Hydra the Revenge at Dorney Park
Harness and seat belt Unusual inversionswhip and great hangtime

Dorney Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania

Hydra the Revenge

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7times upside downNo. 2 of 446 US coastersHydra the Re.Steel CurtainTMNT Shellra.Scream!
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What riders love
  • The other inversions give a bit of whip and some great hangtime and just feel really odd and different from other b&m loopers.
  • The cobra roll gives great positives and whip and is definitely one of the highlights of the ride.
  • The many inversions include corkscrews, a cobra roll, a barrel roll, and a zero-g roll and are very forceful with the ride not letting up from start to finish.
  • It's got THE jojo roll, the original one allegedly named after a Dorney Park VP who suggested it, and this is a truly freaky experience.
  • How do I explain the first inversion…the jojo roll is legendary.
  • The jojo roll out of the station gives some fantastic hangtime, and the rest of the layout is pretty fun as well.
  • I really love this one's layout. It's not the most intense floorless but it is very unique and I admire it for that.
  • I feel like if B&M tried to make an intamin blitz/mega-lite with their B&M floorless trains this is what they would’ve come up with.
  • This is the only floorless I know of that doesn’t have a pre-drop and I like that.
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Performance

Vs. other coasters at Dorney Park

Amazing layout including 7 inversions and the jojo roll right out off the gate really gets you out of your seat.

Isaiah White

The first drop does give some airtime, which is nice.

angela

And the drop delivers a nice pop of ejector airtime if you sit in the back row of the train!

Nicolas Mattioli

You to straight into the drop where you get some good floater on the way down.

Jack Jack J.

The airtime on the drop was kind of disappointing but the park already has enough great airtime so it’s fine.

Cooper Zimmerman

The smoothness and pace of this ride are very impressive considering the ride being over 20 years old.

Clayton Latone

It’s a very smooth coaster and overall enjoyable for what it is.

Cooper Zimmerman

A lot have people have been saying that it is rough, but when I rode it, it was butter smooth.

SirKingBobly

If you can see past the classic B&M Floorless rattle, you’ve got arguably one of the most unique layouts B&M has ever come up with on your hands.

Anthony DeNight Jr.

After I got off of this ride the last time I went to dorney my head started to hurt then I got a Carmel milkshake then my stomach started to hurt

@edwardjones1482

This funky floorless has some really unique inversions compared to others of its model, all of which I found to be intense and fun.

MapleFlakes

This is a fun intense ride with good inversions that provide nice hang time.

Henry Japha

This is the first like super intense coaster that I went on that got me into coasters but if you don’t ride in the right spot, it can make you a little sick.

Matty MarshmallowS

If Hydra were 10% too intense it’d probably have really bad headbanging and it’s not particularly intense as it stands.

Zach O.

like you said, not super forceful but i still thought it was super fun

@GivenInArcadia

Last night in hot humid conditions it felt like it was running fast.

@SuperAntichicken

Despite the bad rattle the ride may have and some of the dead spots such as the finale with the mini twister section, Hydra still delivers a fun ride experience nonetheless!

Nicolas Mattioli

this ride is also pretty short but still feels like it features dead spots.

Nate C.

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Specifications

95 ftHeight
200 SteelForce 160 IronMenace 135 Talon 95 Hydra theRevenge 80 Thunderhawk 49 Wild Mouse
105 ftFirst drop
205 SteelForce 165 Possessed 152 IronMenace 120 Talon 105 Hydra theRevenge 65 Thunderhawk
53 mphTop speed
Steel Force75 Possessed70 Iron Menace64 Talon58 Hydra theRevenge53 Thunderhawk45 075 mph
68°Drop angle
95°Iron Menace90°Possessed68°Hydra theRevenge61°Steel Force50°Talon46°Wild Mouse45°Thunderhawkdashed line: straight down, 90°
7Inversions

What riders say

Praised for

Great inversionsHangtimeGreat layoutSmooth ride

Criticised for

Rough or rattly

Honestly I can’t tell you why, but I freaking love this thing and it’s my number 1 b&m floorless.

coasterguy, Captain Coaster review

Maybe I’m spoiled by how much I love Medusa at SFGAd but this was the second floorless that I thought was boring and pointless.

