When the ride vehicle comes crashing down there is a huge wave of water that splashes down over some suspecting (and non-suspecting) visitors. The ride Tidal Force has a splash area that includes part of the pathway that surrounds it. It’s located way over toward the Boardwalk and is just outside the bathrooms/changing rooms for the water flume on steroids ride called Tidal Force.Ī word of warning about this area. To find the next machine you have quite a walk ahead of you. Hershey Chocolate Bar, Hershey Park Logo, and a Carousel Horse. This set includes the Hershey Bears Logo (Minor League Hockey Team), Mr. I always make sure to show them how it works and the finished products then they quickly run off to ask their parents for spare change. To be honest not many are ever actually using the machine but they always get a kick out of watching when it’s used. Just due to where this machine is located there are always a lot of kids around it. Near Starship America and the Carousel is the third machine. By the way in case you are wondering about the Street Lights these actually exist and are located all around town see picture below.Īfter walking up the first big hill in the park you come out in the main kiddie ride area. The designs available at this second machine are the Kissing Tower, the Reese’s Peanut Butter Character, The Wildcat Roller Coaster, and a Hershey Kiss Street Light. This may actually be easier to collect on the way out depending on the crowd level when you first enter. The second machine is on the left side of the main path. Hershey Kiss, Great Bear Roller Coaster, and the Storm Runner ride. Back to the machine, the set available here includes Springtime in the Park, Ms. So instead I took close-ups of the machine marquees that show the coin designs. Due to this I didn’t press any new sets since I already have a few of each in my collection which unfortunately is all packed away as my family is getting ready to move. All of these coins were collected on a previous visit a couple of years ago and the designs have not changed. I will apologize now for not having actual pictures of the final pressed pennies. The first one is on the right of the main path just outside one of the many souvenir shops. Now I didn’t collect these machines in this order, but I’m going to review them as you would after first entering the park.Īs you go through security and have your admissions ticket scanned you will immediately find the first two machines. 2) There were penny machines to be found. 1) Melody was pretty cranky due to the heat and trying to get her to take a nap was top on my priority list. My wife volunteered to take her through water park area and I was able to sneak off with our younger daughter Melody (8 months old) to wonder around the park. The day we were here actually was a really hot day for this late in the summer, and Hanna really wanted to just play at the Boardwalk. We do make it on some of the more “boring” rides like cable cars, the monorail, and the odd log flume ride. Not to mention Hanna’s absolute favorite thing to do a classic carousel. For now we get to do the nice easy things like meet Mr. But our daughter loves the little kiddie rides and I’m having panic attacks about potentially having to go with her on bigger rides when she’s older. Now I will admit that my wife and I are not big thrill ride fans so most of the crazy roller coasters they have here are lost on us. Note how all of the above rides with the exception of Coal Cracker were all second flume rides for flourishing 1970s theme parks, which were overwhelmed with the popularity of their log flume and required additional capacity (the SFGAm/PGA rides opened with the park though).After checking out Chocolate World just a short walk away was our true destination for this trip Hershey Park. Other hydro flumes included Yankee Clipper's ex-twin at PGA (removed after the 1998 season for Stealth), and PKI's model (removed after the 2000 season to make way for Tomb Raider the Ride). The only remaining hydro flumes left are Splashdown (Poland Springs Plunge) at SFGAd, Yankee Clipper (Ice Mountain Splash) at SFGAm, Jet Stream (Ice Mountain Splash) at SFMM, and Coal Cracker at HP (only one run the way it was intended from day one). They were more expensive than log flumes and designed with capacity in mind (all had turntable stations, longer boats that could seat 5-6, and a double spillway drop.Īs of last season, only Hershey and CP ran their hydroflumes in high capacity mode (in other words, using both spillways). Poland Springs Plunge at Great Adventure is also a Hydro-flumeĪrrow only built a limited number of Hydro Flumes (incidently, all in the U.S.).
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