Hersheypark (HP) Discussion Thread

[Tanks4me05]

^Fahrenheit has a single riders line. It's the wheelchair entrance.

[Synshine]

I've seen it used as the handicapped entrance (it is the way to the elevator, after all.) But I have never seen it used for a single riders line.

[coasterfreak101]

The single rider line was used a few years ago for a season for sure. If people say it was 2010, that's when it was. I just know that it was used for a short period of time, and now it's just an empty staircase!

[coasternut]

I've seen it used as the handicapped entrance (it is the way to the elevator, after all.) But I have never seen it used for a single riders line.

 

In 2010 I used it many times during my visits in July. I'm always by myself, so it was perfect for me, plus fills the train.

[Ccron10]

Nee-ope, no single-rider lines either (to my knowledge).

 

RXCC has a single-riders line as did Fahrenheit in it's first year of operation.

 

Here's a brand-new update with a few other photos I took today.

http://keystonethrills.megabb.com/t369-hersheypark-skyrush-construction-update-90#6036

Behold! The all-mighty and all-knowing Coaster Box!

[cityeighteen]

Man, I hope TPR gets a hold of some press passes for this ride. I'm planning on joining Club TPR, and if they're there, you know I'll be in attendance.

[Ccron10]

Today was kind of a mixed bag of progress. The second to last set of footers were started, more of the creekwall was worked on, and much more station work was done.

http://keystonethrills.wordpress.com/2012/02/23/hersheypark-skyrush-construction-update-90-2-22-12/

[chickenbowl]

Beautiful! Those new footers should go in pretty fast, just like the last one that took about a week, and is pretty much done. Once this step is done, all we need is the reduction brake area and then we're done with trackwork!

[Synshine]

Guess I was wrong about the line.

 

Anyway, is it my imagination or does it appear they are giving Comet's station a facelift?

 

In only makes sense, with so much being done right next to and around it, not to mention most of it's queue has been torn up.

[Tanks4me05]

^IIRC, that was done because they found out there would be a clearance issue when the train went over the station between the reduction and the main brakes (block brakes? brake run? Main brake run? Which term is properly used in this case?)

[XYZ]

I'm still amazed to this day how they can fit a hyper coaster where it is today. I guess Comet this year will be another "coaster under a bigger coaster built in 2012" along with Dragon Fire & Dragon Khan.

[cityeighteen]

I'm still amazed to this day how they can fit a hyper coaster where it is today. I guess Comet this year will be another "coaster under a bigger coaster built in 2012" along with Dragon Fire & Dragon Khan.

 

At least Skyrush's brake run isn't higher than Comet's first lift.

[omgitsmatt93]

I would take this over cheetah hunt a thousand million times in a row. Its a shame I wont be able to get up to hershey this year! It seems to me this may be the most intense ride in the whole park!

[SoCalCoasters]

I decided to draw.

 

This is what came out at the end of a leisurely spent Friday evening.

How does it look?

[Ccron10]

^ I like it!

 

Here's a brand-new update! The lift motor has been added!

http://keystonethrills.wordpress.com/2012/02/24/hersheypark-skyrush-construction-update-91/

[donkeyman18]

Awesome update getting so close what i'm wondering is how the queue will work with the seating.

[coasterfreak101]

^You'll line up like a normal coaster, four people will walk through the air gates and they'll take their seats. Just like any four-across coaster. So you just have to battle it out with your friends for who gets which seat!

[A.J.]

Which is okay by me - I'll gladly take the non-winged seats.

[donkeyman18]

^You'll line up like a normal coaster, four people will walk through the air gates and they'll take their seats. Just like any four-across coaster. So you just have to battle it out with your friends for who gets which seat!

I find that odd maybe a separate queue for each row with a normal and winged seating?

[Bryce232]

^ That doesn't make any sense. That would cramp up boarding and everyone would get in each other's way.

[coasterfreak101]

^^No. It's exactly what I said - one line, four people. Done deal. These seats aren't arranged like the new B&M hypers, they're arranged like the GIB trains - and loading one row of them from two separate rows is an absolute mess. You're just going to need to figure out which seat you're taking and which your friend is getting before you sit down, simple as that.

[TXman308]

Maybe they'll have two separate que lines (winged and non-winged), and when you get to the station the station attendant will take two people from each line and put them into one row. Just a guess?

If they don't I could see some people being very unhappy.

[A.J.]

I can confirm from our tour in January that the four people per row will board all at once, with no separate queuing for the winged seats.

 

You can't board and restrain outer and inner seats separately because the person that sits in the seat closest to the queue gates will end up blocking the two people who will sit in the center. Subsequently, having the two people in the center sit down first will block the person who will sit on the outer seat that is farthest away.

 

So, the only solution is to board four at once, with everyone moving across the row and filling in the seats.

[coasterfreak101]

^And I can confirm the same thing from our Q&A at East Coast Bash. I'm not really sure why people keep fighting for two separate lines, because Hershey has constantly said that there will be one single line.

[Synshine]

^There is really no reason (or from what has been seen of the station, no room) to complicate things with split lines.