Two updates since I made this video. 1) The park opened Wildcat's Revenge in 2023. This RMC hybrid is now one of the top 2 rides in the park. It's a fast paced mix of ejector airtime and hangtime filled inversions. If you want to beat the crowds, head to this ride during thr first 1-2 hours of operation. 2) If you visit on a day where Hersheypark opens a few hours after Chocolate World or Chocolatier, you can get a free parking space up front. They don't usually have the toll booths staffed until 1-1.5 hrs before the park opens. While waiting for the park to open, you can enjoy a great meal at Chocolatier or try the free dark ride at Chocolate World.

HersheyPark is a really great park with some great atmosphere also with a good coaster collection. The park is so photogenic and their coasters are so photogenic you can’t get enough of it. The way they organized thing is really something to remember, their entrance is such a great entrance.

Finally, my home park getting the love and praise it deserves. I love living in SE PA, bc you got so many good parks only a few hours away

This was a great park even back in the 70s, when I went there a lot as a little kid. At the time, it had just expanded into a full-fledged theme park, and it was along the way when we drove from the DC area to visit family in the Poconos. It was not the massive coaster explosion it is today, but it had a lot of family-friendly rides I liked and such a welcoming, nice atmosphere. Whenever I get back there I am going to miss the old entrance. I was always impressed by the amount of free stuff they had outside the actual gate--not just Chocolate World, but also the front area before the gate used to be a whole themed land called Tudor Square (yes, it was just shops, but it felt like you were already in the park). I realize it didn't have the capacity they needed for modern crowds, but it had a real charm to it, whereas Chocolatetown just looks sort of like a generic shopping plaza.

I think Skyrush has minimal waits because it’s stealthily a capacity monster. It has pretty quick dispatches, is a short ride, and has 2 trains that seat a lot of people.

I can't watch this video without obsessing over skyrush ITS JUST SO GOOOOOOD

Really appreciate the kind review of my home park (even though I live closer to SF America now, Hershey will always be my home park). I agree with everything you had to say. Two things I'll add. Troegs is a great place to stop for food outside the park and it's very close by. Great spot for people into beer. Also, the kettle corn is amazing (if they still have it, pretty sure they do). And just as an aside, I don't know the financials of this place, but their rate of expansion is crazy and it seems like they do an incredible business. Growing up knowing my home park was going to build a crazy new thrill coaster every two-three years really spoiled me. And they still manage to do it! Can't wait to see what's next.

Truly love this park. CAN-O-BEAST!! What up, my main man?! Great review, and epic footage as always.

Great review, and great tips! I’ve been going there since forever ago. I do miss some of the old rides, like the Flying Falcon that got replaced by the Triple Tower, mainly just because the S&S pneumatics are so noisy it kind of ruins the atmosphere of that section of the park. However Skyrush is fantastic, Fahrenheit is one of my favorite loopers, and Great Bear is also awesome. Also agree about the hotels. I haven’t stayed at the Lodge, but we got an ok deal and spent the night at the Hershey Hotel a few years ago. While the grounds and staff were nice, the actual rooms were really disappointing. They put us in the main building, and the room was small and really musty smelling. We tried a second room nearby but same issue with the strong musty smell. Finally they moved us to another room in the west wing and the room was good, but it felt on par with a normal Hilton or Garden Inn despite costing so much more. Seemed like maybe that main building was overdue for a renovation or something.

Great review. I had an excellent time when I was there the first week in August so I just missed Wildcat, but it was amazing to go back and see the updates.

I visited once in 2018, but one of my favorite parts was how they gave out water. They filled full size cups and set them out for people to just grab. I enjoyed both the accessibility and the size. Most parks you have to wait in line just to get a small cup

Stellar review. You'll be happy to know that the Kissing Tower opened late in 2021 and pretty much unannounced. My friend was there seeing it up and running. Then 5 minutes later the park posted on their IG that it was once again open.

I’m excited to go here!

Canobie. So much to unpack about your great review. Pennsylvania IS the birth place for the American coaster. 1872 Maunk Chunk. There is also Dorney Park, Dutch Wonderland & KennyWood + what you mentioned. It's easily a 2 day visit + the tour around the city with "Kisses street lamps" I had the Yankee Pot Roast @ Chocolate tour that gave samples. Intamin & B&M (Love) designing for this challenging "stacked" park. I love sweets esp. Hershey. 3 vanishing attractions they have. Monorail, gyro tower & steam train. It's a "delicious" park to be enjoyed. Great grand circle tour! Errr! What was heard through those thin walls?

