User:Hmich176/Hersheypark/Park water rides

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Complete List of Rides Removed or Operating[edit]

# Ride Season Manufacturer Type Ref(s)
Opened Closed
1
 Steel row boats
1908
circa 1930
Michigan Steel Boat Company
Water ride - boats
[1][2]
2
 Motor Boats 1914 circa Unknown
Chris-Craft Boats
Water ride - boats
3
 Shoot the Chute (1914)
1914
1923
Hershey Improvement Company
Water ride - slides
[3]
4
 Shoot the Chute (1920)
1920
1928
Hershey Improvement Company
Water ride - slides
[4]
5
 Mill Chute
1929
1962
Philadelphia Toboggan Company
Water ride - flume
[4][5]
6
 Bike Boats
1931
1945
Bike Boats, Ltd.
Water ride - boats
[6][7]
7
 Giant Toboggan Slide
1931
1941
Hershey Estates
Water ride - slides
[8][9][10]
8
 Speedboat
1933
1941
Chris-Craft Boats
Water ride - boats
[11][12][13]
9
 Paddle About
1936
1945
Custer Specialty Company
Water ride - boats
[14]
10
 Lucas Motor Boat Ride
1949
1971
J.L. Lucas Manufacturing Company
Water ride - kiddie
[15][16][17]
11
 Lost River
1963
1972
Outdoor Dimensional Display Company
Water ride - flume
[18][4]
12
 Coal Cracker
1973
 Operating
Arrow Development Company
Water ride - flume
[19][20]
13
 Paddleboats
1982
2006
KL Industries
Water ride - boats
[21][22][23]
14
 Canyon River Rapids
1987
2008
Intamin AG
Water ride - rapids
[24][25][26]
15
 Frontier Chute-Out
1988
1998
New Wave Rides
Water ride - slides
[27][28]
16
 Tiny Timbers
1989
2013
Venture Rides Manufacturing
Water ride - kiddie
[29][30]
17
 Tidal Force
1994
 Operating
Hopkins Rides
Water ride - chute
[31]
18
 Western Chute-Out
1999
2007
ProSlide Technology
Water ride - slides
[27][28][32]
19
 Roller Soaker
2002
2012
Setpoint
Roller coaster - steel
[33][34][35]
20
 Bayside Pier
2007
 Operating
Hershey Entertainment & Resorts
Water ride - kiddie wave pool
[36][37]
21
 Coastline Plunge - Riptide
2007
 Operating
ProSlide Technology
Water ride - slides
[36][37]
22
 Coastline Plunge - Surge
2007
 Operating
ProSlide Technology
Water ride - slides
[36][37]
23
 Coastline Plunge - Vortex
2007
 Operating
ProSlide Technology
Water ride - slides
[36][37]
24
 Coastline Plunge - Whirlwind
2007
 Operating
ProSlide Technology
Water ride - slides
[36][37]
25
 East Coast Waterworks
2007
 Operating
WhiteWater West
Water ride - complex
[36][37]
26
 Sandcastle Cove
2007
 Operating
Creative Environs
Water ride - kiddie
[36][37]
27
 Waverider
2007
 Operating
Aquatic Development Group
Water ride - flowrider
[36][37]
28
 Intercoastal Waterway
2009
 Operating
Water Technology, Inc.
Water ride - lazy river
[26][38][39]
29
 The Shore
2009
 Operating
Water Technology, Inc.
Water ride - wave pool
[26][38][39]
30
 Coastline Plunge - Hydro
2013
 Operating
ProSlide Technology
Water ride - slides
[34][35]
31
 Coastline Plunge - Pipeline
2013
 Operating
ProSlide Technology
Water ride - slides
[34][35]
32
 Shoreline Sprayground
2013
 Operating
Emerald FX
Water ride - kiddie
[34][35][40][41]
33
 Breakers Edge Water Coaster
2018
 Operating
ProSlide Technology, Inc.
Water ride - coaster
[42]
34
 Whitecap Racer
2018
 Operating
ProSlide Technology, Inc.
Water ride - slides
[42]

Cancelled water rides[edit]

# Ride Season Manufacturer Type Ref(s)
1
 Belt-driven Boat Ride
1971
 Arrow Development Water ride - boats
[18][43]
Rhine River Boat
1973
2
 Shoot-the-Chutes
1986
Intamin AG
Water ride - chute
[44][45]
Note: The season column represents the season the ride was intended to be opened.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Play Of Lightning And Thunder Bursts". Harrisburg Daily Independent. July 24, 1908. p. 9. In [Hersheypark] the walls of the boating and swimming pool, just completed, were broken down and the new boats along the lawn, swings and benches were carried into the Swatara, two miles distant.
