Dorney Park: Hydra Website Goes Live

Sounds like crappy Japanese candy to me.

"ooh yuck! I got a jojo roll"

More like...one guy's name was Joe and so was the others...Jojo. At least that makes sense to me! ;)

Joe "no, I had no help in creating that element!" C.

Another little anal enthusiast thing.

The press release says:

"Hydra The Revenge will be Dorney Park's seventh roller coaster, joining the inverted Talon and 205-foot-tall Steel Force as one of the park's signature thrill rides."

7th coaster? What two did they quit counting as coasters?

Hydra
Talon
Steel Force
Laser
Thunderhawk
Wild Mouse
Woodstock's Express
Dragon Coaster
Little Laser

Little Laser and Dragon Coaster, perhaps? '7th Adult coaster' might have been a better choice of words. '9th coaster' would've been best, even.

This thing looks cool. I'm gonna enjoy the hangtime in that inversion with the stupid name.

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Hydra and Silver Bullet seem to finally break the "spell" of similar B&M Layouts. And I think they look brilliant...maybe their best yet!

Two things that I noticed in the video:
-Is that really a dive-loop after the first drop? It looks more like a heavy overbank.

-The Cobra Roll is very "tilted" and stretched.

Is this possibly a distortion from the compressed video? I know that Badnitrus is very accurate (and just drop-dead-AMAZING!) with his recreations. So it is either my perception or the design is actually pretty innovative.

"JoJo Roll", sounds like some horrible EuroTrash record. When will we see the first "Maccarena Flip", or the "Bird dance Spin"?!

Wow, no verticle loop..that's odd for most any inverting coaster nowadays..

A few things:

1. I would have put $20 on there not being a pre-lift inversion. Its one of those whacky things you put into your own coasters on RCT or No Limits but never really expect a park to do.

2. This looks to be one of the best first drops in the world, IMO. With the straight drop that I'd imagine will be pretty wild in the back, with the fast direction change at the bottom...its the sort of thing that B&M really accels at, I'm happy Dorney has really let them loose with this kinda thing.

3. The huge corkscrew - just another thing that you'd imagine would be possible someday that hasn't happened. Until this coaster, I mean. :)

4. Is it just me or does the Cobra Roll look different from other sit down cobra rolls? It looks more "flared" out if that makes sense. Almost like most of the inverted style, instead of the real square shape of the other sit down cobra rolls.

All in all I can't see how this won't be the best floorless in the world. Cedar Fair really has something with B&M...I don't know what it is but its like they bring out the best in eachother or something.

Cool!

Very nice job Keith! With every animation you do, I have to fill up every crater that I leave on the floor from my jaw hitting it each time.

The layout looks amazing and I can't wait to ride it. So much for those folks that said B&M won't do low speed inversions.

I also think Dorney worded the "jojo roll' description very carefully as it truly is the world's first pre-lift inversion with a twist. Had they not thrown that "twist" mention than you can bet there would have been quite a few enthusiasts pointing out another coaster with a pre-lift inversion. However, that coaster isn't operational right now so I guess Dorney could have gotten away with saying..........WOAH! I am getting into this way too much. I need to stop. =:^)

-Sean (who is anxiously awaiting a few other announcements)

Is Hydra spending any time over the water? Hurcules' first drop was made pretty special with its water feature. A floorless coaster over the water even more so. And what about the eight inversions rumour for the eight heads of Hydra? A few details could really make this ride stand out.

Sean - drawing a blank here...what other coaster [SBNO] has a prelift inversion?

Yeah Moosh, I'm working hard on this one, too.

*scratches head*

Wow! Only $13 mil to build this coaster? In comparing the stats and price for this coaster with others (using rcdb), the price hasn't gone up much in the past few years.

I'm guessing Sean is referring to Red Devil, where the lift is at the end of the ride just before the station.

Supersonic Odyssey has an inversion before the lift - and it's a heartline roll! (according to RCDB)

Anyone one their way to Malaysia?

It's a great animation, my congrats to whoever did it. (My guess is Badnitrus).

It looks like a great ride, and I am jealous that Dorney got it instead of Cedar Point. ;)

I will have to make a trip out to PA next year for sure.

The website looks great, Cedar Fair!

-Michael

Wow, that's a really spiffy looking coaster, Gonch. I'd wager it's not a world class coaster, but the eye candy seems to make up for it.

I'm still trippin over the quote "A coaster so twisted it brought down Hercules."

http://www.rcdb.com/installationdetail1607.htm

I'd actually never seen this coaster, but it looks 100% amazing. In other news, yeah, I had forgotten about Red Devil. While technically a pre-lift inversion, it doesn't have exactly the same meaning as Hydra's, which is probably why I didn't think of it. *** Edited 9/14/2004 7:57:23 PM UTC by matt.***

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tricktrack said:-Is that really a dive-loop after the first drop? It looks more like a heavy overbank.

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I was just about to ask that question myself...should that even be counted as an inversion? It really does just look like a overly-overbanked turn, as it doesn't even look like you go upside down.

Either way, the coaster looks awesome, I can't wait to ride it next year!

I say it should be counted as a new inversion. It's brand new.

The new coaster looks awesome. I'd love to ride it, if I ever got to Pennsylvania. I do think It'd be better if the jojo roll(tehehe) was a little closer to the ground.

Great Job Keith!