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Hersheypark is still a lot of fun. I haven't been in almost 30 years and there were some nice changes. The price is nuts, but there are a lot of fun rides. Sadly, the kids were too little/too afraid of the big rides, so I only rode 2 roller coasters. Hopefully more next time. The park was generally clean and they even had some food my brother-in-law (who is allergic to dairy has Celiac disease) could eat!The parking is nuts. Don't bother buying online or on the app. Four of us tried the app website on 4 different phones (2 iPhone, 2 android). None of us were able to complete a purchase. Plus, parking at the park is $25. If you could complete a purchase on the app, you'd only save $2. They give you a $5 discount, then charge $3 for the convenience (really inconvenience in our experience), so you'd still pay $23. Not worth the hassle!

Amusement park, tickets you can buy online and get a discount for that along with parking. Good thing is you don't need to select dates times on general tickets but you do need add ons to select times (if you want fast track, etc. . Opens at 10a or earlier, you get an hour earlier if you stay at the Hershey Hotel. The night closure is 9p or later depending on the day check the schedules. They have night tickets only, full day, two day, weekday (M Th summer and usually don't need to select dates (they're good until end of summer, etc. . Various food packages, too.Rides have varying height requirements. All the best rides (fastest looping etc. require you to be Twizzler height (54 60 or Jolly Rancher (60 . If you're shorter, Hershey's (48 54 , Reese (42 48 , Kisses (36 42 or Miniatures (shorter than 36 . There are whole water park sections and areas you can change into swimsuits and backpack storage all over. Security wasn't bad coming in, line moved at a good clip. Also you get free access to the ZooAmerica animal exhibits. Clean but every once in a while you had people smoking which is not allowed but didn't see any of the staff stop it.Lots of carnival like games, but the kiosks have a $20 minimum. Pro tip: The lady at the skee ball game by Comet rollercoaster can do $5 cards. Snack and food restaurants like the Chick fil A or Nathans or Dippin' Dots, plus generic ones, too. Bumper cars, a back and forth looped skyview tram and monorail (single loop were easier for the little kids and adults to relax. Small versions of many of the rides, too.Rollercoasters vary, I only was able to try a couple, but ride wait times were between 30 45min mostly for the popular ones during the day. Only 10min at the start of the day. Comet was faster and more entertaining than I though it'd be, and smooth for a wooden coaster. Laff Trakk is completely indoors, so much smoother than the outdoor ones and similar to Disney like (albeit the story isn't as good . Wild Mouse is tough on the neck and back, so better for the kids as it jerks back and forth like a mouse on a track. Speaking of fast track is it worth it? I don't think for an extra $80 150 a person day, either of the options (skip once a day per ride or unlimited made sense. None of the rides for the most part had separate lines for fast track, it just dumped you into the middle to mid front part of the lines and still had to wait lots of complaints at Laff Trakk for instance from the couple behind us with the wristbands and they still had to wait 20 50min a ride... maybe if it was only an extra $25 40 a person?Exit takes you through the Hershey store, of course. Air conditioned so you feel better there than the rest of the park, though they do have water fans and sprinklers all over the park, and reasonable trees and shade here and there. Parking lot was big, but free for all parking (not super directed , and a tram that takes you to the front and stops at various parts of the lot. Walk isn't bad though, and Chocolate World is right in the front, too.Overall entertaining for a day but I'm not sure I'd do more than a day of this and a day of the Chocolate World (really 2 3hr there .

Took the family to the Dark Nights on a cold Fall weekend. The weather was dry but a bit windy. There were so many people, a lot of the rides were closed, causing the lines on the open ones to be long. Food lines were also very long. Not too many places to get proper food.We didn't bother to stay for the Dark Nights. The experience could've been better.

We took our kids 5, 5 and 8 to Hershey park last weekend and 90% of the kids rides were not running at all! There was no notification about this on the website, in fact it stated that during Halloween season that they were running. My kids were so disappointed and we spent so much money for them to just walk around and they got to ride 3 rides. And because most of the kids rides were closed, we had to wait in super long lines for them. Their response after asking why this was happening was it 's because of Dark Nights which starts at 6pm. We got there at opening which was noon. This trip which is almost 2 hour drive and cost over $300 for our family for little to nothing. Terrible experience

I love Hershey Park as I take my family every year for the past 5-7 years straight. I am able to get group tickets for a minimum of 20 tickets or more which is a true savings. I also purchase the parking pass with was $20 in advance and $25 at the door which has went up from 2022 to 2023. There is a tram that drops you right at the front door of the park including Chocolate World. The tram runs all day back and forth. The front entrance has been remodeled which is nice however, I haven't had time to truly explore as of yet. I was able to bring in two bottles of water which was a cost savings for drinking so many soft drinks throughout the day. The sovereign cups have went up to about $20 per cup and the drink fill up stations allows you to scan with a few seconds to get your beverage.....so please get your ice first as the timer starts as soon as you scan the barcode on the cup. On hot days, Of course the water park is completely plum full with hardly any where to sit to park your belongings. I try to take off of work and plan for mid week days which allows for a better experience with less crowds. Also, The water park is towards the back of park so be prepared to walk. The cons about the park~ The park closes early 8pm which I feel a later closing time will worked so much better. Chocolate World closes at the same time as the park which it use to stay open 1 hour after the park closed which allows time to explore the activities inside. A lot of the kiddie rides did not have attendants to operate which they were closed. I will be returning next summer during the week day as I did not get a chance to get on their newest ride.