The Haunting History of Kennywood’s Le Cachot

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Le Cachot was a beloved Dark Ride that operated at Kennywood from 1972 to 1998. Learn more about this attraction’s haunting history in this video.
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30 окт 2023

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@denniswhite6013 28 дней назад

Please bring this back, seems to be every ones #1 ride they miss!

@Astrojack83 3 месяца назад

I miss these old dark rides. I'd love to see an old school dark ride return to kennywood.

@twktodd Месяц назад

I can still remember the sound that it made the tick tick tick sound, then the bang of slamming into the doors. I miss this ride.

@3000adidaskorn 5 дней назад

The room with the flashing lights was the best! On the other side of that room was another track. People that got on the ride after you would pass by you in that room. I remember throwing pennies at my brother and his friend passing by. LoL

@edbarker8636 2 месяца назад

Anyway Kennywood is actually my home Park I miss that ride

@christinatait1911 2 месяца назад

I really miss lecachot along with all the other dark rides❤😢

@amusementvillage 8 месяцев назад

I miss this ride, sad it's gone

@dandrnachmusic 5 месяцев назад

I remember riding this in the 80s/90s and really enjoyed it. I think Kennywood should be more proactive to recreate and preserve rides like this. In the way the did the Kangaroo. This Pretzel style ride has a tiny footprint and fits hand in hand with Kennywood's history

@jasonk.9170 8 месяцев назад

Boy, this ride brought back memories! Especially the summer mom took me on it, gashed her foot on a piece of sharp metal on the cart and had to go to that medical place by the Grand Prix by the bathrooms and went home early! Got a bunch of free tics tho, love Kennywood happy Halloween yinz guys! 🎃

@RMsteelerfan7 8 месяцев назад

Haha kinda reminds me of the time I was on Thunderbolt a while back and I don’t remember exactly what I got cut by, but something cut into my finger and gave me a cut. I had to go over to the first aid area near Gran Prix (surprisingly it’s not called Grand, it’s actually called Gran Prix.. just learned of that maybe a month ago), but anywho, yeah they gave me a bandaid, and I was on my way. Good times.

@jasonk.9170 8 месяцев назад

@@RMsteelerfan7 same first aid mom went to when I was a kid! I always thought it was Grand tho weird

@RMsteelerfan7 8 месяцев назад

I did too, but Kennywood calls it “Gran” on their website, and even on the sign of the ride in person. So I guess I was lied to this entire time lol. It was hard to believe at first.

@The_Bad_Guy. Месяц назад

Oh wow i completely forgot this ride existed! We used to ride this all the time as kids.

@HistoricalAmusements 5 месяцев назад

Great Video! Did you know there used to be a dragon in the ride where the skeletons fishing in the boat were, the dragon is now at Idlewild in the storybook forest.

@RMsteelerfan7 5 месяцев назад

No, I did not know that. That's really cool though!

@kaystray5034 8 месяцев назад

I randomly thought about this ride this afternoon and was so excited to see a video about it! I remember my mom and sister taking me on this ride when I was little. I was really really nervous but my mom pointed out there was a stuffed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle toy hanging from one of the "cages" containing the swinging faces on the front where the line queued and it made me laugh. I enjoyed the ride and even though I was still a little scared my mom made me feel super safe. ❤

@jackschissler255 6 дней назад

The Gold Rusher started out on ground level but after a few yrs they raised it to the top. When it was on ground level it went up a small hill but once they raised it up, the hill was gone. The Gold Rusher had this spiral track that went down around this massive waterfall.

@TOFTS77 7 месяцев назад

Kennywood picnic we would always makes sure to hit the trifecta of Dark rides. Old Mill, Gold Rush, and Le Cachot. Of course we would also walk through Noah's Ark but we never considered it a Dark Ride. The Buzzing and click of the carts from Le Cachot is permanently ingrained in my memory. Funny enough because of how close they were I always thought Gold Rush was directly above Le Cachot.

@RMsteelerfan7 7 месяцев назад

It actually was in some portions of it, but Gold Rush mainly used the top part of the games building that’s right next door. That’s also where Ghostwood goes, all above the games building on the top floor.

@JessicaMcCort 19 дней назад

I completely forgot about The Gold Rusher!! ❤

@gtawarrior92 Месяц назад

I don't think I ever rode La cachet. I'm glad they put the exterminator in though. I love that ride

@alexmcgrogan8557 Месяц назад

Best dark ride ever at kennywood

@genietv4 8 месяцев назад

I knew this would be the ride love it!

@ScottyMania313 7 месяцев назад

I enjoyed this one and Goldrusher. They make me thirsty for some old school Kennywood juice served in a plastic fruit-shaped cup with a silly straw.

