The Bucket O' Blood (once known as Pirates Cove) dark ride burned in the same fire. Rides have come and gone at Dorney Park, such as the Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters's Grande Carousel which debuted at Dorney in 1932, but was destroyed in a September 1983 fire. Weinstein owned it until 1992, when he sold the park to Cedar Fair and is one of only fourteen trolley parks still operating in the United States. In 1985, Ott sold Dorney Park to Harris Weinstein. Robert Ott, Plarr's son-in-law, took over as owner in 1967. Ownership then passed to Plarr's son, Stephen, who died within a year.

She lived there until the late 1980s, never granting him the divorce. Plarr built a house for his estranged wife Wiltracy Plarr in the 1930s under the first hill of Thunder Hawk in hopes of driving her to divorce. Plarr soon bought out his partners and ran Dorney Park until his death in 1966. That year, the park was sold to Robert Plarr and two other partners. Two years later, the traction company purchased the park, operating it until 1923. When the Allentown-Kutztown Traction Company completed its trolley line from Allentown to Kutztown in 1899, the company added a stop at Dorney's park.

By the 1880s, Dorney had added a small zoo, and gardens. Initially, the facility featured games, playground-style rides, refreshment stands, picnic groves, a hotel, and a restaurant. In 1870, Dorney decided to convert the estate into a public attraction. The park is owned and operated by Cedar Fair.ĭorney Park's Flying Dutchman roller coaster, 1972 Ownership ĭorney Park traces its history to 1860, when Solomon Dorney built a trout hatchery and summer resort on his estate outside of Allentown. It features some of the world's most prominent roller coasters, including Steel Force, the eighth longest steel roller coaster in the world and the second longest on the U.S. The park features 64 rides, including six roller coasters, other adult and children's rides, and a waterpark, Wildwater Kingdom, with 19 water rides.

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