cars glide at about three kilometres per hour. coasterpedia.net
- With four-seat cars leaving every 24 seconds or so, it carries an estimated 600 visitors an hour. coasterpedia.net
- Its eight-room course includes more than two hundred interactive targets. parkworld-online.com
The story of Ghostwood Estate
Kennywood announced Ghostwood Estate in December 2007 as a new dark ride for the following season. It was planned to replace Gold Rusher, which had been retired after the 2007 season. parkworld-online.com· coasterpedia.net
The attraction opened in 2008 with a trackless conveyance system by ETF Ride Systems. Halloween Productions designed the haunted effects, while the ride used interactive targets and computer-generated images throughout its eight-room course. parkworld-online.com· vindyarchives.com
Visitors ride in computer-controlled cars equipped with individual scoreboards, aiming at more than two hundred interactive targets as the vehicle moves through the estate. Kennywood continues to list Ghostwood Estate among its dark rides, and the attraction remains operating. kennywood.com· coasterpedia.net
Sources
- coasterpedia.net Preferred source
- parkworld-online.com Acceptable source
- vindyarchives.com Acceptable source
- kennywood.com Acceptable source