![]() I’ll talk more about entrance procedures below, but let’s talk about what’s behind those gates – the rides! Roller Coastersįirst, let’s rank the roller coasters. ![]() Or maybe not – considering how many people fill up the new area, the old one must have been packed. But on the other, I kind of miss the close homey feeling of the prior entrance. ![]() On the one hand, the factory aesthetic of the plaza blends in well with Chocolate World next door and the overall feeling of this factory town. Chocolatetown sign from both sides entrance gate the working Hershey Kiss bell tower the Chocolatier restaurant a snack counter (order around the side) the main park store the wide plaza the mascots of the park handy height requirement wall photo op time Hersheypark’s Chocolatetown Nearby, anthropomorphized candy representing each category mark the same heights, but mostly are used for photo ops. Bands of paint on one wall place you in one of six candy-related categories: under 36 inches are Hershey Miniatures, 36-42″ are Kisses, 42-48″ are Reece’s, 48-54″ are Hershey bars, 54-60″ are Twizzlers, and 60″ or taller are Jolly Ranchers. Bitty, even.Ī bell tower with a Hershey Kiss-shaped bell stands over a courtyard where families can measure their kids (and adults) to see what rides they’re allowed on. I could wander around and up to the old gates and it all looked very, well, quaint. I saw this during a visit to Hershey in the off-season when the park wasn’t open. From the early ’70s to 2018, the entrance to Hersheypark was a quaint English-style village called Tudor Court. Park Entrance Before – Tudor Courtįirst, an aside about why I thought Hersheypark might be on the small side. In short, just like a Hershey’s Kiss, Hersheypark is compact, well-made, and nearly perfect. Everything seems to be imbued with an excellence that maybe only prosperous private ownership can bring. There’s no chain-park bureaucracy like a Six Flags or the laziness of a certain Colorado park. And yet everything is incredibly well-run. Especially in the middle sections of The Hollow, Kissing Tower Hill, and Founder’s Way, ride tracks are stacked up like a layer cake. The Coal Cracker ride is not in operation during winter events at Hersheypark, such as Christmas Candylane.Otherwise, aside from the expanded main entrance area, the rest of Hersheypark (one word, not two) fits compactly in an L-shaped area. The Coal Cracker also begin operating during Springtime in the Park beginning in 2019. Ĭoal Cracker ride photos are produced and sold by Get The Picture Corporation.īeginning in 2016, the Coal Cracker began operation during Hersheypark in the Dark. Guests are loaded into the boats from a revolving turntable as the boats are always in motion this permits a higher ride capacity while providing more stability during loading and unloading. This lake has the capacity to store 100,000-US-gallon (380,000 L) of water, and the pump system can handle approximately 25,000-US-gallon (95,000 L) a minute. The water supply for the ride is pumped through pipes connected to a 14,000-square-foot (1,300 m 2 ) man-made lake. The Coal Cracker shares space with several newer rides, including the SooperDooperLooper (built in 1977) and the Great Bear (1998). Riders' photographs are taken midway through the drop. A second lift carries riders above the Twin Turnpike ride, preparing them for the final 35-degree, 49-foot (15 m) drop. Once the fiberglass boat has ascended the first lift hill, riders are only 55 feet (17 m) off the ground. ![]() Riders are seated in 12-foot (3.7 m) boats for the three and a half minute ride along a water channel over 2,000-foot (610 m) long.
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