TR'ish: Dorney Park (with a first time roller coaster rider)

[ilostpod]

Today I visited Dorney Park with a group of friends including one who up to till now (Age 22) had never been on a roller coaster in his life. Without a doubt this was the most enjoyable time I have had at a theme park in a looooooong time.

 

I think it in part has to do with the fact that in my teenage years so much time was spent visiting parks and riding the same rides over and over. This lead to myself eventually becoming less and less interested with every visit to a park. It's been about 3 years or so since I have visited a park (minus WDW) and I have sort of regained an enthusiast craving to visit some more parks.

 

We started my friend off big with Steel Force and he never looked back. We didn't ride a ton of things today but we were able to hit up every coaster at least twice minus Thunderhawk (open), Laser (closed), and Wild Mouse (closed). Sitting behind my friend on Steel Force going down that first drop was absolutely hilarious and worth the price of admission alone. When we got out of the train at the end of the ride you could see in his face how tense he was because he had never experienced anything like it.

 

For myself, the two new rides were Hydra and Voodoo! Both were enjoyable with Voodoo providing a great ride similar to Wicked Twister and Hydra falling into the spot of younger sibling to Medusa. Overall the crowds were minimal with no wait more then 10-15 minutes. A bulk of the crowd was made up of class trips for the most part. Dorney Park has really been picking up their game and I think the addition of Voodoo was a VERY SMART MOVE!

 

Anyway, I guess this isn't a true TR but I wanted to 'vent' about a hobby I have again

[Dougerz]

That's awesome...sounds like you had a great time. One coaster (and more) down for your friend...hundreds more to go. Let the credit fest begin