Past Rides
| Ride | Last season | First season | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merry-Go-Round (Herschell) | 1912 | 1908 | This was the first ride that was purchased for the park. It was a used Allan Herschell Company ride, and the first of three carrousels the park has purchased in its history. This ride was always referred as a merry-go-round, rather than a carousel. It was replaced just before the Fourth of July celebrations in 1912. |
| Shoot the Chute | 1928 | 1909 | This was a toboggan slide ride that was added to the original pool in the park. It was used through the 1928 season, when the pool was removed and replaced by a much larger pool. The slide stood 50 feet tall. |
| Skooter | 1937 | 1926 | This was the first bumper car ride the park had. It was located near where the current bumper cars, Fender Bender stands. It was replaced by the Auto Skooters, which was located in Comet Hollow. |
| Giant Toboggan Slide | 1941 | 1931 | This was a toboggan slide that replaced the original Shoot the Chute. When the original pool was closed, the toboggan slide was not replaced. The popularity of the old Shoot the Chute caused this version to be built in a separate small pool across from the Sunken Gardens. |
| Carrousel (Dentzel) | 1944 | 1912 | This carrousel was built by William H. Dentzel of Philadelphia. The Carousel had 52 animals and 2 chariots. The ride first opened on a platform overlooking Comet Hollow. In 1929, the carousel was moved into a new pavilion next to Spring Creek along Derry Road (as of 2012, Park Boulevard). After it was removed, it operated at Knott's Berry Farm. |
| Lucas Motor Boat Ride | 1961 | 1949 | This was a Lucas Company kiddie motor boat ride on a metal track. It was ordered in November 1948 from Harry Travers. It installed when Kiddieland was opened in 1949. It was replaced by the Outboard MotorBoats in 1962. |
| Aerial Joy Ride | 1962 | 1941 | Bought from the New York's World Fair after it closed. It cost $25,000 (equal to $414,727 today). Replaced by Klaus AeroJets (now Starship America) in 1962. It was located where a milk can game is today. |
| Kiddie Ferris Wheel | 1965 | 1926 | This operated near where the Skyview loading station is today. The first wheel was installed in 1926, while a second was added in 1959. It was removed to make way for Skyview when it was installed before the 1966 season. |
| Kiddie Turnpike | 1967 | 1955 | A kiddie version of the Turnpike ride at the park, located in the Kiddieland area. Following the 1967 season, it was removed and replaced by a kiddie variety ride. |
| Miniature Railroad | 1971 | 1910 | A narrow-gauge railway that was designed by Ernest H. Miller, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The ride was nearly a part of Phase III of the park's renovations, however the trains were found to be in too bad shape to be used. The track was removed. |
| Flying Coaster | 1972 | 1964 | A Norman Bartlett-designed ride. The last known operating model is at Kennywood. It operated in what is currently the Minetown section of the park, in what is now a midway. |
| Mill Chute | 1972 | 1929 | Early dark ride with a water splashdown, located alongside Spring Creek near the area of the Wave Swinger. In 1963, this ride was re-themed by Bill Tracy, and became the "Lost River", and was later destroyed by Tropical Storm Agnes in 1972. The park's Coal Cracker ride was designed with some similarities to the Mill Chute. |
| Magic Carpet Slide | 1972 | 1969 | A large slide, it was removed after the 1972 season. It was located where Hersheypark Amphitheater currently stands. |
| The Pretzel | 1973 | 1931 | An indoor dark ride, converted into the "Golden Nugget" in 1964. It was eventually converted into a shooting gallery. The building was torn down following the 1977 season and replaced with a new building that housed a kiddie auto skooter and the Fender Bender bumper cars ride. |
| Turnpike | 1974 | 1960 | The Turnpike was installed in Comet Hollow and ran in an area now filled by a portion of Storm Runner. A number of cars were damaged in the 1972 flood, but the ride survived through the 1974 season. Part of the ride was removed to make way for Trailblazer, and was removed when its replacement was built - the Twin Turnpike, which opened in 1975. |
| Twin Ferris Wheels | 1974 | 1950 | Two side-by-side Eli Bridge Company Ferris wheels. The rides operated in Comet Hollow and was replaced by Himalaya. The space is currently the location of sooperdooperLooper's station. |
| The Whip | 1976 | 1937 | A Mangels whip, it was located originally near the entrance to where the SooperdooperLooper is located today, and parallel to the loading/unloading station for the Electric Train. In 1973 it was moved to the area where Flying Falcon is currently located. It was replaced a few years later by a Himalaya ride in 1977. |
| Auto Skooters | 1977 | 1938 | The second bumper cars ride the park had, it was located in Comet Hollow. The building still stands as the Hollow Famous Famiglia which serves pizza and other Italian food. Ice Cream and SkyrushSlush is also served at the building's side windows. |
| Round Up | 1978 | 1968 | A stand-up, circular spinning ride, it was located in front of The Pretzel / Gold Nugget / Shooting Gallery in what is today Music Box Way. |
| Cuddle Up | 1978 | 1947 | This was a ride built by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company. It is similar to the spinning tea cup rides at Disneyland and Walt Disney World, except that the whole platform remained stationary. The ride was replaced by a coal themed version of the same ride called the Coal Shaker. The ride replaced the old Wild Cat station, which had been closed two years earlier when the ride was removed. |
| Tip-Top | 1980 | 1966 | A sit-down spinning ride, it was first in Music Box Way in front of the Pretzel / Gold Nugget dark ride, and later moved to Comet Hollow near the current Amphitheater. The ride was removed following the 1980 season. |
