Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom is an American amusement and water park owned and operated by Cedar Fair and located in between Allentown, Pennsylvania and Emmaus, Pennsylvania.
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| The current entrance to Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom with Talon's lift hill in the background | |
| Location | Allentown, [[Pennsylvania]], [[United States]] |
| Coordinates | 40°34′40.59″N 75°31′53.50″W / 40.5779417°N 75.5315278°WCoordinates: 40°34′40.59″N 75°31′53.50″W / 40.5779417°N 75.5315278°W |
| Website | Official website |
| Owner | Cedar Fair Entertainment Company |
| General Manager | Michael Fehnel |
| Opened | 1884 |
| Operating season | April through early November |
| Area | 200 acres (0.81 km2) |
| Rides | 59 total
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| Slogan | Thrills Connect |
History
Dorney Park traces its history to 1860, when Solomon Dorney built a trout hatchery and summer resort on his estate outside of Allentown. In 1870, Dorney decided to convert the estate into a public attraction. Initially, the facility featured games, playground-style rides, refreshment stands, picnic groves, a hotel, and a restaurant. By the 1880s, Dorney had added a small zoo, and gardens.[1]
Halloween Haunt
Halloween Haunt is an annual event that is held from September to October. The park hires around 700 people for this event.[2] It was originally introduced in 1998 as Halloweekends, but was rebranded Halloween Haunt in 2008.
Current attractions
Halloween Haunt currently features 12 attractions including seven mazes and five scare zones, and three live mainstage shows (TBA 2024).[3]
| Attraction | Type | Opened | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghost in the Machine | Maze | 2023 | Behind Iron Meance |
| Blackout | Maze | 2014 | Talon Midway |
| Roadside Stop N' Chop | Maze | 2022 | Demon Drop Plaza |
| Blood on the Bayou | Maze | 2016 | Across from Cedar Creek Cannonball |
| Necropolis | Maze | 2018 | Behind Revolution |
| Tourist Trap | Maze | 2017 | Food Fest Groves |
| Trick Or Treat | Maze | 2015 | Steel Force Plaza |
| The Hollow | Scare Zone | 2021 | Scrambler Plaza |
| CarnEVIL | Scare Zone | 2014 | Musik Express/Apollo Plaza |
| Port of Call | Scare Zone | 2018 | Hydra Plaza |
| Midway Misfits | Scare Zone | 2023 | Coasters Plaza |
| Dystopia | Scare Zone | 2022 | Dominator Plaza |
| Steel Yard | Scare Zone | 2024 | Possessed Plaza |
Attraction history
| Year | Attractions | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2008 | Returning attractions: Magical House on Kill Hill, Screamworks Upgraded/Renovated Attractions: Doctor of Doom (received clown theme) New attractions: Club Blood, Cornstalkers, Headstone Hollow, Terror Square |
| 2 | 2009 | Returning attractions: Magical House on Kill Hill, Club Blood, Cornstalkers, Terror Square, Headstone Hollow Upgraded/Renovated Attractions: Psycho Circus (renaming of Dr. Doom) New attractions: Pirate Passage, The Gauntlet, The Asylum, Backwoods, Death Trap |
| 3 | 2010 | Returning attractions: Club Blood, Cornstalkers, Terror Square, Headstone Hollow, Pirate Passage, The Gauntlet, The Asylum, Backwoods, Death Trap, Psycho Circus New attractions: Mansion House Hotel |
| 4 | 2011 | Returning attractions: Club Blood, Cornstalkers, Terror Square, Mansion House Hotel, The Asylum, Backwoods, Death Trap, Psycho Circus New attractions: Cut Throat Island, Age of Darkness, Grave Walkers |
| 5 | 2012 | Returning attractions: Cornstalkers, Mansion House Hotel, The Asylum, Death Trap, Cut Throat Island, Age of Darkness, Grave Walkers, Psycho Circus New attractions: Desolation, Blood Shed, Head Hunters |
| 6 | 2013 | Returning attractions: Cornstalkers, Mansion House Hotel, The Asylum, Desolation, Blood Shed, Cut Throat Island, Grave Walkers, Psycho Circus Upgraded/Renovated attractions: Age of Darkness (expanded into Death Trap's attraction area and received new props), Head Hunters (received expansive new set pieces) |
