Attraction Iron Menace

On August 10th, 2023, Dorney Park officially announced Iron Menace, a new, Bolliger & Mabillard-made, 160ft tall dive coaster coming to the former site of Stinger in 2024. This steel mill-themed coaster will feature a 152ft tall, 95 degree first drop, four inversions, and be the North East's first dive machine.

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Fact Sheet:​

• Designer: Bolliger & Mabillard
• Coaster Type: Dive Machine
• Lift Height: 160 Feet
• Drop Height: 152 Feet
• Max Drop Angle: 95 Degrees
• Top Speed: 64 Miles Per Hour
• Inversions: 4
  • Immelman
  • Zero G-Roll
  • Inclined Loop (World’s First on a Dive Coaster)
  • Corkscrew
• Length: 2,169 Feet
• Duration: 90 Seconds
• Trains: 2
• Riders Per Train: 21
• Hourly Capacity: 1,140

Animated POV​

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Lore​

In the early 1900s, Scottish businessman Hiram S. McTavish opened McTavish Steel Mill, a direct competitor to Bethlehem Steel Company. Greed dictated McTavish’s every move, and he was well known to prioritize profits above people.

With an eye on maximizing output, McTavish created a massive hauler he dubbed “Iron Menace,” a device the steel industry had never seen. The rail transporter moved workers and ore at record volumes and dizzying speeds.

Suddenly the greedy steel baron mysteriously disappeared—no one knows how or where. Shortly after, McTavish Steel Mill closed. All that remains today are the mill’s decrepit shell, rusty relics and wild tales of the owner’s whereabouts.

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Concept Art​

Official Website​

https://www.dorneypark.com/new-in-2024

 

[hawk0g]

the jolt looks more like some elite sideways ejector airtime, pretty revolutionary for a dive coaster.

 

[BGWfan]

I rode it Wednesday. The jolt at the end is quite jarring and feels "wrong" - but since the ride doesn't have OTSRs there's not head banging. Definitely worse on the edges. The best part of the ride for me was the first drop through the first two inversions, the rest didn't do much. The theming looks great and the coaster feels well positioned for an intimidating view on approach and a nice panorama of the park at the top of the lift. Nice to see how they tied in and renovated the surrounding area and hopefully Possessed will eventually get a repaint to better fit in with it. I noticed a good amount of theatrical lighting and I expect it will look very cool at night.

 

[Thrills & Chills WQAQ]

I’ll be there opening day, we’ll have to see.

 

[Crunchewy]

Is that jolt something they can fix or we are just stuck with it? I guess it's not a big deal with vest restraints, but still would be nice to see it fixed.

 

[Thrills & Chills WQAQ]

Is that jolt something they can fix or we are just stuck with it? I guess it's not a big deal with vest restraints, but still would be nice to see it fixed.

I absolutely would think it could be fixed.

 

[CoasterAuditor]

Part of me wonders if the 7 seat wide design may just not be worth the three extra seats. I haven’t seen people mention this kind of issue with Emperor. Dr. D the back row on the edge wasn’t great honestly for vibration but it didn’t bother me THAT much since it’s a vest restraint. Now if I’m dehydrated that’s probably a different discussion.

 

[Fiender]

Part of me wonders if the 7 seat wide design may just not be worth the three extra seats. I haven’t seen people mention this kind of issue with Emperor. Dr. D the back row on the edge wasn’t great honestly for vibration but it didn’t bother me THAT much since it’s a vest restraint. Now if I’m dehydrated that’s probably a different discussion.

The wing seats on Emperor were atrocious when I rode it in 2023.

 

[CoasterAuditor]

Okay let's all be real and acknowledge that roughness tolerance varies significantly to every human due to a very large amount of variables. It's the rides where the sample sizes of perspectives are abysmal.

