Dorney Park on 9/28/13
#1
Posted 04 October 2013 - 05:51 PM
We first rode Talon twice, once in the front row and once in the middle. I think Talon might be my favorite invert (it changes between Talon and Raptor). After that we headed to Hydra, which we also rode twice, both in the back. It's much rougher than I remember it being, but that might very well have been the difference between the front and the back. Either way still an enjoyable ride.
We then walked to Possessed, which was my first impulse coaster back when it was Voodoo in 2008. I rode back row. Again a lot rougher than I remember, especially the pullin going up the back tower. Next up was Stinger, which is right by Possessed. I had never ridden a Vekoma inverted boomerang before this, and from what I had heard I didn't expect a smooth ride. I was actually pleasantly surprised though, because other than a spot or two on the cobra roll it was very fluid. The station music was funny too, which is always good.
Afterwords, we headed to Steel Force. This is quite the ride, and has retained its smoothness exceptionally well. It glides over the hills on the way out, and throws you up and down on the way back. A thoroughly fun ride for sure. Then came Thunderhawk, which is near Steel Force. I remembered this ride being very painful, and I was pleasantly surprised as I was with Stinger. It gave some nice airtime, and instead of being overly rough it was pleasantly so, just enough to add to the wooden coaster vibe.
By this point it was probably 1 o'clock, and before lunch we wanted to find Savage. We had no idea where it was, and after asking a few employees one thought it might be in Planet Snoopy. We looked around there for about 45 minutes and finally found it in I think the Customer Care/Lost Child office. Not sure why it would be there, but we were glad to find it. The track had been really messed up in lots of places, the chain was broken and hanging off, and one of the tubes was completely detached and lying on the table. The guy at the desk was very nice and let me fix it up to the best of my abilities, but to fully fix it I would have been there for hours, and we didn't want to spend the day doing that.
Afterwords, we had lunch at Coaster's Drive-In. Throughout the rest of the day, we rode Wild Mouse, Demon Drop, Meteor, Hang Time twice, Talon 2 more times, Hydra 2 more times, Steel Force 1 more time, and Stinger 1 more time. We left at about 6 o'clock as the ghouls were coming out for the haunt, for which my brother was very relieved. A great day for sure.
Picture time:
Entrance
Talon
Stinger
The Asylum, a haunt attraction
Steel Force
Thunderhawk
Savage in its sorry state
Hydra
Looking up!
More Hydra
Meteor
Sunset
Closed water ride
Even more Hydra
Bye Dorney!
Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed!
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#2
Posted 04 October 2013 - 06:35 PM
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#3
Posted 05 October 2013 - 04:51 AM
#4
Posted 05 October 2013 - 11:41 AM
Dorney is indeed a nice park. Mythos was in pretty good condition when I saw it aside from the prelift section, but I'm sure having box supports helped with that. Probably wasn't the best idea on my part to use the skinny tubes for a coaster that I knew would be transported by other people. Definitely good to see that it survived at least decently well though. Thanks for the comment!Looks like you had fun! Dorney seems like a nice park. Savage was pretty mangled haha. Rimpac and Mythos were both mangled when they were put together too. Really cool to see Savage in the park I bet!
Any time, I'm glad you enjoyed it! Dorney is an enjoyable park for sure.Thanks for posting this trip report. Dorney has a really nice collection of roller coasters, looks like you had a great time.
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#5
Posted 05 October 2013 - 12:38 PM
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#6
Posted 05 October 2013 - 12:48 PM
It survived better than CCreator's VV coaster last year! That thing was mangled because kids kept trying to touch it, and the fence/things around it fell in it a few times haha.Dorney is indeed a nice park. Mythos was in pretty good condition when I saw it aside from the prelift section, but I'm sure having box supports helped with that. Probably wasn't the best idea on my part to use the skinny tubes for a coaster that I knew would be transported by other people. Definitely good to see that it survived at least decently well though. Thanks for the comment!
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#7
Posted 05 October 2013 - 08:21 PM
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#8
Posted 05 October 2013 - 09:06 PM
Yeah, I noticed Harlem Shake playing in Steel Force's station too, kind of weird. Thanks for the comment!I too went to dorney about halfway through september and sadly had to deal with the monsters for about 4 whole hours before my parents came and picked us up. The station musics are pretty weird for some reason, they tell you how to get into the train and everything to be safe in a song and to a certain beat. On stingers second lift I also heard them play halloween and friday the 13th music which was shocking and kind of stupid. Even more crazy than that, steel forces theme song is harlem shake and it doesn't change, who thought of that. Good thing you had a great time and it wasn't sabotaged by the scary monsters.
I remember seeing that, it was pretty beat up. At Dorney there isn't even a fence around it, so I'm sure kids have been messing with it all season haha.It survived better than CCreator's VV coaster last year! That thing was mangled because kids kept trying to touch it, and the fence/things around it fell in it a few times haha.
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#9
Posted 08 October 2013 - 08:11 PM
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It survived better than CCreator's VV coaster last year! That thing was mangled because kids kept trying to touch it, and the fence/things around it fell in it a few times haha.
I remember seeing that, it was pretty beat up. At Dorney there isn't even a fence around it, so I'm sure kids have been messing with it all season haha.
ugh don't remind me... I don't like thinking about all the broken pieces and screwed up track sections that they sent back
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