{"id":187552,"date":"2026-05-08T21:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T21:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/187552\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T21:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T21:46:13","slug":"rides-games-and-thrills-dorney-park-opens-its-gates-friday-allentown-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/187552\/","title":{"rendered":"Rides, games, and thrills: Dorney Park opens its gates Friday | Allentown Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>S. WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. &#8211; Friday is the day for amusement park lovers in the Lehigh Valley. Dorney Park is set to open for the first time this year.<\/p>\n<p>The park opens Friday at 10:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Park officials say their biggest tip to avoid lines is to get there early and head straight to your favorite coaster.<\/p>\n<p>             <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfmz.com\/video\/watch-69-news-reporter-sydney-kay-talks-about-dorney-park-opening-day-from-atop-the\/video_2e038bae-e6cb-5e9a-8113-9ca21bfe118c.html\" class=\"tnt-asset-link\" aria-label=\"WATCH: 69 News Reporter Sydney Kay talks about Dorney Park Opening Day, from atop the Talon roller coaster\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        4:26<br \/>\n            WATCH: 69 News Reporter Sydney Kay talks about Dorney Park Opening Day, from atop the Talon roller coaster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And summer is right around the corner, with Wildwater Kingdom opening on May 23.<\/p>\n<p>Crews have been working around the clock to get the park ready and will continue working until gates open.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"S. WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. &#8211; Friday is the day for amusement park lovers in the Lehigh Valley. Dorney&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,20457,157,83632],"class_list":["post-187552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-dorney-park-wildwater-kingdom","tag-lehigh-valley","tag-thunder-canyon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}