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, ScreamworksUpgraded/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 HollowUpgraded/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 CircusNew attractions: Mansion House Hotel 4  2011 Returning attractions: Club Blood, Cornstalkers, Terror Square, Mansion House Hotel, The Asylum, Backwoods, Death Trap, Psycho CircusNew 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 CircusNew 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 CircusUpgraded/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 HuntersRelocated 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 MuseumNew Attractions: Tourist TrapDiscontinued Attractions: Mansion House Hotel112018Returning 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 TrapNew Attractions: Necropolis (Grave Walkers replacement/ upgrade)Discontinued Attractions: Grave Walkers, Cut Throat Island122019N/A132020No Haunt held (due to COVID-19).142021N/A152022Returning 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. 162023Returning 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 Lair172024Returning 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 Yard182025Returning 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

 References 

Category:Theme parks in the United States
Category:Buildings and structures in Pennsylvania
Category:Allentown, Pennsylvania
Category:1884 establishments in Pennsylvania