I love, love, love the Jack Rabbit! I also really enjoy the Thunderbolt and the Racers, too but the Jack Rabbit holds a special place in my heart. I've hit a lot of coasters all over the place and I've never found its equal anywhere else. Those double dips that make you fly out of your seat force you squeal (or scream) and giggle every darned time no matter how old you are. I dare you to keep your arms up in the air thru both dips!
I ride lots of the old school rides but the old wooden coasters are always my favorites. The goal is always to get the front car for all of them at least once during any Kennywood visit and I usually leave at the end of the day feeling like my brains have been scrambled in my head a bit. That's how you know you've taken full advantage!
There's no other amusement park quite like Kennywood. It's such a Pittsburgh institution and I'm not sure if you put the exact same park anywhere else in the Universe that it would develop the hometown, happy vibe that our Kennywood has. It's a school & company picnic institution and having tons of people you know during your visit just makes it that much better. We always had prearranged times to meet the kids by the Turtles or Noah's Ark once they were old enough to ditch the parents and hang out with their friends. They would tell us what time to be at the Skycoaster to watch them & their friends take the big freefall dive from an impossibly high platform as they all screamed their lungs out.
My friends and I have joked that there should be an eat all day pass available. I'm typically not a French fry lover but if all fries tasted like they do from the Potato Patch, I might feel differently. Then their are the corn dogs, Dippin Dots, Dip Cones, fresh squeezed lemonade, etc. Sorry a funnel cake just seems like overkill with all that!
People watching is always extraordinary and you can make a game of counting fanny packs, Pittsburgh bangs or mullets. Just don't wear a white t-shirt and get on the Log Jammer or you'll end up part of someone else's people watching game!