Comments on: Featured Photo #24 – 74 Years & 120 Feet

By: Gearhart

Gearhart — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:45:01 +0000

It's still a hyper, it just focuses on the intense positive g forces. I guess you could call it a hyper twister like SFGAm used to market Raging Bull as.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:23:56 +0000

yeah wildcat is very painful, more than thunderhawk. And no woodie is ever the same after riding el toro!

By: Mike M.

Mike M. — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:12:45 +0000

Thunderhawk wasn't THAT bad to me, but that was probably only because I had already experienced Wildcat at Hersheypark the day before. Now THAT was one of the most painful rides I've been on. Of course I rode El Toro the day after I went to Dorney Park and now I'll never look at woodies the same again…

By: Mike M.

Mike M. — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:09:45 +0000

Because Goliath at Six Flag Magic Mountain sucks. Yes, it's over 200 ft tall, but the drop is nothing to write home about at a 60 degree angle, and there is practically no airtime whatsoever on the ride. Great drops and airtime are the LEAST that I'd expect out of a hypercoaster.

By: DC

DC — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:18:20 +0000

Dorney was one of my favorites as a kid. Only the one coaster then, and it had no name. It did have a tunnel right out of the station, though and you could always smell the grease in the air on a hot day. And no such thing as trim brakes. It was fun! And Steel Force makes it into my Top 20 Steels. Incredible air on those bunny hops! I still love hitting Dorney Park. And Talon is INTENSE!

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 15:23:42 +0000

Dorney is my home park only 20 minutes away. I always notice these pictures with steel force and thunderhawk. It always makes me think the same thing that these are two different coasters from different times. On a personal note, i would be looking at my favorite(steel force) and least favorite(thunderhawk) coasters at the park. Steel Force is a good hypercoaster with lots of airtime and hills. The only problems I have with it is that its drop isnt steep enough, and that the trains enclose you in it as oppose to Intamin and B&M hypers. Thunderhawk is one of the worst wooden coasters ive ever been on. It has a boring and short layout, but is also very painful. Your head smashes against the back, you get thrown against the sides, thrown up against your seatbelt(airtime but in a harsh way), etc. The only thing i like about thunderhawk are those 2 or 3 small humps leading back to the station. Still, these are two game changers for Dorney. Thunderhawk because it was dorneys first coaster, and Steel Force because it was dorney's first big, modern, hyper coaster.

By: Coastercrazy 9

Coastercrazy 9 — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 12:42:57 +0000

How does that not count?

By: Mike M.

Mike M. — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 11:14:24 +0000

Just went to Dorney Park last weekend and rode both Thunderhawk and Steel Force in succession. It was my fiance's first hypercoaster, and my first REAL one (Goliath SFMM doesn't count). Quite the thrill and especially fun seeing as how I didn't tell her about the multiple camel humps at the end (she has a love/hate relationship with drops).

By: Quil

Quil — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 07:48:53 +0000

I like the photo, as well as the title. I thought that you were talking about one of the coasters, not both.

By: Prof.BAM

Prof.BAM — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 21:29:43 +0000

Grandpa and grandson side by side.