Status Operating Cost US$10,000,000 Designer Steve Okamoto | Opening date May 30, 1997 Type Steel – Hypercoaster | |
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Manufacturer D. H. Morgan Manufacturing | ||
Steel Force is a roller coaster at Dorney Park in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Built by D. H. Morgan Manufacturing and designed by Steve Okamoto, it opened in 1997. It is 5,600 feet (1,700 m) in length (over 1-mile (1.6 km)), making it the second longest coaster on the East Coast (behind Fury 325). It has a 205-foot (62 m) first drop, with a top speed of 75 miles per hour (121 km/h). Riders experience over 2.5 G's at the bottom of the first hill.
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Steel Force is the tied with Mamba at Worlds of Fun for the ninth longest steel roller coaster in the world.
History
Steel Force has been ranked among the top 10 steel coasters in the world. Its logo was originally intended for the stand-up coaster Mantis, which opened at Cedar Point a year earlier. Mantis was originally going to be named “Banshee,” but the name and logo were changed prior to its debut. Dorney Park adopted it for its Steel Force coaster a year later.
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