Hersheypark (HP) Discussion Thread

[Myself]

^Looks like the 6th to me...the fifth one is already there in the video further up the page.

[coasterfreak101]

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Stop comparing it to Intimidator 305!

 

It looks like those big solid-ish pieces in the second photo are what will be supporting the track as it goes up the lift. Am I wrong?

 

It has the same lift supports and double-spine track that Intimidator has. For those aspects, it's a completely fair comparison. Seriously.

[hersheycoaster13]

[censored] [censored] [censored]ING [censored].

 

Stop comparing it to Intimidator 305!

 

It looks like those big solid-ish pieces in the second photo are what will be supporting the track as it goes up the lift. Am I wrong?

 

It has the same lift supports and double-spine track that Intimidator has. For those aspects, it's a completely fair comparison. Seriously.

Just let it go.

[Bryce232]

I'm really loving those artsy shots of the track and the grass!

 

...But I guess I should also be excited about the track construction?

[Skycoastin Steve]

^You can feel free to travel up to Hershey yourself and do your own photo trip report if these don't suffice.

[Bryce232]

^I didn't mean to sound ungrateful for the amazing updates, I was just more caught by the artsy shots (which isn't a bad thing at all) since I'm a sucker for sunsets.

 

Anyone think they might manage to finish the lift supports by Christmas? And maybe not the lift track, but I personally do see them finishing the drop soon!

[A.J.]

I wonder how close to Hersheypark you'll have to be to see the lift and drop. You'll probably be able to see it from really far away.

 

Every time someone compares Skyrush to Intimidator 305, a baby dinosaur gets run over by a car.

[coasterfreak101]

I doubt it'll be from too far. That part of the park is downhill, so you've got that going against you. And for people coming to the park, at least the main way, you really don't see that side of the park until you're in the gates. I'm sure you'll be able to see it from the opposite side (past the site/where SDL's pre-drop turnaround is) but from anywhere else it'll probably be just as hidden as Storm Runner is.

[djw44]

I'd imagine you would get a decent view from that area behind in the actual town area.

[FaithnotForgotten]

I'm really loving those artsy shots of the track and the grass!

 

...But I guess I should also be excited about the track construction?

 

Thank you! I didn't take any offense to it, honestly I don't see how I could; you complimented my picture haha.

[Bryce232]

According to Hershey[ark's FB, Clifford the Big Red Crane has brought Skyrush up to 90 feet!

The support colors are..interesting..I'll have to see the finished product before I decide if I absolutely love it or not.

[rollin_n_coastin]

Is it ok to be really excited about these pics? I think I drooled a bit. I really hope to ride this either this coming season or next. Love the colours too. But, I'm a bit biased--I actually use the same colour scheme to bring life to boring parts of Excel reports...really, that can be exciting

[gisco]

This is looking pretty good. I will make a point to visit this park next summer.

[Ccron10]

I wonder how close to Hersheypark you'll have to be to see the lift and drop. You'll probably be able to see it from really far away.

 

Every time someone compares Skyrush to Intimidator 305, a baby dinosaur gets run over by a car.

I've been using the crane and Kissing Tower as a refrence point. The cabin goes up 250 feet and so is the crane so i just estimate down the tower 50 feet, which isn't much and at any point around town that you can see 1/4 of the silver part of the tower, you'll be likely to see Skyrush. So far I can see most of the tower coming into Hershey from the west near the Medical Center, coming into Hershey from the east on Rt. 322 and 422, and around town. So far i can see some of the supports from Chocolate Ave next to the park, but are mostly covered from the treeline.

So far only the lift hill is going to be visible outside the park and maybe a LITTLE bit of the first airtime hill.

[Skycoastin Steve]

Are the yellow painted supports supposed to look like a lightning bolt striking where the drop is? I don't get it.

[coasterfreak101]

Yeah, I don't really understand either. Maybe when it's done it'll look better. But for now, it looks really weird - especially so because the bottom cross-beam is blue like the rest of the supports, but then it changes to yellow.

[KPfreak519]

^I agree, if the whole support had it's cross beams painted like that it wouldn't look too bad, but the fact that it just randomly changes back to blue bothers me.

[Fooz]

I like it, it's funky.

[SuperBuckalew]

There's nothing to get. It's just a color choice to make the ride look interesting. I love random color changes on coasters, it makes them fun and playful. I hope they do another blue one and then go back to yellow.

[A.J.]

Every time someone complains about the paint scheme of a new coaster, a baby unicorn gets hit by a train.

[hersheycoaster13]

Check out these two new construction updates that i found on youtube. it looks like track is starting to move along.

[COASTER FREAK 11]

Every time someone complains about the paint scheme of a new coaster, a baby unicorn gets hit by a train.

 

Every time someone compares Skyrush to Intimidator 305, a baby dinosaur gets run over by a car.

 

You really have it out for extinct / mythical creatures don't you. lol

 

Sometimes there is just no explaining why companies choose the colors they do on coasters, someone just thought it would look cool.

[Skycoastin Steve]

I still don't get it, but it's all about how it rides. They could paint the damn thing clear and I wouldn't care.

[DougMJr]

I don't "get" the random yellow supports. But I doubt it will be noticeable once track is install over it.

 

It's awesome seeing this thing progress! Looking forward to future updates!

[Moose]

I'm going to hold off my judgement on the color scheme until the thing is fully up. I think it's a bit too early to make judgements when we are only seeing the very start of the support tower.