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These photos are bit late, having been taken on the last weekend that the park was open, but better late than never. Dorney Park is
adding a brand new restaurant within Wildwater Kingdom for the 2018 season, named
Tidal Wave Cafe. Seen above, the restaurant is modeled after similar very successful instillations at other Cedar Fair parks over the past few seasons.
Tidal Wave Cafe will carry a nautical theme when complete, and feature "hand-battered fried shrimp, rotisserie chicken, hand-breaded chicken tenderloins, and house-smoked pulled pork" among other tasty meals.
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Getting a jump ahead of the cold winter, the park started major demolition to prepare for the new restaurant before the park even closed. If you look closely at this photo, taken from Talon's exit area, you can see that much of the landscaping from the corner of Runaway River has been cleared. The park is carving out more space in this area to fit in additional seating to serve Tidal Wave Cafe.
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Back on the ground while walking through Talon's exit, you could see through this access gate that the space for the new restaurant is also being cleared. The new restaurant required the removal of two existing food stands, Mariner's Munchies and a Rita's Italian Ice, along with a small portion of the seating area next to Rita's that was added a few seasons ago.
This photo shows that Rita's was already gone, and just some of Mariner's Munchies was standing.
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A trip on the park's train, the Cedar Creek Cannonball, also gave some views into the work that was going on. Here's another view of the bit of Mariner's Munchies that was standing, with a pile of it on the ground as well. The red building on the far left is Papa Luigi's, which was heavily renovated for the 2017 season.
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Here's one last photo of the work that was underway as the park closed for the year.
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Just this past week Dorney Park
tweeted out a photo of the progress so far. All buildings have been removed, and if you look close you can see bulldozers removing part of the seating area that will be needed. When you consider all the space that has been opened up, it is easy to see how this multi-million dollar expansion will be pretty massive.
You can also get a look at the changes to to the landscaping around the turn of Runaway River we mentioned earlier. The park is going to be able to provide plenty of new seating for guests in this refreshed area of Wildwater Kingdom next year!
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