| Paratrooper | 1980 | 1967 | A paratrooper ride, where the Hersheypark Amphitheater stands today. |
| The Bug | 1981 | 1932 | A larger version of the still present Lady Bugs. Existed where Wave Swinger is today. |
| The Flying Bobs | 1982 | 1978 | Replaced the Toboggan. When it was removed, it was replaced by Balloon Flight. Mini-Himalaya currently occupies the same space. |
| Monster | 1983 | 1972 | A spinning Octopus style ride with sets of four spinning cars that were situated at the end of each "tenticle". It was replaced by Tilt-a-Whirl. |
| MotorBoats | 1984 | 1962 | This was a kiddie ride added to the Kiddieland area of the park. It was moved to the Minetown area of the park in the 1970s and was placed next to the Mini-Comet kiddie coaster. In 1981, it was operating adjacent to the entrance to ZooAmerica. It was removed from the park following the 1984 season. Granny Bugs was purchased to replace the ride, however, it was placed near the entrance to the Dry Gulch Railroad. The area that the MotorBoats sat at was replaced by a food stand. |
| Timber Rattler | 1987 | 1984 | A Schwarzkopf Polyp ride. Replaced two years later by the relocation of the Rodeo. |
| Himalaya | 1989 | 1975 | A Reverchon Himalaya. Originally located beside what is now the Hollow Famous Famiglia near where the Twin Ferris Wheels once were. The ride was moved in 1976 to where the Flying Falcon is now, to make room for the SooperdooperLooper. |
| Coal Shaker | 1989 | 1978 | "Cuddle up" ride with coal-themed cars. Stood where the Convoy, Red Baron, and Frog Hopper are today. This replaced the original Cuddle Up (1957) installation. |
| Sky Ride | 1992 | 1974 | Transported riders on 30 cars between Rhineland and Minetown, with over 1,268 feet between each station. The Rhineland station is now used for Central PA's Kosher Mart, and the Great Bear's station now exists where the Minetown station once stood. The ride now operates at Dreamworld Park in Thailand and is called Cable Car. |
| Rotor | 1995 | 1970 | The Rotor was added in 1970. After it was removed in 1995, it was replaced by the Tilt-A-Whirl, which was moved from Carrousel Circle. That, in turn, was replaced in 2012 by Skyrush. |
| Mini-Skooters | 1999 | 1978 | Kiddie bumper cars. Replaced with Rolling Rovers when it moved under the Fender Bender. |
| Earthmovers | 2002 | 1975 | Originated as "Tiny Tanks" before being refurbished into a bulldozer ride in 1980. Replaced by the Mini Pirate. Moved to Dutch Wonderland. |
| Cyclops | 2002 | 1980 | A Huss Enterprise, replaced by The Claw. The ride currently operates at a park in Canada. |
| Conestoga | 2002 | 1984 | A Huss Rainbow, it operated in Pioneer Frontier. The park removed the ride following the 2002 season, and was replaced by the Frontier Virtual Theater. That was replaced by a ride, The Howler, in 2008. Hersheypark sold the ride to Lake Winnepesaukah. |
| Wells Cargo | 2003 | 1964 | A kiddie Whip ride manufactured by Mangles, it operated in a variety of places in the park. It was initially near where the Sky View station is, then moved to out front of what was then the Ride Operations office. In 1985, it was relocated to the expanded Pioneer Frontier area. The ride was moved to Dutch Wonderland following the 2003 season and replaced by a food stand. |
| Crazy Climbers | 2003 | 1999 | A jungle gym rope climbing ride that used to be inside of the Midway Tent along with Tiger's Tail and Moonwalk which are now only open on the candylane and halloween events. |
| Giant Wheel | 2004 | 1973 | An Intamin-supplied ride replaced by the relocated Balloon Flite and Starship America rides. |
| Chaos | 2005 | 1999 | A Chance Chaos in Midway America. Replaced with Coastline Plunge in 2007. |
| Paddleboats | 2006 | 1973 | An Additional Charge ride where riders paddled along Spring Creek. The ride was removed after the 2006 season. |
| Moonwalk | 2007 | 1999 | A moon bounce ride initially located in the Midway Fair Tent, later only used during Hersheypark's Christmas Candylane event before being removed. |
| Tiger's Tail | 2007 | 1999 | An inflatable crawl-through ride, it was initially located in the Midway Fair Tent, later only used during Hersheypark's Christmas Candylane event before being removed. |
| Western Chute-Out | 2007 | 1988 | Originally named "Frontier Chute Out", this ride contained a pair of winding water-tubes (known as "Winding Rivers" - originally named "Slidewinder") and a pair of straight water-slides (known as "Straight Shooters" - originally named "Pistol Pete's Plunge"). In 1998, the original slides from New Wave Rides were removed and replaced with slides, from Proslide. After the 2007 season, the ride was removed to make way for Fahrenheit. |
| Rodeo | 2008 | 1978 | Originally named "Trabant". Rodeo was located at the present location of Tiny Timbers. Rodeo was moved to Pioneer Frontier in 1988 after removal of the Timber Rattler. Moved to Dutch Wonderland. Also spent time at Lake Compounce while that park was owned by the Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company. |
| Canyon River Rapids | 2008 | 1987 | A river rafting ride that soaked guests with waterfalls. For years, Get The Picture Corporation sold videos of the ride for purchase after disembarking. It was the first ride video system in the world. However, in 2005 they switched to a two-picture system (upstream and downstream), and later sold only one photo of each raft. Canyon River Rapids was removed for the 2009 expansion of the Boardwalk, and many of its old boats now are used on the Raging Rapids ride at Kennywood. |
| Tiny Tracks | 2011 | 1995 | A miniature train kiddie ride in Founders Circle, it was installed in 1995 when Tilt-A-Whirl was moved to Comet Hollow. It was removed after the 2011 season when Tilt-A-Whirl was returned to that location. |
Read more about this topic: List Of Former Hersheypark Attractions
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