The Exterminator is a steel roller coaster located at Kennywood amusement park in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania. The coaster was manufactured by Reverchon Industries. It opened on April 18, 1999.
The ride is heavily themed around the concept of the rider as a rat attempting to escape from exterminators. The concept is a pun on the phrase ''wild mouse", the type of spinning coaster that The Exterminator is. Like other spinning wild mouse coasters, the cars face forward for the first half of the ride, but are free to spin during the second half.
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History
In September 1998, Kennywood officially announced The Exterminator as their sixth roller coaster and the park's first indoor coaster, complementing the park's history of iconic dark rides. Described as "a subterranean roller coaster adventure", the ride is fast, rough, includes a few sudden falls, and ends with a fast finale that includes flashing lights and the car seemingly spinning out of control. The coaster itself was manufactured by Reverchon Industries, while the ride's storyline and theming were developed by R&R Creative Amusement Designs. The ride's four exterminator animatronics were designed by Sally Corporation.
The ride held a media day on April 16, 1999 to news personnel and members of roller coaster enthusiast organizations such as American Coaster Enthusiasts (ACE) before officially opening to the public on April 18.