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Dorney Park to get the region’s first dive rollercoaster in 2024

Called the Iron Menace, the rollercoaster will travel at speeds of up to 64 miles an hour and take riders on a 152-foot-tall vertical drop.

Dorney Park's new rollercoaster, the Iron Menace, will take riders on a series of four inversions, including a 152-foot-tall vertical drop.
Dorney Park's new rollercoaster, the Iron Menace, will take riders on a series of four inversions, including a 152-foot-tall vertical drop.Read moreDorney Park

Sit down, strap in: Dorney Park is getting a new roller-coaster in 2024.

Called the Iron Menace, the ride is set to be the Northeast’s first dive roller-coaster, which means it’s a ride with an almost completely vertical drop.

The Iron Menace will take riders through the innards of an old steel mill, before dropping them 152 feet at a 95-degree angle. From there, the Menace will turn into a set of four awe-(or scream)-inducing dips and spins, including a zero gravity roll and a corkscrew spin that will have riders upside down.

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Iron Menace will operate at speeds of up to 64 miles an hour, according to the Allentown-based amusement park.

Vice president Jessica Naderman called the forthcoming roller-coaster “one of the largest capital investments in park history.” The Iron Menance is first new roller-coaster to be built at Dorney Park since 2005, when the floorless behemoth Hydra the Revenge opened.

This isn’t the only change to come to Dorney Park in recent months. The amusement park instituted a new chaperone policy for guests 15 and younger in May, citing a spike in “unruly and inappropriate behavior.”