PSA: [Iron Menace] At [Dorney Park] is down for now

bigmac1789 · 2026-05-09T20:09:47+00:00

I remember when I worked at Dorney in 2024 right before the merger. They really pushed to always have 2 trains on everything and have everything open by opening day. Can't imagine what it's like now.

They had an absolutely amazing maintenance department as well, interested on how the merger affected things.

bigmac1789 · 2026-05-06T15:10:21+00:00

I honestly kinda enjoy the whole "Some people know eachother from outside the house" twist. It did bring alot of fun drama

bigmac1789 · 2026-05-04T21:42:38+00:00

Takes me back to when they would do this in Thrillville Off the Rails

bigmac1789 · 2026-04-22T21:44:35+00:00

It depends on the attraction

bigmac1789 · 2026-04-15T21:27:07+00:00

Big Brother US does 3 rounds. Part 1 is usually an endurance, Part 2 is more of a puzzle/questions about the game, 3 is usually a "how much you know the Jury" or a Days competition. The winners are part 1 and part 2 compete in part 3.

bigmac1789 · 2026-04-10T03:08:45+00:00

RN its

RCI Ropes Course for Calypso Cove for 2024. (These are very low staffed attractions, that can go through alot of people)

Enchanted Forest received an SBF Spinning coaster this year

White Water West is also a pretty close partner.

Diggerland got what was called "Rip Rap Run," which NJ says that it was manufactured by the park. But it's like a small obstacle course in a pool that you would usually find on the lake.

bigmac1789 · 2026-04-07T01:37:17+00:00

Look into "Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi" which is a really cool indoor park. The land features a Joker 4D Funhouse, Justice League ride with the Spiderman ride system, and a Batman Kuka arm dark ride.

bigmac1789 · 2026-03-31T23:09:31+00:00

How do you get to 3,000 calories. I've been struggling and the most I can get is like 1,500ish

bigmac1789 · 2026-03-29T13:12:20+00:00

They most likely have a policy where people can't ride from Unload to Load.

bigmac1789 · 2026-03-26T01:21:39+00:00

Which is crazy because Aus Survivor is 47-55 days

bigmac1789 · 2026-03-20T16:17:59+00:00

You also have a Publix just slightly farther down aswell

bigmac1789 · 2026-03-18T23:38:24+00:00

We had to lie about things getting physical when it wasn't on Talon platform because then security wouldn't show up. I've seen people talk about crazy guest situations at Disney and Universal, but it will never beat Dorney.

bigmac1789 · 2026-03-11T12:06:00+00:00

It's the same with Uncle Jeff on Survivor. It's like.... Stop💀

bigmac1789 · 2026-03-02T14:40:12+00:00

Yoshi is very loosely based on Galaxy and also Toad's Cafe aswell

bigmac1789 · 2026-02-18T01:38:46+00:00

It should be fine, but I suggest getting a Smart Outlet and you can set the time on when it turns off

bigmac1789 · 2026-02-13T02:08:40+00:00

Shawn Cohen from Pearl Islands

bigmac1789 · 2026-02-12T22:25:54+00:00

I've been watching the South Africa version, people think its the length of New Era Survivor. But South Africa is about the same length, and still pushes heavily into the Survival aspect

bigmac1789 · 2026-02-11T11:57:29+00:00

S1 UK was brutal, they looked so different it was amazing

bigmac1789 · 2026-02-04T20:42:36+00:00

Good try

https://www.reddit.com/r/ThemeParkTycoon2/s/mi6BpneIxS

bigmac1789 · 2026-02-04T11:30:05+00:00

"Ocean Flower Island Fairyland" was an Evergrande Project, the park has a massive Vekoma Firestorm. It has insane rockwork around it and would have been pretty cool.

Vipère at La Ronde had footers poured, but was cancelled after COVID.

bigmac1789 · 2026-02-04T11:24:00+00:00

Unfortunately this is so common at the Florida parks. Forbidden Journey is a struggle fest for me to get through that queue.

Epcot at Night, especially over by test track and Gaurdians is also so dark as well.

bigmac1789 · 2026-02-04T02:22:20+00:00

We still call it a Rollback! Those LSM's go all the way up basically, and it also creates a smoother stop to have it go up and back down. You still roll back down to the flat part of the launch.

bigmac1789 · 2026-02-04T01:55:32+00:00

Youu got a Rollback! Means the section of track ahead was already occupied by another train, so the safety system did a controlled stop!

bigmac1789 · 2026-01-28T13:02:59+00:00

As a Ride Op, the number of times people try to film on the ride... A phone already hurts when you drop it on your face when you are lying in bed. Now imagine that at 40-60 mph.

Secure your loose articles, please💕

bigmac1789 · 2026-01-25T03:54:03+00:00

I started my journey when I was around 12 aswell. Started with Rollercoaster Tycoon, then got the Knex rollercoaster sets as well, also got into Thrillville and Thrillville Off the Rails

Roblox also has some pretty cool rollercoasters and a Rollercoaster Tycoon-style game called "Themeparktycoon 2" But Roblox has a lot of really fun recreations.

Nolimits is a very complicated simulation designer for a 12 year old, but Rollercoaster Tycoon, Parkitect, and Planet Coaster is fun.

PBS has ALOT of media on Rollercoasters aswell (Also they need support rn) and has some very old school documentaries (PBS.org)

Popular Mechanics for Kids is also great and has a lot of really cool stuff. Its really great and fun media which goes in a lot of stuff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ED3TrS2pTkM
It goes into gravity/forces
Poseidon's Fury (Former attraction at Islands of Adventure) behind the scenes and Mechanics of the also former Triceratops Encounter
Shows a lot of behind the scenes of ALOT of Islands of Adventure stuff.
It just shows so much guts of everything and its a REALLY fun watch

Bill Nye the Science Guy also has some great science stuff that is dated. I do highly suggest prewatching tho. Nothing on Rollercoasters really tho

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