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Talon is an absolute beast of an invert, and just narrowly misses my top 10 coasters list. No doubt the best ride at Dorney. It does a good job combining big inversions and some great speed with a compact layout and powerful intensity. Kind of like a mixture between Montu and Batman:The Ride. The first drop is great for a looping coaster. The three rapid-fire inversions that follow are all great and the coaster makes great transitions between weightlessness on the peaks of the inversions and some strong positive Gs at the bottom. The immelman is great and even after riding three times I still got disoriented by the twist. People dont lie when they say Talon travels close to the ground. The coaster is practically silent and it really seems as if youre a bird of prey going down to grab something with your talons. Talon even has some airtime. The drop before the turn into the corkscrew will lift you up a little bit. That corkscrew is taken very fast and the last helix is intense, kind of like Raptors last element. Overall, Talon makes a great use of its compact space and gives an exciting and intense ride. However, the front seat is BY FAR the best seat. In any other seat this coaster is probably a 9, but the front is a 10. Make sure you ride in the front. This inconsistency keeps Talon out of my top 10, but it really is a great invert and in my opinion is better than other B+Ms like Dueling Dragons and Raptor.
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