Such a wonderful park. I haven't been in a few years (2016), but I've had amazing experiences both times I've been. Friendly employees, great ride lineup, and yes I like their king sized milkshakes, they're so good; even though I can't have the Reese's one since I'm allergic to peanut butter.

Maybe because it's the park I grew up on, but hersheypark is one of the most special places out there for me. I love literally everything about the park lol

I’m very grateful this is my homepark because it has such a great lineup

I really enjoy this park! Great review. Candymonium is a really great floating airtime coaster, and Great Bear gives some unusual airtime for an invert. Storm Runner is surprisingly disorienting and a blast to ride. Skyrush wasn't open on my last visit due to the lift hill work, so I don't know how much better it is with the new seats/restraints, but was quite painful several years ago.

This is my home park, and what a park to have as a home park. I am exceptionally thankful that I live only 10 miles away. There's so much to love about this place. The ride lineup is very strong, with coasters for each member of the family. I do also appreciate rides for all ages spread out throughout the park. Skyrush was my number 1 here and overall for 9 years. Wildcat's Revenge is an over the top RMC and my number 2 overall. Great Bear is an underated B&M invert for me. I also appreciate plenty of water stations throughout the park, all you do is walk up and get water. I do hope that Canyon River Rapids is brought back in some way.

I was able to marathon Candymonium during early entry in 2020 & June 2021, but July 2021 early entry was insane. Candymonium was an hour wait within 15 minutes of early entry, and it was on weekdays. Regarding Wildcat, you certainly have more experience with it than I do, so I have to assume I've caught it on good days on all my visits. It's only been a little rough for me, even in the back row, so I almost always rode it back there, and the airtime is pretty good. Raven (2020) & Legend (2021) have been far rougher for me. I totally loved my time at this park. I love the variety of rides and other attractions, plus the great atmosphere. It's an all-time top 3 park for me. I currently am thinking # 2, but it could be my favorite if I were able to fully partake in what they offer all year.

As a minnesotan, I can’t wait to go this summer on that road trip with my parents!

Thanks for the informative review. I'm traveling to Hershey for the first time Thursday June 9th so I wonder if I will need the fast pass in order to get around? We won't be able to preview unfortunately.

It’s my home park. Still needs one more family coaster, an inverting flat ride (Air Race or Sky Roller, please!), and the waterpark needs to expand again. And there’s some dead zones in the park (like the old Amphitheater space, or the Playdome Arcade) that are just begging for redevelopment.

Duck Donuts is SO GOOD!! They started in the Outer Banks of North Carolina and I've been going there on family vacation my entire life (possibly where I got my first credit, too, on a little kiddie coaster called Tornado), and I've loved to see that they're branching out nationwide slowly but surely; I've seen them in Arizona, Texas, Illinois, and Minnesota, and I'm sure they're up and down the rest of the east and west coasts too. I make sure to get some every year, usually a dozen with/for the fam - the cinnamon sugar is my favorite but you really can't go wrong, and if you get the chance to eat them within a few minutes of being made there really isn't much better out there.

Holy shit a FREE darkride :O That's amazing

Great video, Thank You for the work you do👍🏽 Hersheypark is definitely my most anticipated first trip of the season. I sould be there in about 2 weeks, It will be my first time there, so I've been watching reviews and best ways to experience the park videos etc...for about 6 months now so I would say I'm as ready as I'm ever going to be #RideOn🎢

Honestly, if they RMC’d Wildcat, they might have the best coaster collection in the country.

My dad and I were able to eat at the Chocolatier at the end of the day without a reservation. We had to sit at the bar, but we were still able to get a dinner. I understand why it’s so popular…. The food was incredible! I ordered the Cocoa Cuban sandwich and it was sensational! We got milkshakes afterwards and they were amazing! As someone who has a sweet tooth, Hershey Park was a paradise for me! As someone who likes to ride roller coasters, Hershey park was a paradise in that regard as well! 😅

Hersheypark is truly amazing and it’s one of the few parks that I visit every year. Also, I also recommend eating Troggs if anyone wants to eat at a restaurant outside and near the park.

