Always fun to see how you rank coasters as I feel like we often have a similar view. Skyrush is probably where we differ the most. I used to dislike it early on after it was built. In recent years though it hasn't bothered me and has become one of my favorite coasters period. Anyhow, here is how I rank Hersheypark, which I consider my home park. Although I'm from Baltimore, Hershey was the closest major park to me when I was young. Six Flags/Adventure World/Wild World came a few years later. 1. Skyrush 2. Wildcat's Revenge 3. Storm Runner 4. Fahrenheit 5. Great Bear 6. Candymonium 7. Comet 8. Lightning Racer 9. Wildcat 10. Sooperdooperlooper 11. Jolly Rancher Remix 12. Laff Trakk 13. Trailblazer 14. Wild Mouse 15. Cocoa Cruiser 16. Roller Soaker And yes, Roller Soaker dead last. It's actually dead last of my 410 plus credits. It was awful and literally dumb.
That's awesome! I always marvel at people with so many credits. I feel like my family and I have gone to amusement parks a lot in the last couple years, but even with the 7 new credits I just added at Hershey this past weekend, I'm only at 49. I wonder if I'll get to 100 in my lifetime.
This park has a special place in my heart as it is home to the first ever looping coaster I rode the super dooper looper that loop pulls insane forces and ranks number 1 in my first trying amusement park things. It is also home to one of my favorite woodies, the comet.
Comet was one of my new credits this past weekend. Rode it with my daughter. Really an excellent coaster! Maybe my mind was playing tricks on me, but it felt like it had 3 drops and something like 9 bunny hills. Non-stop action.
@@HugeRMCFanBoY-bx3od The last time I rode Fahrenheit, it made me a bit nauseous. Now most coasters don't make me feel sick afterwards. I find it to be a bit forceless as I am spoiled by Skyrush and Stormrunner which I can ride easily. Plus Fahrenheit usually has a long line. I like the boomerang for the intensity of the loop taken backwards, and Looper for the vintage charm, the loop, and a helix near the end of the ride.
@@gabet3514 I wish I liked Fahrenheit , but the last time I rode it, it make me feel nauseous which almost never happens when I ride a coaster. Plus the restraints are not made for taller/bigger people
If you get the chance, try it! It’s about 2-3 hours from major cities and airports(about 2 hrs from DC or B’more, 2 hrs from Philly, 3 or so hours from North Jersey/ NYC)….i would say hard to get to would be something like SDC, which is 4-5 hours from any major airport! Seriously though, check it out if you’re able to…HP doesn’t disappoint.
@@terrancepounds1090 im from ohio, which makes a lot of parks easy to get to, but you are spot on about sdc. Its a 12 hour drive for me. The one time I went there i split it up by stopping in St Louis, which I highly recommend
@@terrancepounds1090 Agreed. I just went from Northern Jersey with my wife and kids. The ride home was about 2 hours and 45 minutes. Between the coasters, shops, all the other rides, Chocolate World, Chocolate Town, the sea lion show, and the attached zoo, Hershey is a must-visit. We were there 3 days and stayed at Hershey Lodge, which has its own set of amenities including an indoor water park (not amusement park sized but still cool). And if you are interested in stuff aside from Hershey Park, we did the High Point mansion tour (where the Hersheys lived), The Hershey Story museum and Hershey Gardens (which has a butterfly atrium) - so there is a ton to do.
I’m working at HersheyPark this summer through a college internship program, but I’ve never actually been there! I’ll get to hit all of the coasters over the summer so it’ll be interesting to see where I rank them compared to you.
Perhaps a hot take, but I've never paid attention to the airtime on skyrush, only the lats. I still believe they're the main focus of the figure eight twister layout. They feel varied and borderline dangerous when your hands are up. It's one of the only coasters out there with unlimited upper body movement. The amount of lateral combinations in comparison to other coasters is the main reason why I think it's far from overrated.
The only element I really notice the lats on are the twisted airtime hill, one of my favorite elements. I did like getting flopped around in the back though, that was totally lost in the front
@@AirtimeThrills Seems like everyone feels the lats differently. I'm a skinny dude so I get flopped in every which way during the elements. The s-curve before the twisted hill kills me. The forces are strong enough to yank me perpendicular to the seatback for 3 seconds.
I wish I could feel something, anything on this ride. I love the view, I enjoy the drop, but nothing else. I'm short, so the restraints don't hurt me, but maybe I'm too fat to enjoy it.
