Phantom's Revenge


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Phantom's Revenge
Kennywood · US · Hyper Coaster (rebuild of Arrow's Steel Phantom), 2001
Phantom's Revenge — Hyper Coaster (rebuild of Arrow's Steel Phantom), Kennywood
UNOFFICIAL · NOT PARK-ENDORSED PHOTO · Martin Lewison from Forest Hills, NY, U.S.A. · CC BY-SA 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
Height 48.8 m
Speed 137 km/h
Inversions 0
Throughput 1,400est. rph
Build Cost $8est. m
Vintage 2001
UNCOMMON “The old Phantom returned, faster, smoother, and bound for the ravine.”
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Phantom's Revenge

Kennywood · US · D.H. Morgan Manufacturing Hyper Coaster (rebuild of Arrow's Steel Phantom)

“The old Phantom returned, faster, smoother, and bound for the ravine.”

UNOFFICIAL · NOT PARK-ENDORSED

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Fast facts

  • Phantom's Revenge is an operating steel Hyper Coaster at Kennywood in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania. coasterpedia.net
  • D.H. Morgan Manufacturing rebuilt the ride from Arrow's Steel Phantom for its 2001 return. coasterpedia.net
  • The coaster opened as Phantom's Revenge on May 19, 2001. wpxi.com
  • It stands 160 feet, or 48.8 metres, tall. en.wikipedia.org
  • Its top speed is 85 mph, or 137 km/h. kennywood.com
  • The second drop is 232 feet and passes through the neighbouring Thunderbolt's structure twice. kennywood.com
  • Phantom's Revenge has zero inversions, replacing the four found on Steel Phantom. en.wikipedia.org

The story of Phantom's Revenge

Kennywood's great steel chapter began with Steel Phantom in 1991. Set among the older pleasures of the West Mifflin park, it brought record speed and a tremendous ravine drop to a landscape long known for classic coasters and the park lagoon. kennywood.com· pittsburghmagazine.com

By 2000, the park had announced that Steel Phantom would be dismantled. The reaction from riders helped turn demolition into reinvention, and D.H. Morgan Manufacturing was brought in to remake the coaster rather than erase it. wpxi.com· coasterpedia.net

The winter work was no small undertaking. Crews removed large sections of the old track, built new foundations and supports, moved utility lines, made a service road, and anchored supports deep into the rock below Kennywood's hilly ground. wpxi.com

When Phantom's Revenge opened on May 19, 2001, the four inversions were gone and the ride ran faster, with an 85 mph top speed and a second plunge of 232 feet. In 2026, Kennywood marked its twenty-fifth anniversary with station and queue improvements. wpxi.com· kennywood.com

Sources

This background is AI-drafted from public sources and human-reviewed before publishing — approved 20 August 2026.

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