Kennywood Adopts Chaperone Policy For Minors

PITTSBURGH, PA — Kennywood will have a new chaperone policy when the West Mifflin amusement park opens for the 2021 season.

The amusement park has announced that guests aged 17 years and under must be accompanied by an adult chaperone beginning at 4 p.m. The chaperone can be a parent, guardian, or other adult age 21 of older. Chaperones must be able to provide valid ID, including a photograph and date of birth.

Each chaperone must be present when entering the park and remain there for the duration of their party’s visit.

Minors visiting before 4 p.m. may enter without an adult chaperone. Kennywood stated in a release that minors entering without a chaperone must be joined by one at 4 p.m. If guests 17 and under enter prior to 4 p.m., then leave and request to re-enter the park, at 4 p.m. or later, they must be accompanied by a chaperone.

During seasonal events like Phantom Fright Nights and Holiday Lights, adult chaperones are required during the entire event. Guests who cannot provide identification proving they are at least 18 years old, or without a chaperone 21 or older, will be refused entry.