A Morning at Dorney Park!

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Hey all!

This morning, we are checking out Dorney Park! While it’s not a massive park—and you can definitely tell that most visitors are here for the waterpark—it still boasts a surprisingly decent collection of world-class rollercoasters.

Our Morning Lineup:

Talon: We kicked off the day on this B&M inverted coaster. It’s unique because it's remarkably quiet, thanks to a sand-filled track. With plenty of swooping elements—including a turn right over the park entrance that makes you feel like you're about to kick the crowd—it’s an underrated invert that is well worth riding.
Hydra: After finding the Wild Mouse closed, we headed over to Dorney's B&M floorless coaster. While it isn’t huge, it makes excellent use of its terrain. It features a one-of-a-kind "JoJo Roll" right out of the station that slowly inverts riders before the lift hill, followed by a layout packed with inversions. In our opinion, it’s one of the best of its kind out there!
Thunderhawk: Next up was the park's historic wooden rollercoaster. This was a one-and-done for us, as the layout proved a bit too bumpy for our liking.
Steel Force: We then hit the tallest coaster in the park, a 200-foot hyper coaster delivering solid moments of ejector airtime from its large sweeping hills and the bunny hops near the end. The positive G's on the turnaround helix are nothing to sneeze at either!
Iron Menace: We headed over to check out the park's new B&M dive coaster. It makes great use of a clever, sliver-like footprint by the parking lot and is the only ride in the park with actual theming (a cool steel mill motif). I really wanted to love this dive coaster, but it runs a bit rough for a modern steel coaster and has a nasty pothole near the end. It's a one-and-done for me; having ridden it twice now, I wouldn't need to return to the park just for this ride.
Possessed: Last but not least was the park's Intamin inverted impulse coaster. This was a major bucket-list ride for me, as it's the relocated Steel Venom from the now-closed Geauga Lake. The launch packs a nice punch, and the two vertical spikes can catch you off guard, but the ride loses a lot of steam after the initial launch. It was awesome to finally cross it off the list, though I definitely wish the holding brake still worked!

After wrapping things up, we hit the gift shop and headed out to make our next park stop. Overall, Dorney Park is a great visit, especially since low lines on the dry side let you easily rack up re-rides while everyone else is at the waterpark. If we are ever in the area visiting Knoebels or Hersheypark, we would definitely return!

Checkout Photos From Our Visit Below!