  2. ^ "Hershey Briefs". Hershey Press. April 29, 1910. p. 8. Retrieved December 10, 2017. Eighteen Michigan steel boats were purchased on Saturday for the Hershey Park lake. This brings the number of boats to twenty-five.
  3. ^ "Beautiful Hershey Park Will Open 1914 Season May 30th". Hershey's Weekly. May 21, 1914. p. 2. A 'Shoot the Chutes' will be constructed at the swimming pool.
  4. ^ a b c "Hershey Community Archives: Chronology Database". Hershey Community Archives. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
  5. ^ "Larger Swimming Pool". Lebanon Semi-Weekly News. November 19, 1928. p. 3.
  6. ^ "Advertisement". Reading Times. June 20, 1931. p. 20. New Bike Boats on the lake
  7. ^ "Lebion [sic] Band At Hershey Park". Harrisburg Telegraph. July 1, 1931. p. 17. There are many varieties of amusements and rides to delight the children as well as the grown ups. Boating on the lake and the new sensational "Bike Boats" which cannot upset or sink.
  8. ^ "Hershey Park to Open For Season on Sunday". The Evening News. Harrisburg, PA. May 20, 1931. p. 2.
  9. ^ "Boys' Band Will Give Concerts at Hershey Park Memorial Day". The Evening News. Harrisburg, PA. May 29, 1931. p. 2.
  10. ^ "Boys' Band of 60 Pieces To Play at Hershey". Reading Times. May 29, 1931. p. 8. The new "water toboggan" in a new additional pool has just been finished and will furnish new thrills for the bathers. A miniature golf course for use of bathers is now being installed on the beach.
  11. ^ "Today at Hershey Park". Harrisburg Courier. August 27, 1933. p. 4. The new Speedboat on Swatara Creek - just one mile north of the Pool - will thrill and delight all in a big, fast ride.
  12. ^ "Boating". Hotel Hershey High-Lights. Vol. II, no. 2. July 21, 1934. p. 4. The Picturesque Swatara Creek is ideal for canoeing, and during the Hershey Park season, a large motor boat, "Miss Marguerite," makes regular trips.
  13. ^ "Hershey Park, Amusement for All the Family". The Gazette and Daily. York, PA. July 8, 1938. p. 16.
  14. ^ Whitenack, Pamela Cassidy (2009). Postcards of America: Hersheypark. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-7385-6494-4. Retrieved 20 May 2014.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ The Patriot-News. 12 May 1949. p. 27. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. ^ "Out in the Open". Billboard Magazine. 27 November 1948. p. 70. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  17. ^ "All Amusements at Park Opened". The Morning Herald. Hagerstown, Maryland. May 13, 1949. p. 14.
  18. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference SOS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  19. ^ "New Amusement Ride to Open At Hershey". Lebanon Daily News. May 15, 1973. p. 46. The Coal Cracker, similar to a roller coaster on water, will join the Giant Wheel and two new theme areas in marking the completion of Phase II in the park's five year redevelopment program.
  20. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hershey 74 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  21. ^ Cite error: The named reference Reading 82 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  22. ^ "If you love a parade, visit Hershey...and Hersheypark". Patriot-News. May 14, 1982. p. 9.
  23. ^ "At Hersheypark, Aging Is A Sweet, Sweet Process". Observer-Reporter. Washington, PA/Waynesburg, PA. August 30, 1982. p. C1.
  24. ^ The Gettysburg Times. May 21, 1987. p. 5. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  25. ^ MacKinnon, Dorothy (May 22, 1987). "Mr. Hershey's Dandy Candyland". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 7, 2015 – via HighBeam Research. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  26. ^ a b c Holahan, Jane (July 2, 2008). "Hershey Sets $16M Boardwalk Expansion; Canyon River Rapids Ride Will Close". Lancaster New Era. Retrieved February 11, 2015 – via HighBeam Research. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  27. ^ a b "Hersheypark opens with special entertainment". Altoona Mirror. May 8, 1988.
