Iron Menace Explained

Iron Menace
Location:Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
Section:Steel Yard
Status:Operating
Year:2024
Previousattraction:Stinger
Type:Steel
Type2:Dive Coaster
Manufacturer:Bolliger & Mabillard
Model:Dive Coaster
Height Ft:160
Drop Ft:152
Length Ft:2169
Speed Mph:64
Inversions:4
Duration:1:30
Angle:95
Restriction In:48-78
Trains:2
Carspertrain:3
Rowspercar:1
Ridersperrow:7
Virtual Queue Name:Fast Lane
Virtual Queue Image:Cedar_Fair_Fast_Lane_availability_icon.svg
Virtual Queue Status:available
Rcdb Number:21085

Iron Menace is a steel roller coaster located at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom in Dorneyville, Pennsylvania. Manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard, the Dive Coaster model opened on May 10, 2024. The ride is themed to an old steel mill that closed in the early 1900s following the mysterious disappearance of its owner. Iron Menace reaches a height of, a maximum speed of 64mph, and features four inversions.

History

In February 2023, the South Whitehall Township Planning Commission approved a project submitted by Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom to build a new steel roller coaster on the site formerly occupied by Stinger, a coaster that was removed in 2018. Details were kept hidden from the public with the exception of the ride's maximum height, which was revealed to be .[1] The name of the new coaster, Iron Menace, was unveiled alongside its backstory on August 10, 2023. The new ride was described as the "one of the largest capital investments in park history". The park frequently posted construction updates and marketed the ride as the first dive coaster in the Northeast,[2] [3] although Sarah Cassi of The Express-Times noted a larger dive coaster at Busch Gardens Williamsburg in Virginia called Griffon.[4]

A soft opening media preview event was held on April 17, 2024,[5] [6] and season pass holders were given the opportunity to ride Iron Menace during one of several preseason preview weekends in advance of its official opening to the public on May 10, 2024.[7]

Ride characteristics

Iron Menace features two trains, each with three single-row cars that seat seven riders per row for a total of 21 riders per train. The ride reaches a maximum height of 160feet with a first drop of 152feet at a 95-degree angle. Its maximum speed is 64mph, and there are four inversions throughout the 2169feet track layout – an Immelmann loop, a zero-g roll, an inclined loop, and a corkscrew. One cycle of the ride lasts approximately 1 minute and 30 seconds.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Bresswein . Kurt . South Whitehall planners back new 161.7-foot-high rollercoaster at Dorney Park . April 25, 2024 . . February 16, 2023 . https://archive.today/20240425112240/https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/lehigh-county/2023/02/south-whitehall-planners-back-new-1617-foot-high-rollercoaster-at-dorney-park.html?outputType=amp . April 25, 2024.
  2. Web site: Iron Menace: Forge Your Own Fate . Dorney park & Wildwater Kingdom . April 25, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240425095417/https://www.dorneypark.com/rides-experiences/iron-menace . April 25, 2024 . live.
  3. Web site: Menacing Minute . Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom . April 25, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240425101047/https://www.dorneypark.com/rides-experiences/iron-menace/menacing-minute . April 25, 2024 . live.
  4. News: Cassi . Sarah . Dorney Park's new coaster Iron Menace will be the region's 1st-ever dive coaster . April 25, 2024 . . August 10, 2023 . https://archive.today/20240425105257/https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/news/2023/08/dorney-parks-new-coaster-iron-menace-will-be-the-northeasts-1st-ever-dive-coaster.html . April 25, 2024.
  5. Web site: Gomez . Alyana . Sneak peek of the Iron Menace, Dorney Park's 1st coaster in 19 years . WPVI-TV . April 25, 2024 . https://archive.today/20240425101706/https://6abc.com/iron-menace-new-roller-coaster-at-dorney-park-and-wildwater-kingdom/14681811/ . April 25, 2024 . April 17, 2024 . live.
  6. Web site: Scharf . Evan . Iron Menace Review and Reactions at Dorney Park . Coaster101 . April 25, 2024 . https://archive.today/20240425104003/https://www.coaster101.com/2024/04/17/iron-menace-review-reactions-dorney-park/ . April 25, 2024 . April 17, 2024 . live.
  7. Web site: Preseason Preview Days . Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom . April 25, 2024 . https://archive.today/20240425101837/https://www.dorneypark.com/events/preview-days . April 25, 2024 . dead.
  8. Iron Menace . Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom. 21085 . April 25, 2024.