![]() The new area, which will cover up to 10 acres, already has a miniature train that ran at Hersheypark in the 1930s and '40s. Wildcat will be the cornerstone attraction in a new nostalgia-themed area called Midway America, which will be developed over the next 10 years and will pay tribute to the park's history. Hershey officials said the new ride "combines the elegant style of the 1920s with 21st century technology and attitude." We're not concerned if someone goes higher or faster. "You get into an 'arms race' that no one really wins. Bruce McKinney, chairman of the park's board and chief executive officer. It's refreshing that Hersheypark makes no largest, highest or fastest claims for Wildcat. Park officials said Wildcat is bringing the most attention to Hersheypark since sooperdooperlooper, the first looping coaster of its kind on the East Coast, was unveiled here in 1977. ![]() One in Texas is close to it, but it doesn't have banked turns like this one does." There's nothing out there like this with swooping drops and high banked turns. There are times when you float a little bit, but you won't smack your legs against the bar."Īsked about other major cyclone or twister coasters that still are running, Boodley said: "This is totally unique. "We take it to the limit of excitement," said Clair Hain Jr., Boodley's partner who built the coaster, "but we don't want to hurt people. With passengers sometimes experiencing 5 and even 6 gs, "they were quite violent and hurt people." But with computer technology, he was able to design a smoother and safer ride. The airtime wasnt legendary, but was very consistant.Boodley acknowledged riders are more "apt to get vertigo" on a curving coaster than they would on an out-and-back-type coaster, but he does not expect Wildcat's ride will make people sick.īoodley said cyclone or twister coasters built in the 1920s were not very successful. I also thought the station was neat, as the riders were loaded on a downward slope! Overall, Comet really kicked some butt and was a huge surprise. The ejectors were crazy on that little hill on both my rides. The best hop on the ride seemed to be this little hill right before the track made a turn into its structure. The lack of restraint made it feel like you could practically stand up on every bunny-hop. I loved the old trains and the single-position lapbars, that gave great freedom, which is probably the thing I love the most about wooden coasters. ![]() All of the turns also had some good laterals. ![]() For example, the second hill is a turn-around, but you still get some airtime at the top. ![]() A couple of things that I really liked were the fact that you got airtime on the top of every hill, no matter if it went down afterwards or not. Some reviewers have noted that the ride is heavily breaked, and therefor resulted in a pointless second half, but I noticed barely any breaking and certainly no weak second half. While I think the overall quality of air is a bit less than Wild One, Comet had airtime from start to finish. I was expecting an okay ride, but one that had aged more and had more breaks than the Wild One. The Comet was one of the biggest surprises of my first day at Hersheypark. ![]()
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