Hydra the Revenge

Hydra the Revenge
Hydra the Revenge
	Hydra's first drop
Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
Location	Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
Coordinates	40°34′52″N 75°31′57″W / 40.5810°N 75.5325°WCoordinates: 40°34′52″N 75°31′57″W / 40.5810°N 75.5325°W
Status	Operating
Soft opening date	March 24, 2005
Opening date	May 7, 2005
Cost	$13,000,000 USD
Replaced	Hercules
General statistics
Type	Steel – Floorless Coaster
Manufacturer	Bolliger & Mabillard
Designer	Werner Stengel
Model	Floorless Coaster
Track layout	Twister
Lift/launch system	Chain lift hill
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Inversions	7
Duration	2:35
Max vertical angle	68°
Capacity	1,245 riders per hour
Height restriction	54 in (137 cm)
Trains	2 trains with 8 cars. Riders are arranged 4 across in a single row for a total of 32 riders per train.
	Fast Lane available
	Hydra the Revenge at RCDB; Pictures of Hydra the Revenge at RCDB

Hydra the Revenge (sometimes simply shortened to Hydra) is a steel Floorless Coaster at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the only Floorless Coaster in Pennsylvania and was opened on May 7, 2005. Hydra was built on the site of the former wooden roller coaster Hercules, which was closed and demolished at the end of the park's 2003 season. Its name comes from the Greek Mythology story where Hercules battled the Hydra.

History

Site preparation began in late 2003, when on September 1, 2003, Hercules, a wooden roller coaster that sat in the current location of Hydra the Revenge, was closed and demolished.^[1] On September 14, 2004, the $13 million Hydra the Revenge was announced.^[2]^[3] Construction began in the spring of 2004 and continued through the winter.^[4] Hydra the Revenge was topped off (highest piece of the lift hill) on August 20, 2004 and the entire track layout was completed on December 4, 2004.^[4] The first cars for the coaster arrived at Dorney Park on December 10, 2004 and the first ride with people on a train took place on March 24, 2005.^[4] The roller coaster officially opened to the public on May 7, 2005.^[5]^[6]