 

[jscll]

Iron Menance runs the same train type as Dr. Diabolical, which is different than all the other dive coasters in North America. The only collapsing floor is in the front row, the other rows have a floor in the middle of the train, or the seats are over the station floor. I assume this change is to reduce cost, as fewer and smaller moving floor sections will be cheaper. The seats can be a challenge for smaller riders to get into, as especially the rear row is a little high, and the seats point your knees up. There Is no step under the rear two rows to help.
I am unable to compare Iron Menace to Dr. Diabolical, as the latter is the only operating B&M coaster in North America I have not yet ridden.
I can confirm that Iron Menace has a little bit of a rattle, with the rattle being stronger on the edges, and in the back of the train. After riding every seat, I can confirm the strongest rattle is in the rear outside seats. The rattle does not affect my enjoyment of the ride, but I noticed almost everyone mentioned it after their first ride. The rattle occurs when the weight of the train shift between the road wheels and the upstop wheels; and in the case of entering the main break run, the side wheels.
To me, the seats feel smaller than other dive coasters with vest restraints that I have ridden, and are definitely less accommodating to larger riders than Dive Coasters with the rigid over the shoulder restraints. Iron Menace only has two larger seats, in the middle of the second and third row.
The restraints can often be finicky, as if they are not pulled down in a continuous smoth fashion, they will often not register as being down, and the section will have to have its restrints all open and reclosed for the restrints to register as closed. I have never seen this behavior on any other B&M I have ridden.
TLDR, Yukon Striker is still the best Dive Coaster ever built.

 

[the_pantsmith]

It's times like this where I feel like people are massively overthinking this hobby.

Also Griffon is the best dive thank you.

 

[CoasterAuditor]

I mean...yeah. Dorney Park hasn't build a ground up roller coaster in 19 years. They build what is likely to be the crowd favorite for years to come and an attraction that appears to reflect a passionate effort with excellent detailed theming.

A lot of thoosies: "so like.....there's this jolt at the end."

 

[CoasterMac]

^Both can be (and are) true though. One jolt isn't a dealbreaker whether the ride is good or not, or worthy as an addition or not, but you can't really deny that it's super uncharacteristic for that big of a jolt to already be present, on a brand new B&M especially.

Definitely looking forward to checking this out at some point. The mini-dives with no MCBR look like a lot of fun!

 

[Crunchewy]

I never considered myself a "thoosie". I sure hope I'm not. I just watched the reverse POV and the jolt at the end stuck out like a sore thumb. It was hard to miss. It's just not something I was expecting to see and I was curious if they can easily fix that or if that would be a major repair.

 

[themeparktribune]

A lot of thoosies: "so like.....there's this jolt at the end."

Yet somehow jolts which are way worse on RMCs get almost no attention, like on Wildcat's Revenge.

 

[the_pantsmith]

I never considered myself a "thoosie". I sure hope I'm not. I just watched the reverse POV and the jolt at the end stuck out like a sore thumb. It was hard to miss. It's just not something I was expecting to see and I was curious if they can easily fix that or if that would be a major repair.

My man/woman/friend, if you're on this forum I got bad news for you

 

[Crunchewy]

Yet somehow jolts which are way worse on RMCs get almost no attention, like on Wildcat's Revenge.

If it has one and I saw a reverse POV video of it, I'm sure I'd see it and wonder if it could be repaired. lol. I've never ridden it. I haven't been to Hershey in a number of years. I do plan to go this year, though. I hope.

 

[warfelg]

Yet somehow jolts which are way worse on RMCs get almost no attention, like on Wildcat's Revenge.

That RMC trademarked jolt is so bad it realigns-unaligns-realigns-unaligns my spine in rapid succession every time on every coaster.

 

[BGWfan]

Is that jolt something they can fix or we are just stuck with it? I guess it's not a big deal with vest restraints, but still would be nice to see it fixed.

Frankly, if I were B&M I would be offering to have that track section refabricated for Dorney as it isn't representative of the type of quality they would like to be delivering.

 

[Crunchewy]

My man/woman/friend, if you're on this forum I got bad news for you

Thoosie has always had a bad connotation for me. I love rollercoasters, but don't believe I'm a thoosie. I mean, I sometimes enjoy Twisted Timbers, but often not really that much. It's too painful. It's only fun when it's running slow. So right there I think I probably don't qualify as a thoosie. lol.

 

[GAcoaster]

Also Griffon is the best dive thank you.

I think that Sheikra has the edge over Griffon, but different strokes...