Hercules (roller coaster)
- Hercules (roller coaster)
Infobox roller coaster
name=Hercules
caption=
location=Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
section=
type=Wood
type2=
type3=
status=Demolished
opened=April of 89
closed=Sept 1, 2003
manufacturer=Dinn Corporation
designer=Curtis D. Summers
model=Terrain Coaster
track=Double out-and-back
lift=
height=95
drop=157
length=4000
speed=65
inversions= 0
duration=2:15
angle= 47
capacity=
cost=US$6,000,000
acceleration=
gforce= 2.9
restriction=48
rcdb_number=241
Hercules is the name of a former wooden roller coaster at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom in South Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania.
At the time of construction, it was the tallest wooden roller coaster in the world, but due to its poor design the ride only had a short life, operating from 1989–2003. [cite web |url=http://www.rcdb.com/id241.htm |title=Hercules |work=Roller Coaster Database |accessdate=2008-02-10] It was replaced by in 2005.
Many riders claimed that Hercules was an extremely rough ride, which was most likely the reason for the coaster's low ridership and subsequent closing and dismantlement in 2003.
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