@latenitevegas 6 месяцев назад

The grape one always comes to mind

@lostsheep2640 8 месяцев назад

Was pretty cool ride. I do remember riding it.

@Tomdiana 8 месяцев назад

Still liked it better than Ghostwood estates.

@theodoreperkoski1951 Месяц назад

I loved the cars

@johnschmude5852 2 месяца назад

I miss this ride. Old school dark ride.

@urbex_coasters 7 месяцев назад

Never got to ride Le Cachot but I've ridden the Bill Tracey rides at Waldemeer (which I know Wacky Shack has a few if Le Cachot's stunts) and rides like the Knobles Haunted Mansion that use the same ride system as Le Cachot. I will definitively say it seems like a cool dark ride and I wish I would've gotten to ride it. And that facade looks awesome, wonder if any of those characters remain in storage and could be brought back. Le Cachot was demoshed before I was born though so those images will just remain a feaver dream of a ride I wish I could experience I guess.

@RMsteelerfan7 7 месяцев назад

I didn’t even realize the one at Waldameer is very similar to it until you mentioned it. I’ve rode that before, but I haven’t rode Le Cachot. It’s nice to have gotten to ride a ride that is very similar to it.

@urbex_coasters 7 месяцев назад

@@RMsteelerfan7 Not only is it similar, it literally has a lot of Le Cachot stunts in it. The stunts in Le Cachot were built by Bill Tracy, Waldemeer wanted to make sure their dark rides stay true to the Bill Tracy roots, using Le Cachot props has made that a reality.

@Abl1sgtag 8 месяцев назад

My grandpa told me all about this ride HE LOVED IT

@RMsteelerfan7 8 месяцев назад

yeah charles jacques jr… he’s totally your grandpa. sorry for your loss by the way, he passed away sometime either earlier this year or last year (I can’t remember)

@Abl1sgtag 8 месяцев назад

@@RMsteelerfan7 that's not my grandpa

@RMsteelerfan7 8 месяцев назад

yes he is.

@Abl1sgtag 8 месяцев назад

@@RMsteelerfan7 oh yeah I forgot he's the dead one

@Dexzler 8 месяцев назад

love it

@brianlyautey8768 7 месяцев назад

I was so upset when they took this Classic Dark Ride out of the park.

@Thatfoxatthebowlinglane. 7 месяцев назад

I wish Disney had a ride like le cachot

@RMsteelerfan7 7 месяцев назад

They could easily make one like it 👍

@MrSRArter 8 месяцев назад

4:46 I wondered if that sign was there the entire 1998 season or if Exterminator was mainly built to make up for the loss of Le Cahot.

@RMsteelerfan7 8 месяцев назад

That was just their announcement sign, the ride was under construction at that time. The ride opened in 1999.

@Wild1995 8 месяцев назад

I once tried to impress a French person and used the word Le Cachot. He told me it means castle, not dungeon. The mural outside was also a castle.

@RMsteelerfan7 8 месяцев назад

It makes sense if it means castle… but in Kennywood Memories and another documentary that was on old dark rides, they said Le Cachot meant “the dungeon.”

@Wild1995 8 месяцев назад

Yes I know that. My comment was to be funny because when I first saw Kennywood Memories in 1988 we all learned some French. But a French person told me it means castle. Kennywood Memories may have misled Pittsburghers in some French. I just used the Google translator and dungeon in French is donjon Castle is Chachot @@RMsteelerfan7

@RMsteelerfan7 8 месяцев назад

My Spanish teacher taught me that Google Translate is so inaccurate. Only because it doesn’t know what exact word you mean. Like there could be many meanings for one word. I’m just surprised Le Cachot on Google Translate even came up as “The Dungeon.”

@RMsteelerfan7 8 месяцев назад

But I do agree, Kennywood Memories could’ve been a bit misleading. Back then there was no such thing as Google Translate or anything like that… so they stuck with what they believed to be a Cachot.

@Wild1995 8 месяцев назад

No It came up as Castle. You have watched Kennywood Memories too many times LOL@@RMsteelerfan7

@TotallyNot_Jakewastaken 8 месяцев назад

First 5 hours!

@RMsteelerfan7 8 месяцев назад

but you weren’t one of the few who were night owls for this video 🦉

@TotallyNot_Jakewastaken 8 месяцев назад

I know, but I watch some as soon as I woke up.

@JohnRohoboth 3 месяца назад

I remember way back after the ride was closed when there was a temporary outdoor thing at station square. Some small ride or something had the outer panels from Le Cachot standing outside his modern ride. I remember because it was obvious...that one jail-like thing with the furry creature behind it. I know it was from Le Cachot. They must have auctioned it off.