Steel Force Review, Dorney Park | Underrated Morgan Hyper Coaster 

My first hyper. Still holds a soft spot with me even if it isn't as good as the others.

It's crazy how fast the return run is on Steel Force even when the midcourse is trimming a considerable amount. I can't imagine how crazy all Morgans would run if they ran trimless. I've seen footage of Wild Thing running trimless and while it cuts out after the tunnel and before the final two bunny hills, there's already seemingly strong ejector on the hills leading up to it and you can see sparks when the train reaches the final brake run.

I’ve always heard mixed things about the cedar fair Morgan hypers, but now I can see why cuz it depends on how much the mid course trims

I rode this its first year of operation, and it still feels the same, very high quality ride, 👌 fun to re-ride, comfortable, fast. Dorney should do a night where they give trim free rides for enthusiasts.

I knew I wasn’t the only one who likes this ride! You’re right, the airtime on the return trip is super strong. I actually prefer the front row because the airtime is a lot stronger on the hills at the beginning of the ride. From my experience, you just get pulled over in the back. I may need some more re-rides though. Good thing this is my home Cedar Fair park

I love how this coaster looks when you are at that gas station near the park

I would do anything to get a trimless ride on Wild Thing. That coaster has so much potential to be a great ride, but the trims destroy it

Ahh yes...one of the many new credits I was supposed to get in June. I've always felt on the fence about Steel Force because I hear mixed things. I've also thought it looks like maybe just a not as great version of Magnum with a midcourse. I'm glad to hear the midcourse doesn't do much though and I look forward to trying this for myself.

Grabbed 5 rides on this yesterday in Row 17 and really enjoyed it. I actually have it ranked just ahead of Candymonium, # 8/63. While the first drop isn't nearly as good, it felt like a more complete ride overall and the return run is absolutely fantastic. It was easily my favorite coaster in the park. Amazingly, Dorney had no lines all afternoon even as the Halloween crowds picked up, and we managed 18 rides across 6 coasters and both drop towers before leaving the park around 4:00.

I love Steel Force, I have a soft spot for it also because it was my first hyper coaster. I still remember riding it when I was 12 years old and getting increasingly nervous going up that slow lift hill. I had never been on anything close to 200 ft before. At the end of the ride, I couldn't wait to get back in line! I think you gave this a very fair rating, it deserves it. Idk why people call it forceless, I've always found it very thrilling and full of Gs. It runs very consistently too which I like. I do notice that it runs slower in the morning like most coasters as opposed to later in the afternoon with full trains. But I've never seen the trims murder the speed.

I appreciate how you consider the entire experience- logo, signage, the ride itself... I agree that makes a difference. 👍🏻 I like Steel Force. This coaster reminds me of a modern (at the time) successor to Magnum. Unfortunately, the trade-off for designing the profile so smoothly is engineering out the defining characteristics of Magnum's charm- its pure, raw airtime. Steel Force is a fun coaster worth riding, but a complete juxtaposition to the Intamin designs that follow in the next two years.

One of my favorite coasters! Was my first “big kid ride” will always hold a special place in my heart

I was at Dorney on a day when I was getting Zen rides on everything, but they were still running two trains on every coaster! Steel force is an underrated gem! Mamba should be running nearly trimless now due to the 1 train ride cycle that they set up, and then kept after the other trains returned.

I think Steel Force gets put under the radar because of the recent growth of hypercoasters. Nitro at Six Flags is nearby and so is Candymonium at Hersheypark. Both are smoother and offer a more advanced ride experiences. Steel Force is a product of its time and no longer feels like a top tier coaster to most coaster enthusiasts.

Never a bad ride on Steel Force. In high school around 07-09 my friends and I rode every seat and took notes which are now long gone. Even with two great B&Ms and a new Intamin, Steel Force made us feel like kings of the world. We also got to ride Laser, the old Schwarzkopf which we also liked.

