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Park News - (2/18/10) DorneyOnline.com and Themagical.nl have teamed up to bring a new interactive experience to the web. They will soon launch a series of web-based ride simulation games based on Dorney Park’s famous attractions, starting with Steel Force. A launch date wasn’t mentioned, so I can only assume we’ll see it online in the near future.
    (10/7/09) Take a look at Dorney Park’s Halloween Haunt over at FrightTour.
    (7/27/09) Theme Park Review has posted a fun look back at (and a POV video) of Dorney Park’s infamous, and painful, wooden coaster… Hercules.  This is a preview of footage from their “Roller Coasters in the Raw 3” DVD which can be ordered here.

2010 - Demon Drop - (7/7/10 Other readers have confirmed that Dorney Park’s new Demon Drop ride was open on Saturday as well, so it should be open daily now.
    (7/6/10) I did hear a couple of reports from Dorney Park that Demon Drop did open at last this past Friday. Of course, we also heard that on Friday a car became stuck at the top and shut it down for the rest of the day. No word on if it ran at all the rest of the weekend so far. Anyone know more?
    (6/14/10) A reader has sent in some new construction pictures of Demon Drop taken during the Coaster Madness event. Looks like they’ll be ready to start testing before you know it.
    (6/10/10) News Plus Notes has posted a bunch of new Demon Drop construction pictures this week.
    (5/31/10) New construction pictures of Demon Drop can be found at Theme Park Review this week.
    (5/26/10) A new construction update from Demon Drop has been posted to Theme Park Review, though you’ll have to scroll down a bit past the pictures of SFGAdv.  With the main tower structure in place, I’m kind of surprised to see how much hardware is still on the ground. I wouldn’t expect to see this up and running until late June at this point.
    (5/10/10) Some new Demon Drop construction photos can be found over at Keystone Thrills.
    (5/3/10) Special thanks to News Plus Notes for sending us a picture of the Demon Drop construction site this week. To see even more, make the jump to see their latest Dorney Park photo update.
    (2/8/10) Off-Season pictures taken at Dorney Park during a special tour for the East Coaster event have been posted to AmusementPics. They also confirm that Dorney Park will keep the Demon Drop name for the new ride, which will be closed so that the tower is between the flume and Steel Force and will run out towards the middle of the park.
    (1/25/10) Dorney Park officials have confirmed that Demon Drop will replace the Krazy Kars (vintage bumper cars). They will break ground on the project soon and fully expect Demon Drop to be up and running by the opening day of the season.
    (12/31/09) According to local sources, while Cedar Fair did seriously look into adding a new magnetic brake system to Demon Drop, they have decided to keep the original brake system in place, claiming that they didn’t believe that the cost of adding magnetic brakes was justified. It seems that they don’t believe that the ride will increase the current noise levels from the park at all.
    (12/30/09) If the rumors about Demon Drop from when it was said to be going to Knott's still hold true, look for Demon Drop to open at Dorney Park with a new and nearly silent magnetic braking system.
    (12/18/09) In case anyone was still waiting, Cedar Point did confirm that Demon Drop is on the way to Dorney Park for the 2010 season.
    (11/27/09) A reader has sent in a picture showing off what they believe are pieces of Demon Drop sitting at Dorney Park. A few more pictures have also been posted to NewsPlusNotes of these newly arrived parts and pieces. While the color does seem to match Demon Drop, there really aren't any pieces that just solidly stand-out as being from Demon Drop itself, but given the advanced rumors I was sent, I think it's a fair bet that this really is Demon Drop.
    (11/25/09) Crazy as it sounds, I’ve been told that pieces of Demon Drop have started to arrive at Dorney Park.  That’s as bad an idea as Knott’s… who’s running this train wreck anyway? On top of Dorney suffering from all the same reasons that made Knott’s a poor choice for the ride, Dorney also suffers from noise complaint issues from their neighbors, and this is not known as a quiet attraction.

Future Plans - Rumor - (11/8/06) I’ve heard an interesting rumor this week that mentions some possible long term growth plans for the park. We’ve heard that the park may be planning on paving the current overflow parking lot in advance of some long term plans that could see more of the park expanding out into the current existing parking lot near the entrance. We were also told they were looking into possible park redesigns that could someday see the main entrance of the park relocated to feed into the lower section of the park and allow for more redevelopment at the top where the current entrance is.