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Dorney Park Research Paper

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Dorney Park is an amusement theme park located in Allentown Pennsylvania. Dorney Park is big but has a home town feeling. It was the first to have the worlds tallest framed roller coaster, which they named Hercules. The coaster has 157-foot plunge with 65 miles and hour turns. It was a huge attration that dominated all the other rides and was a legend. Dorney Park was the first amusement park I have ever visited and had a very memorable journey.
It was 1989 and I was 12 years old ,and today I was going to Dorney Park with my father and brother. My fathers employment would host an annual cookout for the employees and family. This year it was going to be held at Dorney Park. Dorney Park is about 20 miles from my home town Easton Pennsylvania
I told all my friends I was going to …show more content…

I told her to stop being chicken and I bet her one dollar I would ride the stupid coaster. I knew she was jealous because she wasnt going and was just trying to scare me into not having a good time.
The night before I could barely sleep. I made sure to iron my clothes and lay them out neatly and to shower. I was ready for daybreak to get here. I finally fell asleep and woke up excited. Today was the day of the cookout so we waited outside for our father to arrive. It was 8:00 in the morning and I wanted to get their early to ride everything. We waited on the porch which seem like an eternity and my father was a hour late. I went inside and tried to call but no answer on his telephone. See back then we did not have cell phone, just house phones. He finally showed up and was driving my Uncle Motley's white 1970 Volkswagen Beetle. My father's car had broke down and luckily borrowed my uncle's car. The bettle was real old and worn out and seemed like it was going to break down too.

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