Is the drop scary or fun? Or is it like a mix cause im scared of heights and it seems a little fearing

Wild Thing at Valleyfair is my home coaster so I've been riding it for years and know what it was like before they went so far on the mid course brake run. I wonder why they decided to go full force on those brakes.

which seat would you reccommend? or do you think they are all good?

From lapping Steel Force during Coasting for Kids events, I gained an appreciation for the airtime that the ride has to offer. It just gets overshadowed by other rides.

From my experience of the Cedar Fair Morgan Hypers, Steel Force trims the least (maybe taking away 40% of the speed), Wild Thing is in the middle (70% of the speed) and Mamba trims the most (85% of the speed)

That mid course break-run didn’t even slow down the train when I rode it and I got ejector airtime on the final hills, and I can agree that this is an underrated Morgan hyper

Great news regarding steel force from my experience at the pass holder preview for Iron Menace, the rumors of a new control panel were true, you crest the lift hill way faster, carry some more speed throughout, and the trims are noticeably dialed back, I felt like I was getting true ejector on those last hills!

Drove past this a few years ago, but it wasn't open.

How many hyper coasters do you think they were flawed, from Arrow, from Morgan, or from B&M?

Quick question: what row should I sit for this ride?

Candymonium is one of the best Hypers out there and that thing is going to live on for a long time and is still one of Hershey Parks most popular coasters just like Steel Force

I have not been on any of the Morgan Hyper Coasters. The coaster that I view as most similar to these that I have ridden is Desperado at Buffalo Bills. I always heard that Wild Thing was the worst of the 3 and the other 2 were pretty good.

What is the purpose of killing the ride in mid course brake run? Why would a park want to do that? Is it a design flaw that makes running the train a little faster into the final brake run dangerous?

I visited Dorney Park in 2000 so there was no Hydra or Talon yet. I think I spent most of my time on Thunder Hawk, being a fan of vintage coasters. I rode Steel Force multiple times. I rode Lazer once. It was smooth but very intense. I rode Hercules once too and that was enough of that.

Rode Steel Force in late June this year and got a back row ride that blew my mind. Steel Force > Magnum XL-200 and I've ridden Magnum more times than any other coaster.

The ejector airtime you fly up and bang back down on the seat it’s pretty wild

Got to ride this recently and even with the midcourse trims, it hauls during the return run, the floater is crazy. (Last time i visited, the chain-lift seemed a lot faster than usual)

I had ERT on Steel Force and in the back the last bunny hills gave the Steel Eel effect

Mamba is flying through its MCBR this year. Airtime for days, superb ride.

I agree with everything you have to say. Mamba and Mild Thing are very tame rides. Steel Force runs so well!

Its interesting that the higher tier cedar fair parks get B&M Hypers. The lower tier Cedar fair parks get Morgan Hypers. The Mid tier Cedar fair parks get no hypers. Intresting Cedar Fair Intresting.

update regarding Mamba at worlds of fun as of 2022 : The mid-course brake run has been SIGNIFICANTLY reduced making the ride MUCH better :D

Better than Intamin hypers?

My wife and I were part of the Guinness Book record setting consecutive zombies on a coaster night at Dorney…. Everyone’s makeup was done well and there were a shitton of people!

What do you think about the mid course brake run and the return airtime hills on Steel Force, Mamba, and Wild thing?

