Wednesday, September 15, 2004
Dorney Park Officially Announces HYDRA: THE REVENGE
Not that we haven't known this ride was being built. Or what kind it would be. Or what color it would be. Or even its name. But now that Hydra has been announced they have a bunch of information on the website. Some interesting bits from the press release:
The ride begins with a unique feature park officials call the jojo roll, the first-ever pre-lift hill inversion where riders twist upside-down after exiting the launch station.
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HYDRA The Revenge is named after the nine-headed monster of Greek mythology. In the myth, Hydra battles the hero Hercules, who succeeds in cutting off all of Hydra's heads. However, one head is immortal and Hercules buries it under a huge boulder by a lake. In Dorney Park mythology, Hydra has risen from Dorney Park Lake and has taken its "revenge" on Hercules, the wooden roller coaster the park retired after the 2003 season. Hydra The Revenge is located in the same spot bordering Dorney Park Lake where Hercules once stood.
