 On April 28 , 2000 , Dorney Park announced that a 135 @-@ foot @-@ tall ( 41 m ) four inversion inverted roller coaster would be built for the 2001 season . No further details were given until August 30 , 2000 when Dorney Park announced the full details of the new $ 13 million roller coaster and its name , Talon . The ride would be the Northeast 's longest inverted roller coaster and would be built on a portion of land set aside for a major attraction by Cedar Fair when they purchased the park in 1992 . Construction began on September 5 , 2000 and continued through the winter . The first parts of Talon to be put into place were the brake run and transfer track in October 2000 . The roller coaster was topped off ( the highest piece of the lift hill ) on November 21 , 2000 and the track was completed in early 2001 . After testing was complete , Talon opened on May 5 , 2001 . 