| 7 | 2014 | Returning attractions: Cornstalkers, Mansion House Hotel, The Asylum, Desolation, Blood Shed, Grave Walkers, Age of Darkness, Head Hunters Relocated Attractions: Cut Throat Island (Relocated from Hydra Plaza to White Water Landing Midway) New attractions: Chamber of Horrors Wax Museum, CarnEVIL, Blackout (Fright Lane only) Discontinued Attractions: Psycho Circus |
| 8 | 2015 | Returning Attractions: Mansion House Hotel, The Asylum, Desolation, Grave Walkers, Age of Darkness (slight expansion to create a Skeleton Key room), Cut Throat Island, Chamber of Horrors Wax Museum, CarnEVIL, Blackout (Fright Lane only) Upgraded/Renovated Attractions: Cornstalkers: Barn Bred and Blood Fed (Relocated from Wildwater Kingdom to the Demon Drop plaza, combined with Blood Shed, given a new Skeleton Key room, and renamed) New Attractions: Trick or Treat (located in the Steel Force Plaza) Discontinued Attractions: Head Hunters, Blood Shed |
| 9 | 2016 | Returning Attractions: Cornstalkers, Mansion House Hotel (new Skeleton Key Room), Grave Walkers, Trick or Treat, Age of Darkness, Cut Throat Island (added Skeleton Key Room), Chamber of Horrors Wax Museum, CarnEVIL, Blackout (No longer Fright Lane only) New Attractions: Blood on the Bayou, The Ward (later renamed Urgent Scare) Discontinued Attractions: Desolation, The Asylum[4] |
| 10 | 2017 | Returning Attractions: Age of Darkness, Blackout, Blood on the Bayou, Grave Walkers, Trick or Treat, Cut Throat Island, Cornstalkers, Urgent Scare, CarnEvil, Chamber of Horrors Wax Museum New Attractions: Tourist Trap Discontinued Attractions: Mansion House Hotel |
| 11 | 2018 | Returning Attractions: Age of Darkness, Blackout, Blood on the Bayou, Trick or Treat (new "Lights Out" theme), Cornstalkers, Urgent Scare, CarnEvil, Chamber of Horrors Wax Museum, Tourist Trap New Attractions: Necropolis (Grave Walkers replacement/ upgrade) Discontinued Attractions: Grave Walkers, Cut Throat Island |
| 12 | 2019 | N/A |
| 13 | 2020 | No Haunt held (due to COVID-19). |
| 14 | 2021 | N/A |
| 15 | 2022 | Returning Attractions: Necropolis, Blood on the Bayou, Tourist Trap, Roadside Stop N' Chop, Trick or Treat, Blackout, Enigma, The Hollow, CarnEVIL, and Port of Call. New Attractions: Roadside Stop N' Chop, Midway Misfits, and Dystopia. |
| 16 | 2023 | Returning Attractions: Necropolis, Blood on the Bayou, Tourist Trap, Roadside Stop N' Chop, Trick or Treat, Blackout, The Hollow, CarnEVIL, Port of Call, Midway Misfits, and Dystopia. New Attractions: Ghost in the Machine and Midway Misfits. Discontinued Attractions: Enigma, The Lair |
| 17 | 2024 | Returning Attractions: Necropolis, Blood on the Bayou, Tourist Trap, Roadside Stop N' Chop, Trick or Treat, Blackout, Ghost in the Machine, The Hollow, CarnEVIL, Port of Call, Midway Misfits, and Dystopia. New Attractions: Steel Yard |
Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom Media
A 1910 postcard photograph of Dorney Park's picnic grove and pavilion
The Allentown-Kutztown trolley at Dorney Park in 1922
Main entrance to Dorney Park in 1950
Dorney Park's swimming pool in 1950
Dorney Park's Flying Dutchman roller coaster in 1972
The first drops of the Steel Force and Thunderhawk roller coasters at Dorney Park
Dominator at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom in September 2007
Planet Snoopy at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom in July 2012
White Water Landing at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom in July 2012
Hydra's pre-lift inversion, the jo-jo roll.
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References
- ↑ "History". Dorney Park official website. Archived from the original on 2008-07-26. Retrieved 20 September 2008.
- ↑ Lauer-Williams, Kathy (September 20, 2014). Dorney Park's Halloween Haunt offers extreme screams. http://www.mcall.com/entertainment/kids/mc-dorney-park-halloween-haunt-new-20140919-story.html. Retrieved 2015-12-05.
- ↑ "Halloween Haunt attractions". Dorney Park. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
- ↑ "Michael Fehnel on Twitter". twitter.com.
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