Talon (roller coaster)

On April 28, 2000, Dorney Park announced that a 135-foot-tall (41 m) four inversion inverted roller coaster would be built for the 2001 season.[3] No further details were given until August 30, 2000 when Dorney Park announced the full details of the new $13 million roller coaster and its name, Talon.[2] The ride would be the Northeast's longest inverted roller coaster and would be built on a portion of land set aside for a major attraction by Cedar Fair when they purchased the park in 1992.[4] Construction began on September 5, 2000[1][2] and continued through the winter.[5] The first parts of Talon to be put into place were the brake run and transfer track in October 2000.[6] The roller coaster was topped off (the highest piece of the lift hill) on November 21, 2000 and the track was completed in early 2001.[7][8] After testing was complete, Talon opened on May 5, 2001.[9]

Talon's first drop

Talon's Immelmann loop

Having dispatched from the station, the train immediately begins to climb the 135-foot (41 m) lift hill. Once at the top, the train goes through a pre-drop before making a sharp 120-foot (37 m) downward right turn. The train then enters a 98-foot (30 m) tall vertical loop. After exiting the loop, the train goes through a zero-gravity roll before dropping back to the ground and entering an immelmann loop. The train then makes a full 360-degree upward right turn followed by a left turn leading into another drop. After the drop, the train makes highly banked right turn into a flat spin. Next, the train makes a left turn (extremely close to the ground) before heading to an airtime, and back up which leads into the brake run. After exiting the brake run, the train makes a right turn into a second, shorter, set of brakes before entering the station.[9][10]

One cycle of the ride lasts about 2 minutes.[10]

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