Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom Discussion Thread

[Ace Of Spades]

^^Funny, that picture manages to capture all three rides that got dumped there in one shot.

[Patman]

^^ At least your park is getting rides. There hasn't been an announcement about whats replacing Invertigo yet. If it's even going to be replaced.

[eddie200330]

^^^ It's like the old yard sale saying........One mans trash is another mans treasure. I am more than happy to have these 3 rides closer to home so I can do them all over again!!

[BaMiTsPaT]

Dorney can call this area of the park "shuttle coaster section" if they want to be really generic in the spirit of Cedar Fair theming!

[DJeXeL]

"Hand me down" section.

[B.A.B]

To be honest, I think Cedar Fair did the right thing on moving Invertigo and other rides. Mostly becuase it would be cheaper then buying a brand new one even though you have a park that already has one. Also Demon Drop popularity was droping so why not move it to another park to raise that parks attendence. Invertigo was at a park with finaceical problems which at the time I thought Great America was gonna close. Vodoo or whatever it is called now was at a defunct park and it was a Intamin Shuttle that was still in good conidtion.

[odene497]

As "boring" a new ride as this is, I'm still looking forward to it as the park is within driving distance, and I've never been on any sort of inverted boomerang coaster. The colors look great too. But oh yeah, Talon makes the trip worth it anyway!

[cal1br3tto]

^For me, Talon, Hydra, and Steel Force. Well, Steel Force can get a bit old since it's a simple out-and-back, but the airtime makes it worth a few rides.

[djw44]

For me, I could ride Steel Force all day. It is smooth and relaxing. Not a care in the world when riding Steel Force. It is like a relaxing Sunday drive to me.

[ernierocker]

It is like a relaxing Sunday drive to me.

 

What they should of put on the Steel Force ad when the ride first opened.

[djw44]

Hey when it was built it was on the more intense side of things. I have a soft spot in my heart for Dorney because it was my homepark growing up. I rode Steel Force so many times in a row as an employee (Talon too). Steel Force is just so relaxing to me. It is really like meditation, no outrageous thrills but it clears my mind and is scenic and relaxing.

[braztaz]

^I actually kind of felt the same way. Though that helix could get pretty rough in some spots

[djw44]

I actually really like the Helix and I never felt that roughness you are talking about. The other thing I love about that ride is that amazing view from the station. It just looks endless. It would make for a great horizon painting or drawing.

[cal1br3tto]

I do like the setting. Once as I was riding, some birds were showing off for us by furiously flapping their wings.

 

The main feature I feel the ride is missing is an intense headchopper helix like on Mamba. There aren't any headchoppers on Steel Force I felt really worked for me. However, the airtime seems on par with Mamba if not better; they both had surprisingly good pops compared to what I'd been expecting based on critical reports.

[coasterfreak101]

I loved Steel Force when I rode it a few years ago! We were all very, very surprised by the pops of air, especially on the return run. And in the back seat off of the MCBR...wonderful!

[djw44]

http://newsplusnotes.blogspot.com/2011/12/original-dorney-park-hercules.html

 

Pretty neat to see, original plans for Hercules posted on NewsPlusNotes. Mike always posts such great stuff over there.

 

I'm on a Youtube spree and found all of these old goodies:

 

1990 Commercial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o_WBxZMt_Y

 

Epic 80s commercial, in the middle of the video. Some other epic commercials in there too, gotta love the 16 digit party line!

 

1993 Batman the Ride and then another Dorney commercial, gotta say the B:TR commercial is pretty epic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8QFNMJRTMs

 

1986 Out there Dorney gymnastics related commercial, but what an epic weekend, we could go to Dorney Park AND see Top Gun AND Ferris Bueller in theaters http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M_sYuNIlX8

[vacoaster09]

Aerial Pic of Stinger at Dorney Park... from flyingphill Pic 24

 

More: http://flyinphilsflighthighlights.blogspot.com/2011/12/from-flight-on-sunday-december-11-2011.html

http://flyinphilsflighthighlights.blogspot.com/2011/12/from-flight-on-sunday-december-11-2011.html

Edited January 16, 2012 by robbalvey

[UrbanLegend]

1990 Commercial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o_WBxZMt_Y

 

This video leaves so many questions unanswered. What year is Grandpa Ryan reminiscing about? What year is it in the present? Even though they're both separated by 50 or 60 years, why do they both look like 1990? Is that what the future will be like? And was it really necessary for his grandson to say Dorney Park's full name? If he really remembers it so fondly, that must be pretty condescending, UNLESS he's suffering from dementia and we've been dealing with an unreliable narrator this whole time. And did he steal that carousel horse from Dorney Park? So many questions!!!

 

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[cal1br3tto]

^^Lookin' good! How close is the track color to that of Possessed's supports? They look so nice together in that shot.

[Haunting]

^^^Haven't seen Stinger from that view, It actually looks good where it is. I didn't think it would.

I've never been on an inverted boomerang, so I'll definately be there this summer (or spring; whenever they open it).

[Intimidator305]

How close is the track color to that of Possessed's supports? They look so nice together in that shot.

 

I also think this. I like the way that Possessed's supports and Stinger's track are about the same color, it makes the area look more unified and there isn't a big mixture of random colors... Impressive CF!

[The49er]

Have you guys seen the site's park map recently? I won't spoil the cute little touch I found, but you'll see it by Steel Voodoo Possessed Venom

[Josh Linn]

I was a little skeptical of this addition at first because it was another inverted shuttle coaster located right next to the other one, but the more I thought about it, the ride experiences are a lot different and it does look nice in the old Laser spot. Not as nice as Laser, but nice.

 

Dorney to me is an "incomplete" park (I'm not a water park guy)...I've never encountered any long lines there, so I'm usually done with riding all of this:

 

Talon

Hydra

Steel Force

Possessed

Thunderhawk

Meteor

Dominator

Thunder Creek Mountain.

The go-karts if I feel like spending the extra cash

 

In about two hours. Hydra and Possessed have helped and I'm sure Stinger will too, but to me they're another marquee coaster away from being more "complete".

[Angry_Gumball]

Have you guys seen the site's park map recently? I won't spoil the cute little touch I found, but you'll see it by Steel Voodoo Possessed Venom

Is it the construction site?

[BaMiTsPaT]

Dorney to me is an "incomplete" park (I'm not a water park guy)...I've never encountered any long lines there, so I'm usually done with riding all of this:

 

I agree. When I went in 2009 we finished everything we wanted to ride in the park (and some we didn't even want to ride), and wen to the water park during the afternoon just to eat some time while waiting for night rides on Talon and Steel Force. I don't know what kind of coaster they'd add though or where.