Dorney Park Pre-Halloweekends Update

Went to the park today despite the bad weather to get some photos - thinking it would be empty. Even on a rainy day the park was using the overflow parking lot. I haven't seen Dorney have a summer like this since 2002 or so.

With the summer season slowly coming to an end, the park has put up a decent amount of advertising for Halloweekends.

Per usual, the hearse is outside the front gate as advertising. No real changes here, but they did do a great job with it when they changed its graphics a year or so ago.

These signs are up at the entrance to the park. New Dorney logo is used, and they have little logos for each of the haunted attractions on here. Notice that the Zephyr train ride is not on as it will be closed.

These signs are back up in a few places around the park. Nothing new here...

There are new banners up for the Halloween attractions. This shows some of the activities they have for kids.

Here is one for Doctor of Doom in 3-D. Kinda silly to put it behind a bench, but oh well. I don't remember these from last year but I could be wrong.

And here is one for the Fright Zone.

Lastly, here's one for ScreamWorks. I like how these are a little edgier and less family oriented.

And the billboard for Halloweekends is up as well.

With the light rain and cool temperatures, Dorney was rather crowded as it wasn't water park weather. Here's Hang Time's line around 1 p.m.

The Worlds of Fun blog mentioned these huge stuffed animals on their blog recently, and I took notice that Dorney does indeed have them as well. You seriously couldn't fit one of these in a car if you won one. I think it's taller than I am.

I know it's been mentioned a lot before, but Talon is really starting to look bad. There's so much black gunk on the track at this point that it takes away from the ride's look. The above photo is just one example, other parts are far worse.

I have no 2008 photos because there is nothing new to see from my last update. But Labor Day is just around the corner and that means construction starts!