Crews Connect Zero-G Roll on Iron Menace Roller Coaster
Ryan Eldredge
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ALLENTOWN, PA (January 25, 2024) – Less than 4 months away from the highly anticipated start of the 2024 season, Dorney Park is celebrating another milestone in the construction of their new roller coaster, Iron Menace.
The dive machine’s zero-g roll was connected on Wednesday making it the second inversion to be assembled on the park’s South Whitehall Township property.
During the assembly, the park’s content team used a GoPro to capture a unique point of view, the track piece ascending into the sky.
The park is also working diligently on several other projects around the park in preparation for Opening Day on May 10, 2024; more details to be released later.
"We have some extremely exciting things planned for the 2024 season,” said Ryan Eldredge, Dorney Park’s Communications and Public Relations Manager. "We look forward to sharing news about events, transformations, and more in the coming weeks.”
Dorney Park is dedicated to keeping its guests informed about the ongoing construction of Iron Menace. Regular updates will be provided as the project continues to unfold. Visitors can look forward to being part of history as they prepare to embark on an unforgettable adventure filled with twists, turns, and heart-pounding drops.
For more information and updates on Iron Menace, please follow Dorney Park on social media.
BACKGROUND: The Iron Menace, the Northeast's first-ever dive roller coaster, opening in 2024, will be the first new coaster built at Dorney in 19 years.
Riders of Iron Menace will start their exhilarating journey in the remains of an old steel mill and then climb 160 feet where they’ll hang over the beyond-vertical first drop before diving into the first of four mind-bending inversions.
With nearly 2,200 feet of steel track, this awe-inspiring roller coaster will feature a unique “hold and dive” element, where riders will find themselves hanging on the edge of their seats, breathlessly awaiting the heart-pounding 95-degree, 152-foot drop.
With speeds up to 64 miles per hour, Iron Menace will boast the first-ever tilted loop on a dive coaster. After the initial, beastly drop, the train will pull up sharply and flip 180 degrees in an Immelmann inversion. A zero g-roll will dish out a 360-degree inversion in wild weightlessness, while the tilted loop and a 360-degree corkscrew spin will leave riders wondering which way is up.