@@Zepp914 Yup its odd. I've not gotten air on it, but here I am calling it underrated because of the lat combos. I feel too secured in place on other rides so they're bland in comparison imo. I'd love some airtime sprinkled in, but lats are my favourite force.
@@Zepp914 I just rode Skyrush for the first time (with the new restraints) and I felt the same way. I'm 5'8" 185Lb. It was very fun, but I went into it feeling a bit intimidated (due to its intense reputation), and while actually riding it, nothing about it intimidated me. The drop was great but no better than other great drops I've been on (and I only have 49 credits). I'm pretty sure I felt stronger forces on Fahrenheit.
I’ve been going to Hersheypark ever since my parents took to Candylane when I was only a year old. I am now in college and have gone to Hersheypark every year of my life. So I feel I have at least have decent opinions on these coasters lol. First the ones defunct. Roller Soaker honestly was nothing spectacular. It was fun but it definitely was more about the battle then the actual coaster part. I only ever did it once or twice I preferred the more thrilling rides even as a kid. Wildcat holds such a special place in my heart. I used to ride it all the time growing up. And I definitely think the roughness was tolerable for many years. But my god since covid hit wildcat became pretty awful. The roughness causes the coaster to slow down as well since it shakes around so much. It had a fun layout and I have great memories of it but I was begging for Hershey to RMC it. Now for my rankings- I definitely have different opinions on these rides then you do lol. Im a die hard skyrush fan and I can’t apologize for that. Also lighting racer is also a great time I’ve always had a blast on it and love it to death. 14. Cocoa Cruiser 13. Trailblazer 12. Wild Mouse 11. Sooper Dooper Looper 10. Laff Trakk 9. Jolly Rancher Remix 8. Comet 7. Lightning Racer 6. Fahrenheit 5. Great Bear 4. Candymounium 3. Storm Runner 2. Wildcats Revenge 1. Skyrush Skyrush seems like it is 90% likely that it’s getting new lap bars this year so hopefully they will help with other peoples comfort and not ruin the parts that its fans love. Also you got to get on wildcats revenge when it’s hauling the ending becomes actually insane
My daughter and I were able to go to Hershey this past summer. Your rankings are almost dead-on with mine! We ended the night with 3 straight rides on Wildcat's Revenge and had SO much fun! I love a good B&M Hyper and Candymonium filled that slot nicely (although Diamondback is better). We had a blast on both Stormrunner and Fahrenheit, riding each multiple times. Great Bear really surprised me how fun and unique it was. And Skyrush...well, it was intense. The restraints really hurt it. Overall, such a solid lineup at Hershey.
I’m hoping to get to this park this year. I was originally gonna do a week long road trip to hit all of the major parks in the northeast this year but that had to be pushed back a year because I told my friends I’d go to a tournament in Florida this year. Oh well at least I’ll be able to ride Iron Gwazi, Mako, Aire Force one and all of the elite coasters Florida and Georgia have this year. Next year I’ll cross Toro off of the bucket list.
I finally got to ride (most) of these yesterday and today! Disappointed that Comet no longer had buzz bars, but LOVED the new restraints on Skyrush!! After two days of riding, my top 3 would be: 3: Candymonium (b/c you absolutely can't go wrong with a B&M hyper - ever) 2: Skyrush (like a smaller I-305) 3: Wildcat's Revenge (which I thought was great from start to finish) You need to update this list after riding Skyrush with the new restraints.
I may be from the New England Area but I love to call this my home away from home park cause I go there so many damn times I’ve lost track of it and this is where I got my love of going on rollercoasters cause I did SuperDooperlooper back in 2014 what a great memory. I will never get tired of riding all their coasters cause I love every single one but my favorite will always be Storm Runner even though its short but that ride packs a wallop. I adore this park a lot
Hersheypark was my favorite park in the days before I would ride coasters at all, in part because they had so many big tame family rides--more than they do today. Eventually my mother cajoled me onto Trailblazer, and for many years, it was the only coaster I'd ever ridden. There's not much to it, but at the time, I found it almost overwhelming. I went back there in 2011 with my little daughter in tow, and aside from introducing her and my wife to Trailblazer (my kid liked it way more than I had), I had the kid with me for most of the day and the only coasters I got to ride were Fahrenheit and sooperdooperLooper. I loved both of those. Fahrenheit's queue was brutal though. We rode Tiny Timbers, the little kiddie flume where Cocoa Cruiser is now. Going back there for another go is, I think, my single biggest bucket-list park visit at the moment, of all the parks in the world. I can't convince my family to be interested so it'd probably be solo.
