Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom

**Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom** is an American amusement and water park owned and operated by Six Flags and located in between Allentown, Pennsylvania and Emmaus, Pennsylvania.

## History

Dorney Park traces its history to 1860, when Solomon Dorney built a trout hatchery and summer resort on his estate outside of Allentown. In 1870, Dorney decided to convert the estate into a public attraction. Initially, the facility featured games, playground-style rides, refreshment stands, picnic groves, a hotel, and a restaurant. By the 1880s, Dorney had added a small zoo, and gardens.

## Halloween Haunt

Halloween Haunt is an annual event that is held from September to October. The park hires around 700 people for this event. It was originally introduced in 1998 as Halloweekends, but was rebranded Halloween Haunt in 2008.

### Current attractions

Halloween Haunt currently features 12 attractions including seven mazes and five scare zones, and three live mainstage shows (TBA 2024).

### Attraction history

||Year|Attractions|
| --- | --- | --- |
|1|2008|Returning attractions: Magical House on Kill Hill, Screamworks Upgraded/Renovated Attractions: Doctor of Doom (received clown theme) New attractions: Club Blood, Cornstalkers, Headstone Hollow, Terror Square|
|2|2009|Returning attractions: Magical House on Kill Hill, Club Blood, Cornstalkers, Terror Square, Headstone Hollow Upgraded/Renovated Attractions: Psycho Circus (renaming of Dr. Doom) New attractions: Pirate Passage, The Gauntlet, The Asylum, Backwoods, Death Trap|
|3|2010|Returning attractions: Club Blood, Cornstalkers, Terror Square, Headstone Hollow, Pirate Passage, The Gauntlet, The Asylum, Backwoods, Death Trap, Psycho Circus New attractions: Mansion House Hotel|
|4|2011|Returning attractions: Club Blood, Cornstalkers, Terror Square, Mansion House Hotel, The Asylum, Backwoods, Death Trap, Psycho Circus New attractions: Cut Throat Island, Age of Darkness, Grave Walkers|
|5|2012|Returning attractions: Cornstalkers, Mansion House Hotel, The Asylum, Death Trap, Cut Throat Island, Age of Darkness, Grave Walkers, Psycho Circus New attractions: Desolation, Blood Shed, Head Hunters|
|6|2013|Returning attractions: Cornstalkers, Mansion House Hotel, The Asylum, Desolation, Blood Shed, Cut Throat Island, Grave Walkers, Psycho Circus Upgraded/Renovated attractions: Age of Darkness (expanded into Death Trap's attraction area and received new props), Head Hunters (received expansive new set pieces)|
|7|2014|Returning attractions: Cornstalkers, Mansion House Hotel, The Asylum, Desolation, Blood Shed, Grave Walkers, Age of Darkness, Head Hunters Relocated Attractions: Cut Throat Island (Relocated from Hydra Plaza to White Water Landing Midway) New attractions: Chamber of Horrors Wax Museum, CarnEVIL, Blackout (Fright Lane only) Discontinued Attractions: Psycho Circus|
|8|2015|Returning Attractions: Mansion House Hotel, The Asylum, Desolation, Grave Walkers, Age of Darkness (slight expansion to create a Skeleton Key room), Cut Throat Island, Chamber of Horrors Wax Museum, CarnEVIL, Blackout (Fright Lane only) Upgraded/Renovated Attractions: Cornstalkers: Barn Bred and Blood Fed (Relocated from Wildwater Kingdom to the Demon Drop plaza, combined with Blood Shed, given a new Skeleton Key room, and renamed) New Attractions: Trick or Treat (located in the Steel Force Plaza) Discontinued Attractions: Head Hunters, Blood Shed|
|9|2016|Returning Attractions: Cornstalkers, Mansion House Hotel (new Skeleton Key Room), Grave Walkers, Trick or Treat, Age of Darkness, Cut Throat Island (added Skeleton Key Room), Chamber of Horrors Wax Museum, CarnEVIL, Blackout (No longer Fright Lane only) New Attractions: Blood on the Bayou, The Ward (later renamed Urgent Scare) Discontinued Attractions: Desolation, The Asylum|
|10|2017|Returning Attractions: Age of Darkness, Blackout, Blood on the Bayou, Grave Walkers, Trick or Treat, Cut Throat Island, Cornstalkers, Urgent Scare, CarnEvil, Chamber of Horrors Wax Museum New Attractions: Tourist Trap Discontinued Attractions: Mansion House Hotel|
|11|2018|Returning Attractions: Age of Darkness, Blackout, Blood on the Bayou, Trick or Treat (new "Lights Out" theme), Cornstalkers, Urgent Scare, CarnEvil, Chamber of Horrors Wax Museum, Tourist Trap New Attractions: Necropolis (Grave Walkers replacement/ upgrade) Discontinued Attractions: Grave Walkers, Cut Throat Island|
|12|2019|N/A|
|13|2020|No Haunt held (due to COVID-19).|
|14|2021|N/A|
|15|2022|Returning Attractions: Necropolis, Blood on the Bayou, Tourist Trap, Roadside Stop N' Chop, Trick or Treat, Blackout, Enigma, The Hollow, CarnEVIL, and Port of Call. New Attractions: Roadside Stop N' Chop, Midway Misfits, and Dystopia.|
|16|2023|Returning Attractions: Necropolis, Blood on the Bayou, Tourist Trap, Roadside Stop N' Chop, Trick or Treat, Blackout, The Hollow, CarnEVIL, Port of Call, Midway Misfits, and Dystopia. New Attractions: Ghost in the Machine and Midway Misfits. Discontinued Attractions: Enigma, The Lair|
|17|2024|Returning Attractions: Necropolis, Blood on the Bayou, Tourist Trap, Roadside Stop N' Chop, Trick or Treat, Blackout, Ghost in the Machine, The Hollow, CarnEVIL, Port of Call, Midway Misfits, and Dystopia. New Attractions: Steel Yard|
|18|2025|Returning Attractions: Necropolis, Blood on the Bayou, Tourist Trap, Roadside Stop N' Chop, Trick or Treat, Blackout, Ghost in the Machine, CarnEVIL, Port of Call, Midway Misfits, and Dystopia, and Steel Yard: FORGE YOUR FeAR Discontinued Attractions: The Hollow|

## Infobox (amusement park)

- **name**: Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
- **image**:

- **caption**: The current entrance to Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom with Talon's lift hill in the background
- **location**: Allentown
- **location2**: Pennsylvania
- **location3**: United States
- **opening date**: 1884
- **season**: April through early November
- **rides**: 59
- **coasters**: 8
- **water rides**: 18
- **owner**: Six Flags
- **general manager**: Michael Fehnel
- **slogan**: Thrills Connect