Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom Discussion Thread

[ketchupkid]

Dorney park replied this to me on twitter. We plan to! Our maintenance team has been hard at work and all signs currently say it should be open this summer

[ImNotOneOfYou]

Dorney park replied this to me on twitter. We plan to! Our maintenance team has been hard at work and all signs currently say it should be open this summer

[John Peck]

Saw this today:

According to the News Plus Notes Blog, Hang Time is being taken out.

 

http://newsplusnotes.blogspot.com/2015/02/dorney-park-removing-thrill-ride-before.html

[michaellynn4]

Saw this today:

According to the News Plus Notes Blog, Hang Time is being taken out.

 

http://newsplusnotes.blogspot.com/2015/02/dorney-park-removing-thrill-ride-before.html

 

I'm not too surprised. The last two times I went this ride broke down while I was in line.

[njcoasterguy34]

Saw this today:

According to the News Plus Notes Blog, Hang Time is being taken out.

 

http://newsplusnotes.blogspot.com/2015/02/dorney-park-removing-thrill-ride-before.html

 

The ride has already been taken off the list of thrill rides on their web-site.

 

https://www.dorneypark.com/things-to-do/thrill-rides

[DJeXeL]

Not surprised. Riptide @ KBF is on borrowed time as well.

[Lareson]

Yep, Screamscape shared this pic and yeah, it's gone.

 

 

Would not be surprised to see at least a majority of these Top Spins gone in the next 5-10 years.

[coasterbill]

We visited Dorney on closing weekend and rode Hang Time for the first time ever... we actually sort of liked it. What a shame. lol

 

It's still not a big loss but I wish we had ridden it a little more.

[alilstronger]

Hang Time was one of the best versions of that ride around in my opinion. Its actually flipped more then 1-2 times.

[Donkey123]

I saw a post a couple days ago on Instagram (a local Dorney Park Fan) that showed Stingers trains are back on track! Also I see that no one said anything about the new minor addition of adding some very neat and educational history signs along the tracks of the Zephyr. You probably don't care, but people like me that have gone to Dorney since I was little are going to really appreciate looking back to the past and it is really thoughtful of Dorney to keep putting history back into this old park.

[Rollercoaster Rider]

Not surprised. Riptide @ KBF is on borrowed time as well.

 

The ride's only 11 years old. What did Knott's do to it? Firefall at CGAm has been operating +/- since 93.

[larrygator]

Also I see that no one said anything about the new minor addition of adding some very neat and educational history signs along the tracks of the Zephyr. You probably don't care, but people like me that have gone to Dorney since I was little are going to really appreciate looking back to the past and it is really thoughtful of Dorney to keep putting history back into this old park.

 

I love when parks do things like this. However, many of the old Dorney fan base spew venom at Cedar Fair remember they are reminded at all that has changed at Dorney.

[Myself]

Our train at Kennywood has had similar signage and photographs since 2009 and guests always seem interested to learn more about the park's history after riding it. It's great to see another park doing this...especially Dorney, a park-gone-corporate that still has quite a history worth sharing.

[Donkey123]

Construction of the Smokehouse Barbecue is almost complete! Is it just me or does this look like an indoor restaurant which would be amazing since Dorney is really lacking in indoor food restaurants.

Construction is almost complete!

[njcoasterguy34]

I'm planning on going to the park for opening weekend. Should I expect Cedar Creek Flyers to be operational then?

[Donkey123]

Yes, I think it's supposed to open on opening weekend and I have been checking on construction and it looks like that will happen. I know you didn't ask, but Stinger will not be open the first day because I heard it might try to open in the Summer.

[Snowyowl1028]

I have heard a lot of evidence your next roller coaster will be a GCI, and I think they will make it very awesome. I hope it will have a splash down! That would make it more unique and awesome.

[michaellynn4]

I have heard a lot of evidence your next roller coaster will be a GCI, and I think they will make it very awesome. I hope it will have a splash down! That would make it more unique and awesome.

 

Source?

[coasterbill]

Yes, I think it's supposed to open on opening weekend and I have been checking on construction and it looks like that will happen. I know you didn't ask, but Stinger will not be open the first day because I heard it might try to open in the Summer.

 

Oh no! Not Stinger! It's incredibly disappointing that we won't be able to experience the sting of Dorney's newest and most thrilling coaster experience again this year .

 

I'd ask for a source but even without one I think Stinger having massive amounts of downtime is a pretty safe bet.

Edited April 15, 2015 by coasterbill

[Genx24]

I have heard a lot of evidence your next roller coaster will be a GCI, and I think they will make it very awesome. I hope it will have a splash down! That would make it more unique and awesome.

[DJeXeL]

I have heard a lot of evidence your next roller coaster will be a GCI, and I think they will make it very awesome. I hope it will have a splash down! That would make it more unique and awesome.

 

I also heard this GCI is going to run 7 trains and feature a drop-track element.

[grsupercity]

I dont know where you all have been getting your information, but I heard a inverted giga woodie with 10 inversions and an aquatrax

[Password121]

^My sources told me, and I quote...

"Dorney? Hadn't thought about that. Probably nothing."

[Donkey123]

I know we are joking around, but I am not. I am hearing from a Dorney employee that Stinger will now possibly be opening for opening weekend. I know it's had an extremely rough two years, but when I did get to go on Stinger it wasn't a bad experience and in some case actually pretty enjoyable so I am giving it one more chance to prove itself.

[DJeXeL]

Stinger is a hell of a lot of fun. Not reliable at all, however.