I have a similar situation. My kids are young and do love the coasters for which they qualify, but my wife almost never rides. However, as long as I ride when and for how long she tells me, I can get my credits while she rides the kids on kid rides. LOL. Also, not for nothing, I kind of prefer being alone and being able to get away from the stresses of the world for a minute or so on Stormrunner or Wildcat's Revenge. 😀
I love hershey so much and i hope I will be able to go back soon. I was wondering if you are planning to ride Iron Menace at Dorney this summer as its opening. I am so excited to ride on it cause it looks crazy and its right near my college so it works out great haha
I've only been to Hersheypark once and that was back in 2005 when Storm Runner was still new. During that trip, I did get to ride Wildcat and Roller Soaker. Wildcat did have a nice layout and was fun but not nearly as much fun as Lightning Racers (rode 4 times, twice on each side) and Comet (rode 3 times). Roller Soaker was very easy going and a nice coaster to cool off on on a hot day.
Comet was my first ever true coaster. My family went to Hershey in 2004 and I was 5 or 6. I went on it with my Grandpa. I still remember that to this day.
I had a similar moment with my 7-year old daughter. We rode it 2 days ago. She said it was "a little much", but she was still smiling all the way through and feels like she accomplished a challenge, which can be good confidence boosters for kids (if they meet the height requirement OF COURSE). It's a nice memory.
I grew up about three hours from Hershey. Back in the late 70s/early 80s, I think Darien Lake, Dorney Park, and Hersheypark were all pretty comparable (all better than Rocky Glen which has been closed for decades now). Right around the early 80s, Hershey made a big effort to invest heavily in the park - I think now it’s significantly better than Dorney and Darien Lake but there’s still some signs of its “small, local park” heritage left. Somehow I never went to Knobels until about a decade ago, I think that’s another park which is substantially bigger and better from when I was a kid though.
That's a great description of Hersheypark having big great coasters while maintaining the “small, local park” heritage. I mean, Comet and Skyrush are right up against each other, so there's an example.
@AirtimeThrills the next secret weapon doesn't look like it will be opening until 2026. Ofc nemesis has been re tracked, however that doesn't affect the ride time or anything as its the exact same layout, and also has the same speed. Thank u 😊
I would love to see you do a video of your ranking of best coaster elements i.e. top 25, 50, or 100. Much like your year end coaster rankings. I feel like some elements like the quarry drop on iron rattler elevate a coaster like that. It would be interesting to see where each element stacks up pound for pound against others.
great video! I agree with basically everything! There are rumors of skyrush getting new restraints this year n if that happens it might go up to number 1 in your list.
I have no point of reference because I only just rode it once yesterday with the new restraints, but they were plenty comfortable. I didn't ever notice them during the ride. That said, I liked the airport/airplane theming and sound on the platform
Pretty good rankings. I have only been to Hersheypark twice. My first came in 2001, and surprisingly Wildcat was my favorite then. It wasn't rough one bit and offered some solid forces. My other visit was last year, and Wildcat's Revenge was easily my favorite. The one coaster I wasn't a huge fan of though was Candymonium, which I would put at number 7. I know it sounds crazy, but I was more impressed with Sooper Dooper Looper than Candymonium.
I had only ridden Candymonium during my last trip a couple years ago (which I loved), but we just returned yesterday from a weekend at Hersheypark and I added 7 credits. After all the intensity talk I've heard, I thought I'd be a coward if I didn't ride Skyrush and have seen it be #1 or #2 on many lists. However, nothing about it seemed overly intense to me, and I tend to agree with the position where you have it on this list. Wildcat's Revenge is definitely the best coaster in the park, and both Stormrunner and Candymonium are better than Skyrush. I guess the anticipation causes more nervousness sometimes than the forces on the coaster will actually affect me, or maybe my body is getting used to them after I became active on coasters again in the last 2-3 years (in my mid to late 40s). Maybe I'll try I305 next time I'm at King's Dominion instead of chickening out like I did last time. LOL
1. Stormrunner - pretty much perfect 2. Lightning Racer - great feeling of speed, but it needs the racing to be really good 3. Candymonium - amazing airtime 4. Sooperdooperlooper - like a mountain coaster, calm and always fun 5. Wildcat's Revenge - good elements and unique 6. Skyrush - a little crazy. Sometimes that's good, sometimes not. 7. Wildmouse - always fun, not much to it, though 8. Comet - great for kids, ok for adults 9. Trailblazer - cute and fun 10. Great Bear - a little sickening, but very cool first half 11. Laff Trak - neat backwards but sickening 12. Jolly Rancher - headbashing and painful, but I haven't ridden it in years. Maybe better now. 13. Fahrenheit - very intense and nauseating, but the lift and first drop are cool 14. Cocoa Cruiser - No one over age 10 should ride this. Honorable Mention: Roller Soaker would be #10.5 on my list. It was fun to get wet, and an interesting feeling riding it. It would fit right into the water section now. It was ahead of its time.