Duck Donuts and Primanti Bros are both super good! My personal favorite place to eat near Hershey is Funck's Restaurant a few miles away. They have perhaps the most delicious mac and cheese I've had in my life.

Looking forward to your Wildcats Revenge review

I'm not sure if it was operating during opening weekend, but the kissing tower was running last year at christmas time, so I imagine it should be open this year too.

12:40 time marker --- Sidewinder was rethemed to Jolly Rancher Remix, complete with a new color scheme and a flavor tunnel.

Damn Canobie. You're really breaking my bank here. Making me really want to finally plan and book my Penn. State trip. Disappointed the on site hotels aren't anything to write home about and expensive. I loved my Hotel Breakers trip and don't think I'd do another major cross country trip to a bucket list park without staying on the on site hotel. But... if I can get a fast pass and just stay outside the park for the same price.... ha

I thankfully got to ride Candymonium on those last 15 of candylane. It was only a little over 30 degrees with a lot of wind

I really want to go to Hersheypark again. I've been there twice, but I don't feel like I got the full experience either time. They do seem to have an excellent coaster lineup, but most of the ones I have ridden there are the lower tier coasters in the park. Candymonium is one of my favorite coasters though so that's good.

I have a vacation planned for this park sometime I am looking forward to it

Really would love to visit

Who knew a park from a chocolate company would have 14 coasters? This collection is amazing. They have 2 hypers, several looping coasters, and some good wooden cones. The park may not have much room left to expand both they don't need to worry about that as this park is already good enough to travel the country for. THe fat they have a hyper for people who want an intense experience or a more tame one shows they have something for everyone. Also Farechngiht looks absolutely amazing.

Storm Runner was only running one train when I went the other day and holy moly it was taking forever to load I wanted to get more footage but I wasn’t going to wait

The first time I went in 2018, the park was submerged under 3 feet of water, but luckily in 2019 I was able to go as it wasn’t flooded. They had a temporary entrance during that season and it was basically a huge tent.

I will be going to Hersheypark this year.

Really would love a trip to this park

This review is great! Except for 20:14 that laff track is weather dependent. I am very curious what your opinions are on spring creek BBQ.

Love Hershey Park, happy to call it one of my home parks many "home" parks.

Went two days ago and had such a good time and Wildcats Revenge was absolutely insane. I expected how the front row would be that was crazy but the last row I was in absolute shock when I hit the breaks

Trailblazer was my first ever roller coaster back in 2011.

Headed down that way soon. Unfortunately, we're going to miss all the parks due to our schedule. Guess I'll have to come back some other point.

It's funny marathoning Candymonium with early entry and then seeing the zombie horde rush it when the gates open. Becomes a matter of seconds as to whether you'll get that last re-ride before the back 7 row queues go from empty to full. If Intamin built a coaster that was Storm Runner as the first half, and Maverick's second half as the second half, that would be the best coaster in the world. Re: ride strategy, I encountered the following on Thursday/Friday June 9th and 10th of 2022: 1) Thursday - Fahrenheit opened late (Friday too). Rode Laff Trakk first. Storm Runner got a line quickly. That with slow ops resulted in over a 30 minute wait for Storm Runner even with Fast Track. 2) Friday - Rode Storm Runner first after official park open. 4 re-rides (no leaving the ride), two in front row, two in back, then a line showed up. Got two rides on Jolly Rancher Remix, then the park got slammed on every ride. 3) Skyrush had over an hour wait most of the day on both days. The line for Candymonium still had a 90-minute posted wait time in the afternoon. 4) The Fast Track line merge points in this park are awful on the major rides compared to any other park I can think of, except for Fahrenheit, which was a 1 to 4 minute wait with Fast Track (over an hour without). With Fast Track, riding Storm Runner first and saving Fahrenheit for later was the better option. Ops: - Unreasonably slow. Most B&M inverts (e.g. Batman clones) are short lines or walk-ons, but Great Bear (an average B&M invert) had a 60-90 minute wait. Candymonium dispatch speed is molasses compared to similar B&M Hypers. - Most of Hershey's rides were staffed with teenagers. It was comical how little the Hershey employees seemed to care about their jobs or know about the park. We eventually made a game out of it. In front of Skyrush, there are a number of employees working at different functions. We asked 5 of them, "Excuse me, do you know where Skyrush is? We can't find it." None of them knew, even though the coaster was towering right behind them. - The park has an illogical locker policy, e.g. Candymonimum has cubbies, but sometimes (not others), there is a disgruntled teenager working the line queue entrance who demands that some people, but not others, store their items in a locker instead of the ride cubbies. Similar scenario on other rides. Can't really blame the teenagers for this. The ops are ultimately a failure of management, and a glaring weakness of Hershey relative to its nearby competitors. Hershey probably needs to make a personnel change here, poaching a competent ride operations manager from Six Flags Great Adventure. Zoo America: It was sad seeing caged deer, an alligator with a tiny space to swim, and other neglected animals. If Hershey discontinued this lackluster area, they could potentially expand their coaster lineup into that space, which they would need to do if they wanted to compete with nearby parks for number of quality coasters per hour that a guest can experience (e.g. I got less than half the rides per day here as compared to Six Flags Great Adventure). Multiple times I heard groups of guests complaining that there was nothing to do in the park that didn't have an hour wait or more. Food: Chocalatier was relatively good. Patio seating much more pleasant than indoor (tried both). Get the salad dressing on the side if you get a salad, otherwise they drown it. Soft pretzels were great, ice cream was pretty good too, Tropical Smoothie Cafe (outside the park) has good smoothies, and Duck Donuts rules!

