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Horizons12
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 7/27/2006 1:17:41 PM
Heres the link to the trip report complete with photos: Dorney Park 2006
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Heres the text version for those who don't care to see the photos.
Dorney Park
7/24/2006
My sister and I left for Dorney Park at around 9:50AM. Dorney is an exceptionally easy park to get to from where I live, despite the 1 hour 10 minute travel time. I-78 literally is no more than 1/8th of a mile away from my house so all I need to do is jump on the westbound lane and drive until exit 54-B. It’s much easier than Six Flags Great Adventure…and the I-78 toll bridge costs less than the NJ Turnpike toll!
We got there at about 11:00AM, one full hour after opening. We waited in a maybe 15 minute line to get into the park. We decided to head to the waterpark first and stay there until about 3:00. The waterpark was semi jammed of course, like it always is. We basically did all of the slides except for the Speed Slides (#41 on 2006 map), Aquablast (#49, not Pepsi Aquablast anymore I see), Runaway River (#56), Island Water Works (#47), and the kid areas. Aquablast had an awful line so we skipped that, I don’t exactly like that slide anyway. I remember sliding up the wall once on this and seeing the ground like 50 feet below…I’ve been sort of uneasy about the ride since. Toward the end of out Wildwater Kingdom stint we decided to go and ride Thunder Canyon while we still had bathing suits on. We got soaked to heck on that ride, but since we had pool stuff on I was hoping to go right under a few waterfalls. The first time I ever went on Thunder Canyon, I went on with park clothes; big mistake!
We got out of Wildwater Kingdom at around 3:30PM. I forgot to bring a belt for my shorts (and I needed one bad) so I was forced to wear my bathing suit shorts the whole day. It wasn’t too bad, they didn’t look bad at all with my white Mets Pedro Martinez shirt. They sure were comfortable after they dried off. First we got a couple of tacos at Just Tacos (# 70) just to see how they were. They weren’t Taco Bell, but they weren’t bad. I just wish I had some Taco Bell “fire sauce” to go with it. Then we got some real food at Burger Barn (#80). I got a cheeseburger basket combo for $5.50 or so. That was pretty damn good considering that there was a lot of fries and a cashier that actually spoke English (as opposed to the $8.00 counterpart at SFGAdv complete with people taking orders that don’t know a word of it.)
Our first ride was the Whip, which I had never been on before. It was a fun ride I have to say; definitely a classic. The ride time was about average length, any more would have gotten a tad bit boring so it was a good length. Next I went on the Monster, which is like a supped up Spider/inverted Breakdance. The loading was terribly long, but the ride was a good length so I won’t complain! Next was the Thunderhawk, Dorney’s lone wooden coaster now. I remember Thunderhawk being a lot better than it looks and…it was! Firstly the wait was two train loads; great! The T-hawk looks pretty tame but it has a few airtime hills and that really cool swooping turn with the close supports, it’s also fairly fast through the whole ride until that awful trim brake.
Next we went over to Steel Force and were greeted to seeing the train stopped near the bottom of the lift. The chain started up within a few minutes though and we jumped into “line.” The line was a station wait with a 3 train wait…again, great! As always, Steel Force was a ball. The first hill was great, the subsequent hill was nice, and the helix was incredible! The bunny hops were alright, I didn’t feel anything during them though…then again I have like a lead stomach. On the other hand, my sister is terrible when it comes to airtime, she absolutely hates it.
Next I hopped aboard Revolution. This is a KMG Fireball type ride which is probably made by either Zamperla or Moser. The claw is<
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Cyclonic
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7/27/2006 2:40:49 PM
Ahhh...how I long for the old Dorney. But the new one has its pluses too.
Thunder Canyon is possibly the best non-themed rapids ride out there. I have never seen anyone get off that ride anywhere resembling dry.
Thunderhawk is nothing compaired to what it once was. That swooping dive used to be a real rib buster, it is a shame that the ride has been tamed and can never return to what it used to be like.
Revolution is a Chance Revolution 32. It is basically a KMG Fireball that can't be manually run and built by Chance.
The headlight law was put in about a year ago, and is a safety thing. It is a secondary offense, much like our seatbelt law, so they have to pull you over for a primary offense, like speeding, before they can ticket you for it.
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Message updated 7/27/2006 2:44:13 PM by Cyclonic
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Horizons12
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7/27/2006 3:35:32 PM
Thanks for the info. The headlight law seems similar to NJ's "Wipers on, Lights on" law.
And I thought that the swooping turn on Thunderhawk was pretty wild myself; I never knew it used to be even better. I could also imagine the amount of speed that the train would have had going over those bunny hops at the end without the trim brake.
I forgot that Chance made that type of ride. It seemed really bland though; maybe I'm just spoiled by the Fireball or something.
Message updated 7/27/2006 3:39:36 PM by Horizons12
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