I heard that Skyrush might be getting new safety bars. Do you think that could bring the ride to a higher ranking on the list if they're better than the old ones.
Skyrush is definitely my number one at the park. Its actually my number one in the world. I like Storm Runner a lot more than you do, but aside from those (admittedly huge) points, we agree for the most part
I will never get the massive hate for the Skyrush restraints. Especially with Wildcat's Revenge, which has the worst restraints of any RMC (not only is it cramped like all the others, but the enormous plastic seatbelt buckle made the second half incredibly painful) being in the same park. Yes Skyrush feels like it's trying to rip you in half, but you'd get that with any restraint on that insane freak of a coaster.
Came here just to listen to you hate on Skyrush. Was not disappointed. I will also say that I’m an unapologetic lover of Lightning Racer, though it’s been a hot minute since I’ve been to Hershey and my opinion might change when I ride it again.
I mostly agree with your list but I would have storm runner and sky rush at 3 and 4. Storm Runner's launch has so much intensity and I love the snake dive. Sky Rush's restraints never bothered me that much and that first drop is amazing, but it has a lot of rattle in the back that takes away from the ride. But Wildcat's Revenge definitely takes the #1. RMC worked their magic!
I just went to Hershey today. I was not able to hit every coaster, but Sky Rush was hands-down my favorite. I love that drop. Fahrenheit was one of my least favorites. It almost made me sick from all the twists.
Here’s how I rank the coasters at this park based on my trip in 2023: 1. Storm Runner 2. Wildcat’s Revenge 3. Skyrush 4. Candymonium 5. Great Bear 6. Lightning Racer 7. Fahrenheit 8. Jolly Rancher Remix 9. Wild Mouse 10. SooperDooperLooper 11. Comet 12. Trailblazer 13. Laff Trakk 14. Cocoa Cruiser
@@justiceleaguebattleformetr9239 It's very shaky and disorienting. Halfway through I'm thinking "please be over, please be over." It makes me sick and last time my hands went numb.
It’s time for you and Skyrush to understand each other Skyrush is getting new restraints so you should check this ride out again and Hershey already has amazing coasters
5:10 I've been on 8 Vekoma boomerangs in North America and Jolly Rancher REMIX is by far my favorite (even including Sea Serpent at Moreys Piers). The lights, the station music, the tunnel, the candy smoke smell, REALLY enhances the experience big time.
As someone who goes to Hershey every year I think your rankings are fairly accurate except I would put skyrush at 2 behind Wildcats revenge. I also rode roller soaker before it closed and it was pretty boring. The water stuff was neat but the layout was so boring there was nothing else to enjoy so unless it was hot out I always skipped it. To me it would be at the very bottom of the rankings. Good video btw
I went to this park in May 2021 and was surprised at how busy it was. I only ended up getting half of the credits, and of these I also have Skyrush at 6. It really made me appreciate Superman more as far as Intamin Hypers go.
Man after the great season I had at Hershey in 2023, being a SFMM local and having a few months on the east coast for work in the spring/summer, Hershey was my top target and boy did it deliver. Skyrush blew me away and took my #3 spot and most ridden coaster of the year with 57 laps in 6 visits. How can anyone put Pretty Good Bear above Skyrush?! PGB ended up being my least favorite B&M invert of them all (only missing Patriot and one Bat clone in the US). It’s wild how different opinions can be of the same rides. I’ll hand it to Wildcats Revenge, that ended up being #14 for me and 4th RMC behind IG, TwiCol and Steve. I definitely need to get back to Hershey asap for more laps, this park has possibly the most fun and complete coaster collection in the states!
OK, Chris... love your content, editing, and videography skills but I can no longer bite my OCD tongue.... It's "Cand-Y-monium"... not "Cand-A-monium". 😛 I've never been to Hersheypark, but definitely want to go! Keep the content coming! I'm always excited to see when you've posted a new one!