  28. ^ a b Fox, Larry (May 27, 1988). "Hershey's More Than Chocolate". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 7, 2015 – via HighBeam Research. Hersheypark is constructing another water ride, a Frontier Chute-Out Ride in which riders will race down 100-yard-long straight or curving chutes on small two-person rubber rafts. This ride is expected to open in mid-June. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  29. ^ "Parks provide kids' stuff". The Kokomo Tribune. Kokomo, IN. June 11, 1989. p. 2. "Hersheypark (Hershey, Pa.) will debut Tiny Timbers log flume... Hersheypark also has a children's activity area, Kaptain Kid's Kove.
  30. ^ Baker, Laura (June 21, 1989). "New Kiddie Ride Open At Hersheypark" (Press release). Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company.
  31. ^ Carpenter, Richard P. (April 10, 1994). "Rides that will make you shout 'Wheeeee!'". The Boston Globe. Retrieved February 11, 2015 – via HighBeam Research. Hersheypark in Hershey, Pa., will unleash Tidal Force, called the tallest water plunge in the world. Boats will take passengers 100 feet off the ground before plunging into a huge pool of water. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  32. ^ Holahan, Jane (July 2, 2008). "Hershey Sets $16M Boardwalk Expansion; Canyon River Rapids Ride Will Close". Lancaster New Era. Retrieved February 11, 2015 – via HighBeam Research. After the Boardwalk in 2007, the Fahrenheit roller coast opened in May, which replaced the Western Chute Out, a waterslide. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  33. ^ "New Hershey ride makes splash; 'That was the wettest roller coaster I've ever ridden,' one man says". Intelligencer Journal. Lancaster, PA. May 8, 2002. Retrieved February 11, 2015 – via HighBeam Research. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  34. ^ a b c d Gleiter, Sue (December 19, 2012). "Hersheypark will replace Roller Soaker with sprayground". The Patriot-News. Retrieved February 11, 2015. The park is removing the [Roller Soaker] in the Boardwalk section to make way for a 5,000-square-foot sprayground...Hersheypark will be adding two water slides to the Boardwalk's slide complex, she said. The spray ground and water slides will be open in time for Memorial Day weekend, when the park's water section traditionally opens for the season, Burrows said.
  35. ^ a b c d Gleiter, Sue (May 21, 2013). "Shoreline Sprayground at Hersheypark splashes up a good time". The Patriot-News. Retrieved February 11, 2015. The park decided to replace its Roller Soaker roller coaster, which it dismantled last fall, to make way for the Sprayground which ultimately will serve more guests, Burrows said....Hersheypark also has other new additions this season including: Two new water slides at the Coastline Plunge - the Hydro and Pipeline.
  36. ^ a b c d e f g h "WET & WILD Hersheypark plans biggest expansion ever for 2007". Lancaster New Era. July 13, 2006. Retrieved February 3, 2015 – via HighBeam Research. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  37. ^ a b c d e f g h "Hersheypark celebrates sweet life and 100 years with $21 million expansion; Park has evolved from picnic grounds to major destination". Chicago Sun-Times. May 27, 2007. Retrieved February 3, 2015 – via HighBeam Research. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  38. ^ a b Rorabaugh, Dan (May 21, 2009). "Splashy Seaquel; Hersheypark Unveils 17.6M Expansion To The Boardwalk Waterpark". Lancaster New Era. Retrieved February 11, 2015 – via HighBeam Research. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  39. ^ a b Harpaz, Beth J. (May 21, 2009). "Parks debut new coasters, interactive attractions". Associated Press Worldstream. Retrieved February 11, 2015 – via HighBeam Research. New to Boardwalk area, The Shore wave pool, and Intercoastal Waterway lazy river {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  40. ^ Alexander, Larry (December 20, 2012). "Hershey: Roller Soaker out, More Water Attractions in Its Place". Lancaster Sunday News. Retrieved February 11, 2015 – via HighBeam Research. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  41. ^ Woodall, Candy (May 19, 2013). "Hersheypark puts focus on new water attractions". The York Dispatch. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
  42. ^ a b Adams, Sean (August 8, 2017). "Here are the two new rides coming to Hersheypark in 2018". PennLive. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
  43. ^ 1971 Hersheypark Planning (Report). Hershey Estates. 1971 – via Hershey Community Archives.
  44. ^ "NAPHA NewsFlash". National Amusement Park Historical News. Vol. 7, no. 4. National Amusement Park Historical Association. July–August 1985. p. 15.
  45. ^ Schematic of Shoot-the-Chutes, Intamin, Hershey Community Archives, 1985 {{citation}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: others (link)
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