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Hershey and Knoebels 6/2
By: depotrat Date: June 4, 2021, 4:51 am
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We took our first long road trip of 2021 on Wednesday. We had
40% off tix for Hershey that they were selling prior to spring
opening and thought a mid-week visit would be a good idea.
Actually it wasn't that good an idea. The park was moderately
crowded at most so lines were OK but the problem was closed
attractions. Candymonium was open and that new to us coaster
was #1 on the list. We also rode Skyrush for the first time in
9 years. I knew they had made adjustments to the restraints
that had led to the nickname Thigh Crush and it was better.
Great Bear was running very well. Lightning Racer is always a
favorite. We did multiple rides on all these. Fahrenheit,
Storm Runner, Sidewinder, Trailblazer, and Sooper Dooper Looper
were all closed. It didn't ruin our day as we had ridden all
these in the past but that many closed coasters would have been
rough on a first time visiting enthusiast. It was not just
coasters closed either. A scan thru the Hershey ap showed 38%
of all rides were closed. Restaurants were the same story and
actually worse. The lines at the few locations were so long it
drove us to wait to eat, leave the park a bit earlier than
planned and eat out of the park.
We stopped at Knoebels on the way home. It was late in their
day when we arrived so we just used tickets rather than buy the
wristbands. It was a different situation there. The park was
very quiet but almost everything was open. Twister and Phoenix
were running great. We rode both twice. Then it was just
favorite flats to close the day. IMO The Skooters are still the
best bumper cars on the planet!! We were worried that the
carousel might not be doing the rings due to Covid but they were
and they have changed how they load the ride. Previously there
were two entrances that opened at the same time and you had to
be quick to get an outside horse to be able to do the rings. Now
they still have two entrances, but one is marked for the outside
horses and they open that one first and then the one marked for
the inside horses. It makes for a much more orderly loading
process. My ring skills have diminished and I only got 8 of13
rings as Casey got all 13 and shamed me! LOL We got a fresh
sliced apple with caramel on the way out as the park was
closing.
It was a lot of driving for one day but so nice to be back out,
riding without masks, and feeling like 2019 after such a
difficult 2020 for everyone.
#Post#: 2868--------------------------------------------------
Re: Hershey and Knoebels 6/2
By: Mrceagle Date: June 5, 2021, 10:42 am
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That is a lot of rides to be closed at any park. I haven't been
and I would have been extremely aggravated to find that many top
rides closed. I know parks are having trouble finding people
but I imagine there were some rides that were open that could
have been sacrificed to keep their higher profile attractions
up. Hopefully staffing will be better when school gets out.
it's interesting that Knoebel's Seemed to not have that issue.
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Re: Hershey and Knoebels 6/2
By: dellice45 Date: June 30, 2022, 11:56 am
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ill be doing those parks on monday and tuesday! Cant wait!
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Re: Hershey and Knoebels 6/2
By: Mrceagle Date: August 26, 2022, 4:06 pm
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I managed to hit both these parks at the end of July before
Wildcat was shut down. Both parks are great and had a lot of fun
but 1 day at either park isn't enough I must have missed a half
dozen or more rides at both parks. It was my first real road
trip, multiple day with overnights in close to 20 years.
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