I like the layout except the dead end, if only you could use the side employee exit (no giftshop ...). Hills are also a hike but look so good. Great park. Gonna have to see if the local Duck's is still there because the ads only emphasized custom sweet excess, your review is relevant to my interests ;)

Hersheypark’s old entrance was nearly identical to Busch Gardens Williamsburg‘s entrance but now it looks like Carowinds entrance. And also the ride accessibility program at Hersheypark is amazing because it is a free fast track but paper version rather than electronic wristband. You go to guest services they take your picture and then you go through fast track and they do not even give you a return time to come back regardless of the posted wait time so if you ride Candymonium and it has a 3 1/2 hour wait they will actually let you on and the only time you have to wait for the rides is in the fast track line if it even has a line but a fast track is a walk on then you get right on so if you know how fast track works it’s exactly the same thing which is actually amazing because fast track is exactly the same thing and it cost $200 wow you could get the exact same thing if you have a disability such as autism for free so if you have a disability definitely get the disability pass at Hersheypark because it would save a lot of time and that’s why I don’t really care about crowds at Hersheypark that much is because of that system.

Hershey is my fav park that's close to me (philly is in a good spot for coasters tbh). ive done season passes for great adventure and hershey and the overall vibe of hershey makes it more worth it to me even if they dont have el toro. dorney is also a cute little park and has an excellent haunt for what it's worth. im interested to see what hershey does since they advertised something a bit scarier this season

My wife is from Pennsylvania. We're flying up there in a few weeks with plans to hit this park for my first time.

Which one do you think is better Boston tea party or title force I’ve only been on one them The Boston tea party because Canobie lake is my home park

I’m going here over the summer as I have a baseball tourney. I’ll probably only have a handful of hours here what would you say are the must do’s?

Thanksgiving weekend is a nightmare to go. Super crowded and very little rides open. They will close some coasters on that weekend if it's too windy.

I've only been to HP a handful of times (and none for over a decade); it's very tempting to make a trek this year, but I can't justify season passes for a family of four and I suspect a single day's worth will run me back a good chunk of change. Still, it's probably worth it.

I was here yesterday, & Wildcats revenge was down all day

I need to get to this park someday. I've been to Great Adventure and Dorney, but never Hershey. How would you say the coaster lineup alone compares to Great Adventure? While they both have 14 coasters, you can't exactly compare them head-to-head, since both parks have stuff that the other does not. While one could consider Nitro and Candymonium to be equivalent, or Batman and Great Bear, Hersheypark for example has nothing like Superman or Jersey Devil, while Great Adventure has nothing like Comet (El Toro is probably more similar to Skyrush than any of Hersey's wood coasters).

