Kennywood Wins Awards from About.com and NAPHA

Joe Kleiman

12 years ago

West Mifflin, PA, USA /PRWEB/ — The annual About.com Readers’ Choice Awards named Kennywood Holiday Lights the Best Theme Park Holiday Event of 2011. Kennywood Holiday Lights wowed guests during the inaugural season in December 2011. The event featured nearly one million lights displayed throughout the park and a host of festive activities including seasonal food selections, choir performances, and, of course, pictures with Santa Claus.

In addition, the National Amusement Park Historical Association (NAPHA) released the results of its 26th Annual NAPHA Amusement Park and Attractions Survey and named Kennywood as Favorite Traditional Amusement Park. NAPHA members are experienced riders who have visited countless amusement parks and have ridden a diverse assortment of roller coasters and other rides. The average member has been to more than 100 amusement parks and has ridden more than 300 roller coasters. The NAPHA survey results list their favorites.

“We are honored to be recognized by both our guests and industry experts like NAPHA,” says Kennywood’s General Manager Jerome Gibas. “This season marks our 115th summer and our continued commitment to giving our guests new and exciting experiences while maintaining a traditional, family friendly atmosphere.”

Kennywood opens for the 2012 season on May 5. Following opening day, Kennywood is open May 12, 13 and daily starting on May 17, 2012. For complete details on dates, times and prices, visit http://www.kennywood.com.

About.com

Now in its fifth year, the About.com Readers’ Choice Awards honor the best products, features and services across more than a dozen categories, ranging from technology to hobbies to parenting and more, as selected by its readers. To view the Best Theme Park Holiday Event of 2011 award and all award winners, please visit http://awards.about.com/

National Amusement Park Historical Association

The National Amusement Park Historical Association, founded in 1978, is an international, educational and enthusiast organization dedicated to preserving and documenting the heritage of the amusement park industry, past, present and future. For more information about the survey or about NAPHA, please contact Marlowe McClasky Futrell, Survey Coordinator, at (412) 831-6315 , marlowemmc(at)gmail(dot)com or go to http://www.napha.org.

Kennywood is part of the Palace Entertainment family of parks.
Palace Entertainment owns and operates 40 theme parks, waters parks and family entertainment centers nationwide, including Kennywood and Idlewild. Palace entertains millions of guests annually and is one of the largest park operators in the nation.

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