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/ July 8, 2026
Camelbeach Mountain Waterpark opened in 1998 in Tannersville, Pennsylvania, as the summer counterpart to Camelback Mountain Resort’s winter ski operations. Built into the base of the Pocono Mountains, the park spans roughly 30 acres and has grown into one of the largest outdoor waterparks in
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/ July 7, 2026
Dorney Park traces its roots to 1860, when Solomon Dorney built a trout hatchery and picnic resort on his estate outside Allentown, Pennsylvania. The grounds grew into a full amusement park by 1884, making it the fifth-oldest continuously operating amusement park in the United States
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/ June 20, 2026
Hersheypark is a world-class theme park located in Hershey, Pennsylvania, founded in 1906 by chocolate magnate Milton S. Hershey as a leisure retreat for his factory workers. What began as a simple park with picnic grounds and a merry-go-round has grown into a sprawling 121-acre
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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
Beaver Stadium sits on the northeastern edge of Penn State’s campus in University Park, Pennsylvania, serving as the thunderous home of the Nittany Lions football program. With an official capacity of 106,304, it is the second-largest stadium in the Western Hemisphere and the fourth-largest in
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/ June 15, 2026
Twister is a wooden roller coaster at Knoebels Amusement Resort in Elysburg, Pennsylvania, that opened on July 24, 1999. Designed by John Fetterman using original blueprints from John C. Allen’s celebrated 1964 Mister Twister at Elitch Gardens, the ride was built after Knoebels discovered the
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/ June 15, 2026
Ravine Flyer II opened on May 17, 2008 at Waldameer & Water World in Erie, Pennsylvania, and immediately earned a Golden Ticket Award for Best New Ride in the World. Designed by The Gravity Group and built with Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters trains, the wooden coaster
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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
In an era of 400-foot steel giants and launch coasters built to break records, a 78-foot wooden coaster from 1947 keeps getting voted the best in the world. Phoenix at Knoebels Amusement Resort in Elysburg, Pennsylvania has dominated the Golden Ticket Awards Best Wooden Coaster
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