Last week we wrapped up our year long series looking at 20 roller coasters that celebrated their 20th birthdays in the year 2020. We covered a lot of ground, with coasters all over the country (and some overseas). We looked...
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20 in 2020: Lightning Racer at Hersheypark
For the next stop in our 20 in 2020 series we are heading to the sweetest place on earth, Hershey, Pennsylvania. Lightning Racer struck at Hersheypark on May 13, 2000. When it opened it was the first wooden dueling and...
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I visited Hersheypark for the first time last week. Prior to visiting, I received some tips and recommendations from friends and Coaster101 readers. These pointers were extremely helpful as I had not done as much research beforehand (aside from the...
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2023 Update: Where does Hersheypark’s new-for-2023 Wildcat’s Revenge, the Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC) hybrid coaster, rank? Read our updated ranking here. Hersheypark is home to 13 roller coasters — 14 if you count Lightning Racer’s two tracks separately. I recently...
Continue reading...HersheyPark Trip Report
The main reason for visiting HersheyPark on Friday, May 25th was to ride the new SkyRush coaster (read my SkyRush review and I also want to thank all the readers for commenting their own Skyrush reviews), but we also took...
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