Em McMahon, Captain Coaster review

Terrific eff-you moment right out of the station with a totally pointless inversion, taken at a whopping 10 mph (estimated), and you feel every bit of it.

The Real E-Rock, Captain Coaster review

It’s got THE jojo roll, the original one allegedly named after a Dorney Park VP who suggested it, and this is a truly freaky experience.

Matt McIrvin, Captain Coaster review

Hydra is a fun floorless coaster that is known for its jojo roll, the highlight of the ride for me.

Kw6sTheater, Captain Coaster review

Not a bad Floorless coaster, pretty fun and it’s got an interesting start that you don’t see often.

anonymous Outcast, Captain Coaster review

Photos

Hydra the Revenge at Dorney Park
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Hydra: The Revenge's first drop at Dorney Park
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Hydra the Revenge at Dorney Park
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Hydra the Revenge at Dorney Park
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Hydra the Revenge at Dorney Park
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Hydra the Revenge at Dorney Park
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Hydra the Revenge at Dorney Park
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Hydra: The Revenge at Dorney Park in Allentown, PA
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Hydra the Revenge's station at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
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Hydra the Revenge at Dorney Park
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10 photographs. Swipe or drag sideways.

Planning your ride

History

May 7, 2005Opened

Built by Bolliger & Mabillard, designed by Werner Stengel.

$13 millionTo build

Sources

Restraint types: Captain Coaster. History, incidents and awards: Wikipedia. Height requirement: Dorney Park. Specifications and status: Coasterpedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Also read: Captain Coaster (converted to feet and mph). Rider sentiment and performance scores: rider reviews on Captain Coaster, read and scored by AirtimeFever.

Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: Coasterman1234 (CC BY-SA 3.0), Coasterman1234 at English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0), Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0), Photo by Ryan Painter, http://photos.tideblue.com / Arsonwinter at en.wikipedia (Public domain), https://www.flickr.com/photos/rollercoasterphilosophy/ (CC BY 2.0), Atwngirl (CC BY-SA 4.0). Video thumbnails remain the property of their channels and link back to them.

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What riders love, by theme (themes in the order riders pick them most on Captain Coaster): MapleFlakes, rider review on Captain Coaster: “This funky floorless has some really unique inversions compared…”; Cooper Zimmerman, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The other inversions give a bit of whip and…”; Jack Jack J., rider review on Captain Coaster: “The cobra roll gives great positives and whip and…”; Clayton Latone, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The many inversions include corkscrews, a cobra roll, a…”; Lauren Kelly, rider review on Captain Coaster: “That Jojo roll scared the BEJEEZUS out of me…”; Matt McIrvin, rider review on Captain Coaster: “It's got THE jojo roll, the original one allegedly…”; Silver Thunderbolt, rider review on Captain Coaster: “How do I explain the first inversion…the jojo roll…”; Evangelion Martini, rider review on Captain Coaster: “The jojo roll out of the station gives some…”; CoasterKiwi, rider review on Captain Coaster: “This B&M floorless coaster has none of the regular…”; Chris Jones, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I really love this one's layout. It's not the…”; coasterguy, rider review on Captain Coaster: “I feel like if B&M tried to make an…”; Jack Jack J., rider review on Captain Coaster: “This is the only floorless I know of that…”; Lauren Kelly, rider review on Captain Coaster: “Hydra is notably slower, but for me, it’s nice…”.

The photo slider at the top and the fading stills: Theme Park POV's back row POV, 2021 Hydra the Revenge On Ride Back Seat 4K POV Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom (YouTube), and the page's Wikimedia Commons photographs.