World Series Park Battle: Hersheypark vs Six Flags Fiesta Texas (Phillies vs Astros) 

Didn’t think I would see a park battle video again! Awesome to see this series again!

Coasters + Sports is always a win- We need more videos like this! Wow I had no idea these parks were so comparable!

The Phillies have two former Cubs, Schwarber and Castellanos. Astros only have Dusty Baker. Go Phillies.

Love these ideas! Keep making great videos!

Being from Houston, TX + former Diamond Club staff w/ 2 rings WS + ALCS @ Minute Maid Park (You know who I rooting for) Fiesta IS amazing. Hard to believe it's 30 yrs. old already. Pennsylvania has a lot of "old classics". A very fun state for coasters & tradition.

Glad to to see this! the sports and coaster videos are so fun!

yay another park battle! 😎

I HAVE BEEN WAITING!!!

If only Six Flags AstroWorld still existed so it could be represented in a park battle video based on a championship series that features the actual Houston Astros. Additionally, while Dorney Park and Six Flags Great Adventure aren’t as far from Philadelphia as Hersheypark is, I understand why you picked that park so that there is a better comparison to Six Flags Fiesta Texas with how far that park is from Houston. The only other time it would make sense to showcase that park would be whenever the San Antonio Spurs reach the NBA Finals but I don’t think that will happen again for a long time. If the Bills reach the Super Bowl, I’d love to see Six Flags Darien Lake in a park battle video even though they’d more than likely lose since it can’t stack up to a ton of parks in other parts of the country.

The Phillies and Hersheypark have both given me some of my best memories over the years. Good video!

it would be cool to see a series talking about how each park compares to the rest of the industry, pointing out unique things on each one. This would make people see how different their home park might be from the rest of the country, as well as give reasons to visit certain parks

Love the new Intro!

The problem with picking one "home park" for the Phillies' market is that East Pennsylvania and South Jersey have like 6 home parks

Love your vids! Keep up the good work!

Awesome video idea! Hope to see this again.

this was really fun to watch. can you make more park battles. im sure we would all watch them

AWESOME NEW INTRO DUDE

Didn't realize how similar these parks were in ride selection. Hershey park is a great park. Happy you picked Hershey over Dorney. It actually made it a contest. Definitely good video for comparison with major sporting events. I remember the bet between six flags great America and cedar point. Top thrill Cubby. Chicago over Cleveland.

Great video

Perfect vid❗️👌🏽 haven’t been to either but really want to asap 😮‍💨

Good to see Hershey winning since it's my home park, though I definitely want to visit Fiesta Texas someday. Ever since I saw your videos, seeing the way the various coasters and rides interact with the quarry wall makes it look amazing.

I love this series, it almost gives me a reason to care about sports!

Good concept

God I love this channel

Houstonian here. This channel inspired me to travel for coasters. About to get on tatsu 😊 go stros!!

i love the new intro

Best crossover of all time

First off, fun park battle to watch. I haven't been to Texas at all but I'm looking to change that next year. And I was just at Hersheypark for Dark Nights last Sunday, which was cool even if I didn't get to ride much in the second half of the day thanks to rain. Secondly, I already said in DMs on Instagram, but that Game 1 was amazing. I'm really excited for tonight and when it returns to Philly. Third, where were those fireworks from at 10:11? Looks pretty sick

this is epic... idc for baseball but this is really cool

Nice video.

Woah, my two favorite hobbies (mlb and coasters) combined into one video?!

Both parks are ranked high on my bucket-list of parks but I think I'd have to give Fiesta higher priority on that list. Largely due to Sea World being near by, but also because I love parks that take pride in their landscaping. Granted, I could sell a Hershey Park visit to my wife a lot easier than a Texas road trip, but that's my own issue.

I agree with most of your choices. I would put SkyRush over Wonder Women, and I would put Pandemonium over Laff Trakk. Hershey Park is the slightly better park despite the strange part of the lay-out around the water park. RMC Wildcat will give it a solid edge. Hershey is a borderline Top 5 park for me. Fiesta is a borderline Top 10 park for me.

Fun idea for a video! :D

i love the intro

The best thing about this video is, even tho it is only tangentially related to baseball, its still more coverage than ESPN is giving the series

This video was good but as an Astros fan I’d have to say it pissed me off every time you gave Hershey park a point! 😂

I feel like great adventure would be closer to Philly than Hershey park

YESSS MY HOME PARK GETTING SOME LOVE (haven’t commented in over 2 years btw)

Love the vid! Around where is Maxx Force on your list? Just visited SFGAm and I really liked it!

As a Philly local whose family’s home park growing up was HP this was a lot of fun. We’re all excited for the Wildcat RMC! I was actually at Game 5 for the NLCS and no lie it was the greatest live sporting event I’ve ever attended. Regardless of how the series go I’m proud of this team and how much they’ve accomplished. Let’s go Phils! ETA: thanks for the Great Bear love, it’s a great ride that often goes under appreciated!

