Hersheypark gets Voted as the Best Amusement Park

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After just checking the HP website I found out that Hersheypark was voted as the best amusement park outside of Orlando! Here's a quote taken from the TripAdvisor website...

http://www.tripadvisor.com/PressCenter-i147-c1-Press_Releases.html

 

TripAdvisor Announces Top 10 Amusement Parks Outside Orlando

TripAdvisor Travelers Hail Hershey

 

NEEDHAM, Mass., Aug. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- TripAdvisor®, the world's largest travel community, today announced the top 10 amusement parks in the U.S., according to traveler popularity and TripAdvisor editors. What sets these tremendous parks apart is that they offer something for every kind of visitor, from wonderful family rides and shows, to great food and games, to thrilling rides and coasters.

 

1. Chocolate Champion: Hershey Park, Hershey, Pennsylvania

Celebrating its 100th anniversary, Hershey Park is about as sweet as it

gets for amusement park connoisseurs. This gigantic park features more

than 60 rides and attractions, live shows, games, a museum chronicling

Hershey history and of course, gobs of chocolate. For roller-coaster

fans, the "Storm Runner" (0-72 mph in 2 seconds flat),

"Superdooperlooper" and "The Comet" are must rides. As one TripAdvisor

member said, "What is so great about Hershey? There is something for

everyone."

 

2. Busch League of its Own: Busch Gardens, Tampa, Florida

With an African continent themed park, Busch Gardens takes visitors

into the jungle and on quite a ride. No garden variety amusement park,

Busch offers a little bit of everything: rides, restaurants, live

shows, games and an amazing 2,700-animal zoo. Thrill seekers will want

to take a ride on "Gwazi," a gigantic wooden double roller coaster, the

epic coaster "Kumba," or "SheiKra," the nation's first dive coaster.

One TripAdvisor member said, "I have been going to Busch Gardens for 20

years. It is always a great time, a clean and exciting park."

 

3. Cedar Point Rules: Cedar Point Amusement Park, Sandusky, Ohio

The self-proclaimed "roller coaster capital of the world," Cedar Point

boasts a remarkable 17 roller coasters, including the brand new

"Maverick" and the exhilarating "Millennium Force." The fun doesn't

end at the coasters, Cedar Point also features a number of other thrill

rides, carousels, games, water rides and even tranquil rides. According

to a TripAdvisor traveler, "Cedar Point is by far one of the country's

best amusement parks for people who love roller coasters."

 

4. Pick Six: Six Flags Fiesta Texas, San Antonio, Texas

With great shows, including musical acts, concerts and street

performers, Six Flags Fiesta is fun-filled even before you get to the

rides. But the rides are nothing to sneeze at either -- between the

blood chilling "Scream" ride and the "Poltergeist" coaster, the Lone

Star state's version of Six Flags is an amazing entertainment trip. One

TripAdvisor traveler said, "The park was clean, the staff was friendly

and courteous, and the rides were awesome."

 

5. My Kingdom for a Horse (Ride): Family Kingdom Amusement Park, Myrtle

Beach, South Carolina

With an incredible oceanfront water park combined with its amusement

park, Family Kingdom is well worth the trip. Visitors will want to

take a ride on the "Swamp Fox" coaster or the thrilling "Slingshot Drop

Zone" before cooling off on the lazy river, wild water flumes or speed

slides. A TripAdvisor member commented, "What a blast this place is! We

went up and down the water slides like we were 10-years-old!"

 

6. Action in Jackson: Six Flags Great Adventure, Jackson, New Jersey

With dozens of thrill rides, Six Flags Great Adventure is the Mecca for

fans of pulse-pounding rides, including the outstanding superhero rides

and the "Great American Scream Machine." Be sure to try out some of

the parks excellent water rides, and Great Adventure also offers fun

live entertainment with concerts, animal shows, parades and street

performers. As One TripAdvisor traveler said, "We only rode roller

coasters and we had a great time."

 

7. King's Ransom: Paramount's Kings Island, Kings Island, Ohio

One of the best in the Midwest, King's Island features excellent shows

for families, but also top-notch rides, such as the "Firehawk," the

face-to-face inverted roller-coaster "Face/Off," and "The Beast," the

world's longest wooden roller coaster. One TripAdvisor traveler said,

"One of the nicest parks I have ever visited. The landscaping was great

and it was very clean."

 

8. Smokey Mountain Magic: Ober Gatlinburg Ski Resort and Amusement Park,

Gatlinburg, Tennessee

An amazing scenic aerial tramway up to Ober Gatlinburg gets visitors

started in style, Ober Gatlinburg Ski Resort and Amusement Park gives

patrons everything but the kitchen sink: skiing, indoor skating,

restaurants, an alpine slide, a pirate ship and fun house, go-karts,

mini golf, a shooting range, water raft rides and a black bear habitat.

One TripAdvisor traveler said, "I loved riding the new tram to Ober

Gatlinburg. The view is fantastic."

 

9. Brooklyn's Best: Coney Island Park, Brooklyn, New York

This legendary amusement park still has plenty of thrills to go around.

Featuring more than 20 classic rides, thrill-seekers will want to try

"The Cyclone" coaster and "The Scream Machine" freefall ride. Visitors

can also enjoy a walk on the beach, catch a Cyclones minor league

baseball game or cool off at the Sunlite Pool, the world's largest re-

circulating swimming pool. One TripAdvisor traveler said, "The Wonder

Wheel is a must and just a one-minute walk from the Cyclone. These are

two classic rides, and I am comfortable in knowing they will be there

for years to come."

 

10. Wind It Up: Paramount's Carowinds, Charlotte, North Carolina

Highlighted by the outstanding water rides of Boomerang Bay, such as

"The Great Barrier Reef" (25,000-square-foot wave pool), "Down Under

Thunder" raft ride, and "Jackaroo Landing," a three-story water jungle

gym, Carowinds also offers fantastic thrill rides, live shows and

dining. As one TripAdvisor traveler said, "They have some first-rate

coasters and every one of the standard theme park and carnival rides."

"These amusement parks feature much more than cotton candy and carousels," said Michele Perry, director of communications for TripAdvisor. "Travelers like thrills but not spills -- TripAdvisor reviews were littered with comments about the importance of amusement park cleanliness."

 

The thing here is that HP beat Cedar Point, this suprises me since CP has more rides. Oh what the heck, I'm just happy that it won!

Comments?

[Scaparri]

I can't say I really disagree. I just went there for the first time this past Monday and I was really stunned at how good it was. The park is beautiful, every single coaster is solid (even the Boomerang isn't that bad!), they have something that resembles a water park, and they have a pretty good flat selection. To me, outside of Orlando, it's the best all-around amusement park I've been to. I loved it.

[ginzo]

http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=37968

[Ccron10]

Aw crap. I didn't see that.

Lock it away...

[1ofthebluesbros]

Hersey Park is a great park, but nothing beats Disney or Cedar Point imo.