Haven’t been to Dorney Park in many years. Thunderhawk was my very first coaster (it was just called the Coaster back then) when I was about 8 years old. That would have been about 1963. Back then, there was an old mill-style ride called Journey to the Center of the Earth and Bumper Cars in the same pavilion as the station for the Coaster- prior to the first lift you went through a tunnel. I still remember the damp smell of that tunnel. Later, when my mother was in her late 50’s, she and I rode it together for the first time.
Absolutely! It feels like the new steel coasters just get straight to business! We rode Pantheon at busch gardens and that was the same impression. Still fun but short.
Aw thank you so much! We're in south NJ, like a half hour from Philly. But we are always down for a road trip to a park! We're always looking for different stuff too like Knoebels. That was so cool and we will definitely go again.