Me enjoying Chris’s video when all the baseball references go over my head. That said I’m from the country that gave the world cricket 😂

Not sure what other coasters parks are near Houston, but the Philly area has (in addition to HP) SFGA, Dorney, all the Jersey shore beaches (esp. Morey's Pier, which is at the southern tip of NJ), and even Knoebels (roughly the same distance to Philly as HP). I love living in this area!

Great video Chris! I'm on my way to Disney World so probably won't get your response until I land. I'm still salty about my Braves getting knocked out. Oh well. Always next season.

I was going to ask you if Joe West was umping the Wonder Woman/SkyRush match up, because it was a bogus call, but when you said WW has more to it, I couldn't argue with that. Great video as always, Chris.

These are great videos but you should add a water ride category to as those are the most popular behind coasters

I'm actually going to the World Series tomorrow, and it's my first time, I am so excited

A bit of a weird comparo but it would be fun to compare Dorney to AstroWorld right before its closure. For me (in Philly) Dorney is the closest park by a hair, and it's def not the best Cedar Fair park, but it does have 15 years of advancement on AstroWorld. I think it could be close.

i love these videos! unfortunate it had to be fiesta and not the actual astroworld park... also, for what it's worth, great adventure is like half as long of a drive from the phillys' stadium as hersheypark.

Here's how I'd award the points: Candymonium vs. Dr. Diabolical - Candymonium Skyrush vs. Wonder Woman - Skyrush Great Bear vs. Goliath - Goliath Storm Runner vs. Poltergeist - Storm Runner Fahrenheit vs. Superman Krypton - Superman Krypton Laff Trakk vs. Pandemonium - Laff Trakk Jolly Rancher Remix vs. Boomerang - Jolly Rancher Trailblazer vs. Road Runner Express - Road Runner Express Cocoa Cruiser vs. Streamliner - Good call, no points Wild Mouse vs. Batman (clone battle) - Batman 1 point for Lightning Racer 1 point for Comet 1 point for SooperDooperLooper 2 points for Iron Rattler Flat Rides - Fiesta Texas Transport Rides - Fiesta Texas Water Parks - Hersheypark Park Appearance - Fiesta Texas Instead of Photo Ops I'd award Operations. Both are good, but in a surprise upset, I give this to Fiesta Texas. Hersheypark is just overall slower. Dispatches on Fahrenheit and Storm Runner are fairly slow causing long lines. Final score: Phillies 9 - Astros 10 No, I don't watch baseball. But I do prefer Fiesta Texas just barely because I think the top 5 coasters are overall better than Hersheypark's top 5.

Can you do another video like this? Maybe a series like this? This is super interesting.

Never been to either park, but hope to get to Hershey soon after the RMC Wildcat is done.

Don’t know if this has been mentioned, but have you thought about doing a similar video but with the World Cup teams and what is the best we coaster in each country

The Phillies should get an extra point for having 4 major parks (Great Adventure, Dorney, Knobels and Hershey) in the same radius as the drive from Minute Maid Park to Fiesta Texas.

Both parks look really cool. Got some really Great looking rides. Nope, not a fan of baseball. Enjoyed the video.

I feel like it would be better do gadv since most ppl who visit gadv r more likely to be from Philly than hershey since it’s closer, but I understand great video as always

Closer then I thought, but I forgot that this is an airtime thrills video and well skyrush isn’t your favorite ride and that’s why.

I wish you had done this in 2020 for Magic Mountain Vs. Busch Gardens Tampa.

i wouldn’t include height in whether a coaster is better than another. comet is 22 feet taller than invadr, but i enjoy invadr so much more because of how it makes the most of its small stature

As a Braves fan, I don't know if I will ever be able to visit Hersheypark ever again

My GOD, Coaster gods favorite son. This is fantastic. I have only been to one amusement park more than 15 times, and that’s Hershey. And most of those times were from 1980-1986. I love baseball, but not at all like you. College basketball is my fiend sport. Let’s go Cuse. Then Buffalo Bills. But I mean it, somehow you put out mad content with top notch, best in genre quality. Love it. Thank you great Chris. Do you have a Patreon? Drop me a link if you do. #SOPHIERULES

Still closer than I would have thought

keep up the good work!

I was hoping you would do this battle. I had already been thinking about it, and I'm not sure. I think I give a slight edge to Hershey over Fiesta Texas overall, but it's a tough call. They are 2 of my favorite parks of all. With the coaster battles, I have Skyrush>Wonder Woman and Fahrenheit>Superman, so that's a wash. I do think Fiesta Texas has a far superior waterpark, but Hershey having the zoo washes that out. In terms of baseball, I should be pulling for the Phillies, since they're the ones that beat my Braves, but I've been a big Astros fan for a long time, and I've always got the back of a 5'6" player who can be one of the best in the game (Jose Altuve). I've also got family around Houston.

