Talk:Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom

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Wild Mouse no longer a ride

[edit] Suggestions for improving History

The history is fairly comprehensive and fully appropropriate, given the park's prominence and rich history. Some suggestions for improvement:

  • Minor conflicts with the history on the park's web site, primarily dates and fine details, need to be straightened out.
  • Assertions regarding insurance fraud must be supported or removed. Clouds on living persons and existing companies must meet the highest standards of verifiability.
  • Connection between the improvements in 1984 and the park's sale in 1985 must be supported or reworded. Events leading to the sale were more nuanced, not as simple as stated.
  • Style and syntax issues need to be addressed.
  • Early background should be expanded. The park's first 90 years get just four paragraphs, yet are as important as more recent developments. Details on the early years are easily accessible (official web site, for example).
  • Modern incidents, such as the Carousel fire and the move from per-ride to single-price fees, are missing drama (scale). The loss of the Carousel was a tragedy, and single-rice admission, a major landmark.

Dorney Park is a world-class topic of wide interest. The existing material provides a great start for building an article worthy of its subject.Allreet (talk) 17:09, 8 June 2008 (UTC)