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/ July 15, 2026
Lightning Racer is a wooden dueling roller coaster at Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania, built by Great Coasters International (GCI) and designed by GCI’s Mike Boodley. Planning began in 1999, and the $12.5 million ride opened to the public on May 13, 2000, inside the park’s
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/ July 15, 2026
Candymonium is a steel hypercoaster at Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania, built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard. It opened on July 3, 2020, as the centerpiece of the park’s Chocolatetown expansion, and immediately claimed the title of tallest, fastest, and longest coaster in Hersheypark history.
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/ July 14, 2026
Great Bear is a steel inverted roller coaster at Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania, built by Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard with track design assistance from Werner Stengel’s engineering firm. When it opened on May 23, 1998, it became the first inverted looping coaster in the
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/ June 20, 2026
Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania is home to more than 70 attractions and 15 roller coasters — the largest coaster collection on the East Coast — and it is the only major theme park in the world that uses candy-branded height categories to sort its entire
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/ June 16, 2026
Storm Runner is a steel launched roller coaster at Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania, built by Intamin Amusement Rides and opened on May 8, 2004. Using a hydraulic launch system, it rockets riders from a standstill to 72 mph in approximately two seconds — one of
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/ June 16, 2026
Fahrenheit at Hersheypark stands 121 feet tall and sends riders over a 97-degree first drop — steeper than straight down — before unleashing six inversions across 2,700 feet of Intamin steel. Located in the Pioneer Frontier section of Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania, the coaster opened
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/ June 15, 2026
Built on the bones of the classic 1996 wooden Wildcat, Wildcat’s Revenge opened at Hersheypark on June 2, 2023, as the park’s first hybrid roller coaster. Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC) transformed the original wooden support structure with their signature I-Box steel track, turning a beloved
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/ June 15, 2026
Skyrush doesn’t look like it should be this intense from the midway, but the numbers back it up: 200 feet tall, a 212-foot first drop, and 75 mph reached in the first three seconds. It’s the ride most Hersheypark enthusiasts name as the park’s best,
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/ June 14, 2026
Theme park news this week delivered a packed slate of ride updates, sweeping expansion reveals, and milestone celebrations from coast to coast, cementing June 14, 2026 as one of the most story-rich Sundays of the summer season. From Disneyland’s Space Ranger reactivation and a landmark
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/ May 21, 2026
Hersheypark in central Pennsylvania has evolved from a 1907 Hershey Chocolate Company employee picnic ground into one of the largest regional theme parks in the country. The park’s 15 roller coasters span every category from family woodies to hypercoasters, and the chocolate-themed branding extends through
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/ August 3, 2023
Great Bear is Hersheypark’s flagship inverted coaster — a Bolliger & Mabillard machine that opened May 23, 1998, by threading 2,800 feet of steel track over Spring Creek, past neighboring rides, and through a hillside hollow where the terrain itself amplifies the first drop. Riders
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