My homepark well one of. Steel Force is amazing. Yea its a tammer hyper but yes it is a Airtime machine! But I love how they kept and redid the trains and kept the car style trains

The drop is more important than the height; so if Steel Force is 5' shorter it's because it doesn't use height to cheat in the drop stats category. Also; the term "shorter" usually refers to either length of track or duration; NOT less tall above ground; but sine both length and duration of Mamba and Steel Force are Identical, I went out onto a limb to assume you were referring to height when you mentioned "shortness". Wild Thing is indeed a smaller coaster (albeit ever so slightly smaller as it has a drop that's 11' less and a shorter length too.) But if Mamba slowed down in the MCBR when you rode it it's likely because you rode it the day the MCBR's trims slowed the train down; Steel Force might do the same things on other days where you weren't there; as Red Force and Mamba are LITERALLY identical roller coasters. However: I'll give Red Force more priority over Mamba for your reasons; otherwise how could I decide? Last word: I think I'd like Steel Force better than Max XL-200 (Which while not only have I never ridden any Morgan coaster I realize Max X-200 isn't a Morgan coaster but is still often compared to Steel Force; or Pepsi Max The Big One at Blackpool Pleasure Beach in England). Of those three Steel Force is the only one I've not ridden but I still think is the best of the three. Great video, Thanks for posting!

This is my first hyper coaster just went to Dorney last week this is so underrated.

I rode this today! I rode in the back, and greyed out during the helix section!

I had a good experience With Steel force I rode in the front and back positions on the trains the back was the most of good experience I got a decent amount of blood or airtime and laterals and coming by the mid coast break those bunny hills were awesome

Steel Force is more comparable to Magnum than to the other morgans. The airtime in the second half is great, I think Talon is the best coaster in the park though.

This is my daughter's favorite ride. Never been in the middle ww always ride either front row or the very back. I get forced to ride it it 5 or 6 times everytime we go lol. Not really forced I enjoy it as well and dorney is never super crowded so it makes the coasters alot of fun but hydra is my personal favorite.

can you review a roller coaster at sfog

Magnum xl 200 was my first but I am going to ride steel force soon

my first steel coaster. I remember my mom going "oh my ass there goes my ass" over all those returning airtime hills which had me cracking up as a 10 year old

The difference in the mid-course between the 3 Cedar Fair Morgans is striking.

Can u do a hydra review

I didn't get the airtime you described.

Steel Force is my favorite coaster that I've ever been on!

Is steel force better than mako?

Sucks that wild thing is trimmed to death, that airtime does look good!

Still to this very day its the best coaster at dorney! The drops!! Iron menaces first drop might trump it but after that everything else pales in comparison

I want to ride this one day to see how different it feels compared to a B&M hyper.

The only Morgan Hyper Coaster I love is Phantom’s Revenge I’ve only ridden this and Phantom’s Revenge

The restraints made me feel like I was gonna fallout

The another one is Magnum from Cedar Point....

Review Wild thing and Mamba

airtime buffet

I was FORCED to ride this when I was like ten and it ruined coasters for me. I'll ride wooden ones and enjoy them, and I've even found a few non wooden coasters I actually enjoy... But they are very few and far between. I won't ride anything with these kind of heights or higher

If those are the same trains as the West Coaster than they're comical how bulky they are.

Great review! I got similar rides to you.

morgan giga when

If you sit in the back you get pulled through the first drop

Very underrated IMO

pls can you re ride in 2023 they made the coaster trimness

7:18 I see that triangle hill

Restraints on this coaster make it 5x better.

steel dragon has no slow stop either

The best!

Somewhat looks similar to Magnum XL200

I prefer Talon to Steel Force but it's close.

This is defently underrated steel force gives good airtime.

This is basically magnum but built by morgan

wild thing doesn't look 207 feet

It looks like they designed their coasters in planet coaster lol

1:03 "a 74 măëąl per hour max speed"

I've only got one thing to say the other cedar fair parks will always be better than dorky park lol 😂

Im a big coaster fan and been on so many however I give this coaster 1 out 10 the ride is complete shit dorney park as a whole 1 star for clean park

Did you hear Steel Force had the mid course brake run dialed back or trimming in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024?

What did you hear about the mid course brake run on Steel Force in 2024?

What do you think about Steel Force in smoothness? Do you like all of Steel Force?

What means "as a whole"?

What are the differences between "overrated" and "underrated"? Which roller coasters did you like more, the overrated ones or the underrated ones?