I rode a traveling Chance Toboggan on the French Fair circuit in 2022 and wasn't as bad as I heard of the one at Little Amerika-and I'm like 6ft. If Hershey's pair ran comparable to that, I would put it above Wild Mouse on this list
For several years, Hershey Entertainment and Resorts owned Lake Compounce, and I suppose they were on the verge of becoming a chain themselves. But they hit a rough patch and it didn't happen. Later, they owned Dutch Wonderland for a few years. These days, they mostly own stuff around Hershey--oddly, they do *not* own the Chocolate World attractions; those belong to the chocolate branch of Hershey.
Hershey has some amazing coasters some of the best on the planet and maybe I believe they will get a Giga in 5-10 60% chance from my research if they could get more land which there is a lot next to Candymonium Hershey can build to 350 feet
I honestly found Hershey Park was a bit disappointing. Mostly because of how hyped it's lineup was. It's not a Cedar Point killer, or even Kings Island killer. It's flaw is it seems JUST check boxes with its lineup. Fill a needed niche, but with the minimum required. Their coasters tend to be on the short side, and middle of the pack for their model. Candymonium is a mid hyper, Lightning Racer is a mid GCI, Comet is a mid classic woodie, Great Bear is a below mid invert, Looper is a mid etc, etc. And their previous unique stand out, Skyrush, is unique and forceful, but terribly flawed. Wildcat's revenge though at least bucks the trend a bit. While not a top 5 RMC is definitely above a mid RMC. And the ops are the best of any RMC.
There is a rumor going around that Skyrush is getting new restraints. We'll have to see if that happens or not and what happens to your ranking if it does!
I've never been to HersheyPark, so I don't know what Lightning Racers is like or what Wildcat was like. I saw an interview where GCI stated they were a bit disappointed to not get picked to renovate their first coaster. Do you think it would have been better to have GCI put Titan Track on Wildcat and then have RMC do an I-Box conversion of Lightning Racers?
When I did my video on what each indy parks needs most, I said they should RMC lightning racer. That would have been the most ideal thing, but they did the next best thing
Candymonium is my 2nd favorite B&M hyper, but it only makes it to # 5 at Hershey on my list, behind the 3 Intamins & Lightning Racer. It'll drop to # 6 whenever I get on Wildcats Revenge. That's just a testament to how much I love their lineup. For me, Great Bear is then behind the defunct Wildcat. Over my 20 rides on Wildcat, it gave slightly above average airtime, and was smoother than Voyage. I may have caught it on good days.
Wildcat's Revenge is good, but I wouldn't say great. I put it at #5 on my list. I don't understand this RMC hype; people have been talking about them for years, and I finally get to ride one thinking that it will be some mind-blowingly amazing ride, and it was just good.
@@casedinlight I still haven't ridden Wildcats Revenge, but honestly, it doesn't seem as good as their other hybrids. I'm still excited to ride it, but I will temper my expectations. It sounds like it doesn't focus as much on airtime as other RMCs, even though it still has some. The strong and relentless airtime are more present on other RMCs. I think some people are loving Wildcats Revenge so much because it's so different from other RMCs, and they've ridden many of the others. Maybe one of the others will impress you more. I do understand the feeling when something gets overhyped so much, then you ride it, and you say "That's it?" That happened to me with Fury 325. The coaster community is extremely guilty of overhyping rides far too often, so we need to guard ourselves when it comes to ones we haven't ridden yet.
I'm amazed that great bear is above Fahrenheit, it's easily my least favorite invert and i absolutely adored Fahrenheit especially that ejector hill and norwegian loop!
I feel like Fahrenheit and Wildcat's Revenge are the best coasters there. Stormrunner is too short, but it is really cool for what it is. I agree that Skyrush is mostly filler and I'm not a fan. I actually prefer Apollo's Chariot at BGW and Super Man at Six Flags America to Candymonium, but maybe I'm crazy. Comet is my 3rd favorite coaster there, but fully acknowledge that nostalgia is clouding my judgment. I probably won't ever ride it with the new trains.
Candymonium is one of the best B&M Hypers and Wildcats Revenge was a blast I have no real complaints with Wildcats Revenge. Candymonium is 9.5 I don’t like the trim on the last hill but Candymonium is a long ride but short for a hyper
Some do. Vekoma has quite a few of these, but I think you need the tiny ones for the really small kids. Coasters like Woodstock Express at CP are pretty legit but not for 3 year olds
I so wish this was close to my home. Also, why don't they get rid of the trains that they have on Skyrush and replace them with similar ones that are on Velocicoaster if so many people complain about Skyrush's restraints, and love Velocicoaster's restraint?
