Rumor Upcoming Ride Removals?
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Finally. Its demise has been rumored for more than a decade now. Also the last expansion spot for the Boardwalk.
IMO it’s ok since the Boardwalk is integrated to the park. If it was a separate gate I’d say they needed more than Coal Cracker.
IMO it’s ok since the Boardwalk is integrated to the park. If it was a separate gate I’d say they needed more than Coal Cracker.
Is TF just not popular? I'd figure it would be since you get drenched and its basically in their water park...
Can’t speak to its popularity, but that area of the park has seen a pretty substantial investment over the last decade with Laff Track and Wildcat’s Revenge. Tidal Force was also down for extended periods of time during the summer for the past two seasons, which I’m sure isn’t helping its case at all as a wet ride in the northeast.
There seems to be a bit of a warpath on shoot the chutes rides in America, we’ve seen 11 of them close within the past decade. Granted, most aren’t in HP’s situation where it’s essentially within the waterpark, but I have to assume popularity is dying out with so many of them gone.
There seems to be a bit of a warpath on shoot the chutes rides in America, we’ve seen 11 of them close within the past decade. Granted, most aren’t in HP’s situation where it’s essentially within the waterpark, but I have to assume popularity is dying out with so many of them gone.
From what I understand they cost a lot to run and then they tend not to get long lines.I’m sure of a park like Hersheypark, that land it takes up is really valuable. They can move the Dunkin and Rita’s that’s there, as long as loosing all the ‘accessory’ buildings to TF, and the station opens up not just lots of Boardwalk space for the many slides they could still use, but also they can put in a flat or two across from Fahrenheit to keep the dry park going.
Then again, there’s something that keeps floating in my mind that a friend said that makes sense. Removing TF could give a “grand entry” plaza to the Boardwalk, and then that means they can put a barrier all the way around it and create a system where there’s an ‘upcharge’ to go to the water park inside the main park without cutting off the remainder of the park.
I personally am in favor of removing The Claw, the arcade, and creating an entrance there, dividing the park just past Jolly Rancher Remix. Then the Midway America and Boardwalk gets rebranded to “Hersheypark’s Boardwalk America”, where there’s remainder of the Pre-90’s expansion stays as “Hersheypark”. Now you got the two gates, taking out TF allows the water park to expand, and if you steal from the employee lot you give a way to expand that park (long term you could even jump over Hersheypark Dr if needed). Then at Jolly Rancher Remix you can put in an internal park transfer. The “Classic” side of the park still has all of the old golf course to expand into as well keeping that side alive.
Because of buying the golf course, Hershey still has plenty of space to expand into and grow some from the aspect of introducing a new gate if they wanted and expanding parking. But these are some thoughts I had with some ride removals that could go a long way to alleviating a lot of the congestion issues Hershey tends to have. Would also allow them to continue to expand the whole Chocolatetown entry concept all the way across the facade of the old Arena and make a case for getting to use it’s interior for the park.
It gets popular on hot summer days, but is either closed or has little to no line for the majority of the year. It’s also quite expensive to maintain, since its manufacturer (Hopkins I believe) went defunct a while ago and parts are hard to come by. Throw in the massive amount of space it occupies in a pivotal area of the park and you’ve got yourself an attractive removal. It’s been living on borrowed time for several years now.
ok, have you heard of a park named carowinds?, that park used to have a lot of water rides but not anymore because of the water park
It would help alleviate crowds to split up the park and allow for better development and growth. It also makes sense from a business standpoint.
Huh? As far as I'm aware the waterpark at Carowinds isn't a separate gate.
I guess was until the whole controversial thunder road removal that caused the water park to be a separate gate
Carolina Harbor Waterpark is included with Carowinds’ admission, and has two entrances: one from inside and another from the outside of the park.
The only business reason I can see is offering different hours between two parks - the half with the waterpark could open earlier, the other stays open later, etc.
But I think they would end up having to duplicate a bunch of things to make this work - you’d need another Starbucks, more retail space, etc. ZooAmerica would only be accessible with one park, as well, skewing the numbers.
Also, most of the kiddie rides are in the front half of the park. The back half only really has Red Baron, Granny Bugs, Tiny Tracks, and Pony Carts, and there’s no kiddie coaster like Cocoa Cruiser.
It would also be very unbalanced outside the Summer season when The Boardwalk is closed. Not to mention how Springtime in the Park, Candylane, and Dark Nights would have to be split up to work with such an arrangement- which would probably be a mess and not have consistent offerings across both parks.
I’m sorry, there are a lot of things I want to see Hershey do and also things I want to see them not-so-subtly lift from other resorts (like Dollywood’s festivals or entertainment, or UOR’s hotels like Cabana Bay), but splitting the parks into two isn’t one of them. I don’t see the guest benefit.
You kinda made the business case as to why it should be split though. No need to do duplicate - the point is different between the two. And if the Boardwalk side could be a shorter season while the "OG" side can be a longer almost full season.
Any hints? I didn't see many closed flats on Saturday aside from Howler. Mini Himalaya and Pirate are the two off the top of my head that I could see going (and have been short-listed for removal for a while), but I didn't notice anything out of the ordinary there.
Went for a late visit yesterday, Easter Sunday (4/20). It looks like most of the markings around Tidal Force have been scrubbed or pressure-washed off along the paths. Markers are still visible behind fences or in areas not accessible by guests. Not really sure if it was just for utility work or surveying, or if there is more to come?
