Complete List of Rides Removed or Operating
edit# | Ride | Season | Manufacturer | Type | Ref(s) | |
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Opened | Closed | |||||
1
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Steel row boats | 1908
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circa 1930
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Michigan Steel Boat Company
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Water ride - boats
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2
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Motor Boats | 1914 circa | Unknown | Chris-Craft Boats
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Water ride - boats
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3
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Shoot the Chute (1914) | 1914
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1923
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Hershey Improvement Company
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4
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Shoot the Chute (1920) | 1920
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1928
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Hershey Improvement Company
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Water ride - slides
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5
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Mill Chute | 1929
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1962
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Philadelphia Toboggan Company
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6
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Bike Boats | 1931
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1945
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Bike Boats, Ltd.
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Water ride - boats
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7
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Giant Toboggan Slide | 1931
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1941
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Hershey Estates
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Water ride - slides
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8
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Speedboat | 1933
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1941
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Water ride - boats
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9
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Paddle About | 1936
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1945
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Custer Specialty Company
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Water ride - boats
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10
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Lucas Motor Boat Ride | 1949
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1971
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J.L. Lucas Manufacturing Company
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Water ride - kiddie
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11
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Lost River | 1963
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1972
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Outdoor Dimensional Display Company
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Water ride - flume
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12
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Coal Cracker | 1973
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Operating | Water ride - flume
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13
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Paddleboats | 1982
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2006
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Water ride - boats
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14
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Canyon River Rapids | 1987
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2008
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Intamin AG
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Water ride - rapids
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15
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Frontier Chute-Out | 1988
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1998
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Water ride - slides
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16
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Tiny Timbers | 1989
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2013
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Venture Rides Manufacturing
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Water ride - kiddie
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17
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Tidal Force | 1994
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Operating | Water ride - chute
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18
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Western Chute-Out | 1999
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2007
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Water ride - slides
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19
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Roller Soaker | 2002
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2012
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Setpoint
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Roller coaster - steel
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20
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Bayside Pier | 2007
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Operating | Hershey Entertainment & Resorts
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Water ride - kiddie wave pool
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21
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Coastline Plunge - Riptide | 2007
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Operating | ProSlide Technology
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Water ride - slides
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22
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Coastline Plunge - Surge | 2007
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Operating | ProSlide Technology
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Water ride - slides
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23
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Coastline Plunge - Vortex | 2007
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Operating | ProSlide Technology
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Water ride - slides
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24
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Coastline Plunge - Whirlwind | 2007
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Operating | ProSlide Technology
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Water ride - slides
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25
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East Coast Waterworks | 2007
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Operating | Water ride - complex
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26
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Sandcastle Cove | 2007
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Operating | Water ride - kiddie
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27
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Waverider | 2007
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Operating | Water ride - flowrider
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28
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Intercoastal Waterway | 2009
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Operating | Water ride - lazy river
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29
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The Shore | 2009
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Operating | Water Technology, Inc.
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Water ride - wave pool
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30
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Coastline Plunge - Hydro | 2013
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Operating | ProSlide Technology
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Water ride - slides
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31
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Coastline Plunge - Pipeline | 2013
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Operating | ProSlide Technology
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Water ride - slides
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32
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Shoreline Sprayground | 2013
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Operating | Water ride - kiddie
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33
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Breakers Edge Water Coaster | 2018
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Operating | ProSlide Technology, Inc.
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Water ride - coaster
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34
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Whitecap Racer | 2018
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Operating | ProSlide Technology, Inc.
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Water ride - slides
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Cancelled water rides
edit# | Ride | Season | Manufacturer | Type | Ref(s) |
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1
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Belt-driven Boat Ride | 1971
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Arrow Development | Water ride - boats | |
Rhine River Boat | 1973
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2
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Shoot-the-Chutes | 1986
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Intamin AG
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Water ride - chute
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Note: The season column represents the season the ride was intended to be opened. |
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c "Hershey Community Archives: Chronology Database". Hershey Community Archives. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
- ^ "Larger Swimming Pool". Lebanon Semi-Weekly News. November 19, 1928. p. 3.
- ^ "Advertisement". Reading Times. June 20, 1931. p. 20.
New Bike Boats on the lake
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Hershey Park to Open For Season on Sunday". The Evening News. Harrisburg, PA. May 20, 1931. p. 2.
- ^ "Boys' Band Will Give Concerts at Hershey Park Memorial Day". The Evening News. Harrisburg, PA. May 29, 1931. p. 2.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Hershey Park, Amusement for All the Family". The Gazette and Daily. York, PA. July 8, 1938. p. 16.
- ^ 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.
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- ^ "All Amusements at Park Opened". The Morning Herald. Hagerstown, Maryland. May 13, 1949. p. 14.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "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.
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "If you love a parade, visit Hershey...and Hersheypark". Patriot-News. May 14, 1982. p. 9.
- ^ "At Hersheypark, Aging Is A Sweet, Sweet Process". Observer-Reporter. Washington, PA/Waynesburg, PA. August 30, 1982. p. C1.
- ^ The Gettysburg Times. May 21, 1987. p. 5.
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suggested) (help) - ^ a b "Hersheypark opens with special entertainment". Altoona Mirror. May 8, 1988.
- ^ 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.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "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.
- ^ Baker, Laura (June 21, 1989). "New Kiddie Ride Open At Hersheypark" (Press release). Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company.
- ^ 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.
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After the Boardwalk in 2007, the Fahrenheit roller coast opened in May, which replaced the Western Chute Out, a waterslide.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "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.
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suggested) (help) - ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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New to Boardwalk area, The Shore wave pool, and Intercoastal Waterway lazy river
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suggested) (help) - ^ Woodall, Candy (May 19, 2013). "Hersheypark puts focus on new water attractions". The York Dispatch. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
- ^ a b Adams, Sean (August 8, 2017). "Here are the two new rides coming to Hersheypark in 2018". PennLive. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
- ^ 1971 Hersheypark Planning (Report). Hershey Estates. 1971 – via Hershey Community Archives.
- ^ "NAPHA NewsFlash". National Amusement Park Historical News. Vol. 7, no. 4. National Amusement Park Historical Association. July–August 1985. p. 15.
- ^ Schematic of Shoot-the-Chutes, Intamin, Hershey Community Archives, 1985
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