Video idea best theme park of each decade

Hershey Park: we got great theming fun rides good ops and a beautiful park What about you SFFT SFFT: QUARRY WALLLLLL !!!!!!! 😆😆😆 What else SFFT: QUARRRYYYYYYY WALLLLLL! 😆 Anything other than the quarry wall SFFT:We got iron rattler Nice 👍 SFFT: THAT DROPS OFF THE QUARRYYYYYYYY WALLLLLLLLLLLLL 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

I think I prefer SFFT overall but the battle I really wanted to see was sesame place vs pleasure pier and/or Kemah boardwalk!

Additional points: The food is HersheyPark easily. Additional attractions go to HersheyPark with ZooAmaerica being free with your ticket and Chocolate World steps away.

Prime Ride Time Suggestion: Rank each Gerstlauer Eurofighter (yes, including Takabisha and Shellraiser) but rank them on the steepness of their first drop.

YESSIR MY PHILS AND HERSHEY PARK

Fiesta seems to be a nicer park but I would rather see phili win the WS...so we will wait and see

The second t shows us the best coaster that I have ever ridden Fury 325

I love Hershey park, but my dad is a massive astros fan, so it was so hard not to cheer on Hershey park 😂😂😂

Phillies in 5. Mad respect for the pull our way, and this was made before the first game… I wonder your take now after our 5-0 comeback last night. It’s almost as if acts of God just keep saving the phills 😂

Looks like there is a Hersheypark Vs. Six Flags Fiesta Texas video is out! By the way, Hersheypark has more roller coasters than Six Flags Fiesta Texas have.

I’m not much of a sports fan but I am happy for my home team (Phillies) for making it to the World Series. As I’ve never seen them even get close to that point

Rip old intro

Little does he know that the Astros somehow one 4-1.

I'm excited that Hersheypark wins because of being a ride operator there

Would have been interesting to look at astroworld’s lineup

I understand that Houston doesn't have a home amusement park (anymore) but why Six Flags Fiesta Texas? They also have Six Flags Over Texas. How did you decide between the two?

wonder how this video would go if Astroworld were still around to be the Astros' park rep

Now with WR, Hersey has a match for IR. This further proves how great Hershey is.

I know you have been all over and have ridden everything lol. I know you have ridden nitro at GA and candymonium at Hershey park. Only hyper coaster I have ridden is nitro and I'm afraid of heights to a degree but love coasters ,I know it's weird but true lol . Is candymonium steeper than nitro going up the lift hill ,going up lift ,especially anything steep is scary

Fiesta Texas is my home park so I am definitely bias but even with 2 RMCs I would easily give the edge to Hershey Park, Hershey is a reliable 7th inning win with Fiesta needing to fight down to the wire.

Haven't seen the video yet but I'm already betting Hersheypark Edit: I was right, but at the end of the day they both look amazing

You could arguably use Six Flags Great Adventure instead because of distance reasons. It's not really that far up in New Jersey, so it would be more than legitimate, but that probably pertains more to Phillies fans living in NJ than Phillies fans living in PA

One is a juggernaut and the other is fiesta Texas

Missed out on another category that Hershey would have won, Best Restauraunt. The Chocolatier is phenomenal and not too bad price wise

GO PHILLIES Hershey is one of my two home parks there and Dorney

Kind of biased because fiesta is my home park, but the photo ops available on the VIP tour, some of which are in the video, are really good opportunities. You also forgot to mention the firework show that jeffery tries to do as often as possible!

Love Hershey but they aren’t expanding quick enough for attendance that seems to be going up each year, that place gets slamed.

One year later… Iron Rattler gets paired with Wildcat’s Revenge

Category: Fast Lane merge points. The major coaster merge points at Hersheypark are awful except for Fahrenheit. All the merge points at Fiesta Texas are outstanding (station waits or less) except for Poltergeist. With a Flash Pass, Fiesta Texas is a far more enjoyable park.

I love how houston is represented by a park all the way in a completely different city lol

I think choosing fiesta Texas vs Hershey park was a good park battle, but for where the teams are located, I feel like dorney park vs Astroworld would’ve been a better battle as there both small parks, and are close to where the teams are located.

Definitely should of considered food because Hershey has a some amazing desserts. But ngl I'm happy Hershey pulled it off.

I love your channel but I don’t think I can physically watch videos where you diss sky rush

Oh, of course Chris picks Wonder Woman over Skyrush

honestly in terms of just coaster collections the only parks that could probably give Hershey a run for its money (quality-wise) are Cedar Point and maybe Kings Island. Once RMC Wildcat goes up it might just be Cedar Point. If Hershey gets a giga there's not a park on earth that can touch it