Dorney Park was founded in 1884 by Solomon Dorney. It has a total of 7 coasters such as Hydra, the Revenge, and Steel Force. Since 1884, Dorney has also added a waterpark called Wildwater. It is located outside of Allentown, PA. It contains over 50 other rides apart from their coasters. It is situated on 200 acres, making it very large.
The Woodstock Express is a smaller, yellow-track steel coaster. This coaster is only 13 feet tall, with a max speed of 13 miles per hour. This car does go around the short track a few times, but it still only has about 263 feet of track. It opened in the year 2000 and was built by Zamperla.
The Wild Mouse at Dorney Park is a classic roller coaster, like the others in Pennsylvania and across the U.S. This ride features multiple 180-degree hairpin turns. This Wild Mouse has a height of just below 50 feet, and a speed that caps out at 28 miles per hour. This coaster opened in the year 2000 in Dorney Park.
The Thunderhawk is a classic wooden coaster at Dorney Park. It reaches a max speed of 45 miles per hour. This coaster also has a height of 80 feet. The Thunderhawk has a total track length of 2,767 feet, but there is no specific duration of the roller coaster. This coaster was designed by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company in 1924, then finished in 1930.
The Possessed coaster is an inverted launch ride, where the car goes back and forth, through the station a few times, and up and down tracks that are nearly straight up on either side of the station. The Possessed is considered an inverted impulse launch shuttle coaster. The ride opened in 2008 after it was moved from Geauga Lake in Ohio. The Possessed has a height of 181 feet and a maximum speed of 70 miles per hour.
Hydra The Revenge is a green, steel coaster at Dorney park. This coaster has a total height of 95 feet tall, with a 105-foot drop. Hydra The Revenge also has a total track length of just under 3,200 feet. This coaster also features seven inversions, and a total duration of two minutes and 35 seconds. Opening in 2005, this coaster was designed and manufactured by Bolliger and Mabillard.
The Talon at Dorney Park is an inverted steel coaster. The height of the ride is 135 feet, with a maximum speed of 58 miles per hour. The Talon features four inversions, and a track length of 3,110 feet. Opening in 2001, this coaster was built and manufactured by Bolliger and Mabillard.
The Steel Force at Dorney Park is a fast and tall roller coaster. It has a height of 200 feet, with a 205-foot drop. It has a maximum speed of 75 miles per hour, and a track length of 5,600 feet. The Steel Force has a total duration of about three minutes. The Steel Force opened in 1997, and was designed by Steve Okomoto.
The Iron Menace is a steel roller coaster with multiple inversions at Dorney Park. This coaster has a height of 160 feet and reaches a maximum speed of 64 miles per hour. The track length of this coaster is 2,169 feet and features four inversions. The drop of the Iron Menace is 152 feet at a 95-degree angle. This coaster also has a total duration of a minute and thirty seconds. This coaster was designed by TRA Design but was manufactured by Bolliger and Mabillard in 2024.
