Home > Pennsylvania > Dorney Park > Laser > Review Comments


 Review of Laser @ Dorney Park
1 Rating Posted by: PeterD on 8/14/2005 4:48:00 PM
Laser, although looking like a quaint little coaster, packs a pretty nasty punch. It rests in the corner of Dorney and waits. While waiting in line, you may even notice that the ride is not cemented into the ground, but rests on top of water-filled boxes that weigh it down. When the train whizzes by, the track even lifts off of these crates which makes you pretty nervous. Once the train departs from the station, it takes its very slow climb up the first lift hill. The first drop is pretty steep and leads nicely into the coaster’s two loops. For such a small coaster, those loops are very intense. In such a short amount of space and time those two loops hurl you upside-down with great force. The freedom provided by the simple lap bar only adds to the effect of the loops. Afterwards though, Laser gets pretty painful. Without notice, the train jolts to the side and goes through a helix. Since the turn is so sudden, your neck will get a nice cracking. Some more sharp turns follow and the train comes to an abrupt halt. I am able to peacefully endure the aches and pains caused by some coasters, but that whiplash was too much for me. Unlike the backache that SF Great Adventure’s Viper gave you which went away after 5 minutes, or the results of an Arrow looper, this pain lingers for a while. For such a small ride, it provides so many Gs as well as many sharp turns. You’ll come off stunned by the sheer intensity of the ride, but will be a bit achy for a while.
 

Review Comments

BobFunland on 8/14/2005 11:11:17 PM said:
Its a portable coaster, though it may be tense on the nerves, the wood and water are safe. I didnt think it was rough though, I cant imagine what taht caoster would be like if it had shoulder harnesses and seat dividers.. ouch!
PeterD on 8/15/2005 12:23:53 PM said:
The water crates didnt really bother me, it was just something that I found interesting to observe, so I decided to put it in. I know Dorney isnt stupid enough t put an unsafe ride in their park - especially in todays era of lawsuits and such.

As for the neck-pain/roughness, Im starting to think that I went on a bad day. Reading everyones reviews of the rides and seeing that my ratings are generally at least 1 grade lower than everybody elses (except for Steel Force) for all the rides at the park, I think my ratings were a bit tainted by the weather. It was a hot and muggy day – maybe I was a bit dehydrated, but I have a feeling that the weather conditions played a major impact on my day and thus made this ride feel rougher than everybody elses ride. Hopefully I’ll be able to update my review of this ride the next time I go on a more pleasant day.
Post Review Comment
You must login or create an account to post a review comment.

 
Clicky Web Analytics