An odd fact about this park is that it is not actually owned by the Hershey company. It is owned by the Hershey Entertainment and Resorts company which is itself owned by the Hershey Trust Company that Milton Hershey founded for his endowment. Milton Hershey had the park built for his factory employees but it wasn't owned by the company itself. It was built as a completely different company. Of course, it heavily partners with the Hershey company for merchandising, theming and even the parking. Technically, the trust fund does own some stock in the Hershey Company but that companies still does not own the park. In a way, it's sort of analogous to the fact that the Mack family owns Europa-Park and Mack Rides but the coaster manufacturer does not actually own the park itself.

Do they charge for parking at night for the preview program? I'm not sure one hour in the park is worth $20 to park.

That looked like some insane ejector airtime in the back car at 0:38

I’m surprised to hear about the lack of theming. That’s disappointing. Still a very high Park on my bucket list though

How long have they been doing the Preview the night before? Didn’t know they had a zoo 😳 Duck Donuts is the best and I’m from Chicago! 🤤🍩 Also would love to see a video on most generous vs less accommodating coaster restraints

lol. y'all act like they're gonna keep Candymonium in a field. They put coasters on top of and between each other. After Revenge in 23, I can't wait to see what they start expanding, to the right of the park gate. I'm not expecting it til at least 25, but I strongly believe Candy's station is NOT going to stay a dead end.

You in 2022: 13:15 "Wildcat should get RMC treatment" 2023: Speak of the devil

I rode Candymonium but when I went during Christmas Candylane Candymonium was closed in 22 mph winds and it said it would close at 30 mph but I got to ride it later because it opened for the night. Wildcats Revenge closes at 40mph so you don’t need to worry about that one

Kissing Tower is open for 2022

When I went three days ago I saw a Hawk on one of the trees near Great Bear I don’t see birds of prey at amusement parks at all I have a fascination with birds of prey since I was young

My home park! I love this place but it is getting a little pricey in the past years. Lucky for me I made sure to go to the Hershey bears hockey game on the night they gave out free park tickets 😎

first they have schmooperdooperlooper but do they have new revolution

Aa a tourist, I visited the northeast on September 2013. I considered Hershey but I preferred Six flags Great Adventure...

Which drop tower is best now?

whats next cadburypark?

Highly suggest getting the unlimited skip the line pass.

Super Duper first coaster lol

Hershey has some amazing coasters and some of the best on the planet and Skyrush is my best friend and I heard it’s getting new restraints Skyrush fans would most likely like to see a video from that

Its got the same problem as Disney..its way too overcrowded, mostly on weekends, without the capacity to handle it. Otherwise, its a great park with some awesome rides.

Went two days ago and thank goodness Storm Runner was running two trains

you need to go to Toverland in the Netherlands

I'm super happy you have this park in your Top 10 worldwide, but I guess that's the price I have to pay for having Knoebels ONE... SPOT... ABOVE IT. Just... what does Knoebels do so well that dethrones Hersheypark in honor of the best independent park in the entire world?!

I think Hershey park could get a Giga in 5-10 years because they still have a lot of land to expand behind Candymonium

I adore the park but I find it to be becoming more and more corporate.. it feels like a six flags park with all the adverts if six flags cared about paint and landscaping- and the pricing seems like Disney.. I don’t know why a sweatshirt costs $50.

Time to do a 2024 Updated video on Hershey👍

I'd describe Milton Hershey as Walt Disney if he were a chocolatier. For this instance, Walt built Disneyland as one of his many ways to make people happy and that's exactly why Milton built Hersheypark. Well technically it was first built to entertain his employees but then he opened ot to the public shortly afterwards so it's basically the same thing.

if you ever ride skyrush or wildcats revenge frong row, it feels like youre gonna fly off.

at one time they gave out full size Hershey bars after chocolate world

I went to Hersheypark but hersheypark is far from my house but i did not went to hersheypark the next day

Hershey Park needs some upside down flat rides

I’ve felt like the operations at this park have gotten worse recently

Dude i been to Hershey park 2 times and i did all of this wrong! 😆

I've never understood Skyrush being described as intense but the restraints are every bit as awful as everyone says.

I’m pretty sure that Coal Cracker had NO HEIGHT LIMIT before the pandemic.

RIP Whip

The Park is Still closed so there's not much i can do

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