Speeddeamon128 Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 Great photos. I am planning to go to Hershey Park next Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterfreak101 Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 Great pics! Â Me and my two cousins and their two friends were there Saturday, Wildcat's definately a lot better with the flyers! Â Did you notice that Comet didn't have as much airtime as usual? We sat in the last car and didn't get much aside from the first leg of the ride... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scruffy Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 Is the 5lb Hershey bar edible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kissorkill2night Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 Is the 5lb Hershey bar edible? Â Yup they sell it in like every shop, its about 30$ i believe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdinger Posted May 8, 2007 Share Posted May 8, 2007 We live right up the street from HersheyPark, but didn't get a chance to make it there this weekend. How is the new Boardwalk area set up? Is it something you can walk in and out of as you please? Or, is it sectioned off with it's own entrances/exits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterfreak101 Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 ^It's right in the middle of the park, so it's accessible from a few areas (I believe there's two - one right next to the Canyon River rapids and one right next to the Ferris Wheel). Â Unfortunately, there's no path next to Lightning Racer anymore, so a lot of good shots of that ride won't be available (unless you want to talk your camera into the Boarwalk...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kissorkill2night Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 I love the fact that all the water rides/attractions are all in the same area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba83 Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 Werd. Glad to see the kiddies had fun. I wanna do an immelman on an inverted coaster =[. Hooray for great beer! Â I wanna go to Hersheypark and the breweries in PA! Â I also wanna hit up the other parks in PA too... Maybe someday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobafett Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 Great repot! I hated Wildcat. I thought it was always a rough ride, hopefully now I can ride it without feeling like I've been in a blender and turned into a milkshake! I alwyas go in October with my company,UPS, for their annual picnic. UPS by the way is also celebrating 100 years of delievering magic or packages I should say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParkTrips Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 Of course he loved Lightning Racer, who doesn't!? LOL!!!!!!!! Â Fun trip report Derek, I'd like to get back to Hershey sooner than later, perhaps more to ride Wildcat again than anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfoot12 Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 Hershey looks so fantastic. Â Is it poor form that I've lived 230 miles away from the park the majority of my life and still haven't visited? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niiicolaaah Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 I HATE Hershey Park... because when I visited, Great Bear, Storm Runner, Lightning Racer, and Wildcat were all closed. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThemeParkCommando Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 Great TP! I love Hersheypark! I lived about two hours away from it growing up. I first visited it in 1986, and as I got older, it became the site of some roller coaster firsts for me. I was last there in 1999, so I'm dying to go back there. Â Of the coasters that were there in 1999, the only one I didn't like was Sidewinder. Wildcat didn't bother me, for some reason (and I wasn't in the front row). Trailblazer was the only non-kiddie coaster that I would go near until I was 14. It's very mild compared to what I've done since, but I make it a point to ride it when I visit, for old times' sake. Â My worst visit ever was in the later 80s or so. I visited with my dad, and along came a thunderstorm. We took shelter underneath a building near the Wave Swinger. Most of the rides had shut down, but they ran the Wave Swinger for a while in the pouring rain until they deemed it too dangerous due to lightning. At least it was entertaining to watch the crazy people swinging in the rain. Then the weather cleared. Then the storm came back, and we gave up. He did take me back on a later date to make up for it. Thanks Dad! Â Forgive the blasphemy of saying this on a roller coaster site, but I kinda miss the tranquility of riding the Sky View with the duck pond under it without The Great Bear roaring through. (Though I must admit that I enjoyed the coaster.) Â Oh, and the Peanut Butter Cup dolls were so funny...yet so disturbing...in other words, right up my alley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekRx Posted May 10, 2007 Author Share Posted May 10, 2007 ^Wildcat wasn't a bad ride in 1999. The trains did jostle a bit in an axle seat, but the ride didn't really go downhill IMO until like 2000-2001, or maybe it was just because Lightning Racer opened then and you could really feel the difference in the trains. Wildcat isn't like El Toro smooth by any means, but it's definitely more tolerable in the back rows these days with the new trains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frade Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 Wow, really nice pics all of you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
65skylark Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 I HATE Hershey Park... because when I visited, Great Bear, Storm Runner, Lightning Racer, and Wildcat were all closed.  Give it another shot Nicole. I guarantee you'll like it.  Just don't make the mistake of staying where we did. Just ask Derek how nice it was. At least the room came with a fly-swatter. You know, just incase theres some giant insect you need to kill or something. Our key. Yes, a real key. Probably the same key they had when it opened in like 1950. Not sure why our car was the ONLY car there. Yeah, this was where we stayed. Next time I'll do a little better job reserching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfoot12 Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 Ha--nothing says classy quite like a hotel room with its own fly swatter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobafett Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 I was wondering, did you guys use the blanket that came with the room next to the fly-swatter?!?!?!?! I bet it was an ithcy ball blanket!!!HA-HA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobafett Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 I meant itchy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niiicolaaah Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 ^^^^LOL!!! That is like.. Niagara Falls quality! Â Luckily, I don't need to get a hotel room to visit Hershey. I would like to visit again some time this year when everything is open, because everybody says Hershey is great, I just had a bad day there because of the cold. But for now... I don't like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteornotes Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 ^Stuff may have been closed, but I was there, dammit! That should count for something. Â dt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeemerBoy Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 Nice report. I wish these next 11 days or so would go by quicker. I'm pretty anxious to finally get there! Â Wildcat isn't like El Toro smooth by any means, but it's definitely more tolerable in the back rows these days with the new trains. Glad you mentioned that because I was gonna ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpengeist04 Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 I'm really looking forward to trying the new trains on Wildcat too, but unfortunately I'll have to wait till next May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarryH Posted May 11, 2007 Share Posted May 11, 2007 Great photos! I'll have to ride Wildcat with the new trains. Â But wait...there is Derek, but no Nicole? Now Derek will have to visit Darien Lake! Muhahahahahahahaha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbear27 Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 Looks like I will have to make arrangements to get to PA this year...I havent been there since I was 10 and the SuperDooperLooper was a big deal then, the park has definately grown. Great to see your pictures and your awesome sense of humor as always! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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