I had the pleasure of taking a fine trip to Hershey, PA last week for my sixth trip to Hershey Park. Hershey Park is not like any other theme park simply because it is themed around the Hershey chocolate company. So by that respect, it's far superior. Move over, Six Flags.
Hershey Park is special because although it has the theme park aspect of it, (Rides, overly priced games, etc) it has another aspect that makes it unique. Chocolate World! Doesn't that sound like fun? I mean let's be honest, who wouldn't want to visit a place called Chocolate World? Well I certainly would, hence why I visit Chocolate World every time I go to Hershey Park. There is a tour that tells you about the history of chocolate and the Hershey company. And there are singing cows on the chocolate tour, which make it that much better.
And here's the best part. At the end they give you a free (that's right, something free at a theme park) piece of chocolate. And the best part is that it isn't one of those pieces of chocolate you buy at the local gas station that has been sitting there for two weeks, rotting on the shelf. It's fresh and straight from the factory, so you can definitely taste the difference.
Another great part of Chocolate World is the giant gift shop. And I know what some of you are thinking. "Why would you spend all of that money to buy chocolate that you can just buy at the grocery store?" Well, I'll tell you why. It's because A) Like the complimentary chocolate you get after the Chocolate World Tour, it's so much fresher and better tasting than buying it anywhere else and B) Come on, you just HAVE to buy a bar of chocolate from Hershey Park.
that's me!!
Another great part of Hershey Park are the suited characters who squire about the park. Yes, there's Micky and Minnie Mouse but at Hershey Park you can hug a giant Milk Duds! Or take a picture with a giant Hershey Kiss. And they're nice. I've always had a thing about giant characters who walk around theme parks, they always seem so friendly. So of course when I stumbled upon them at Hershey Park I always make an effort to take a picture with them. I hope that doesn't make me a loser.
Have you ever been to Hershey Park? What's your favorite part of going there?
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I used to go every year but it's gotten pricey over the years.
My fav. ride is the Great Bear...rrrrarwr
The mascots scare the shit out of me.
I love this place! Been there twice and I actually want to go again some time soon.
I gotta go! LOL!
i've been begging to go as a family vacation for like forever
screw florida!
i love this place, when i was in college and grad school, my college friends and i would go here all the time because it wasn't too far from Penn State.
I'd like to visit Hershey. Not for the creepy mascots or the theme park rides, but for the chocolate. Yummmmmmy!
I want to go so bad!
Oh man, I've never been there before. I'd love to go though :)
i went here as a kid. i also went to the chocolate factory for a field trip once in elementary school. i would love to go back one day though.
I absolutely love Hershey Park. Love everything about it. The chocolates and the rides are awesome.
I wanna gooooo
I worked in the rides dept. during the summer of my sophomore and junior years of high school ('03-'04). The park itself is absolutely beautiful and nice, but it isn't special to me anymore since I live in the area. :(
I do, however, recommend going there at least once in your life if you're not a local!! Btw, the cookies at Chocolate World are absolutely DELICIOUS.
I live an hour from there and have never been to the amusement park. I've been to Chocolate World twice though, it's pretty cool. I like that when you're driving through Hershey you see all the Hershey kiss lampposts lol.
That looks fun. Chocolattteeee~
Blegh, I've been in the area many times but the closest I've actually been to going inside the theme park was browsing the gift shop outside. I don't like chocolate. I browsed the gift shop and napped in the car as my sister and her friends had "fun" in the theme park. They all came out extremely bored and said that Six Flags was better. Move over, Hershey Park.
actually, most of the chocolate isn't produced in hershey anymore, so it's not necessarily any more "fresh." it used to be until recently. it's a great park, though.
I'm 18, almost 19. I've gone to Hershey Park every single year since I was about 3. It's amazing. (Although it was better before the waterpark made it so crowded. Haha.)
And Chocolate World is free because it's before you enter the actual park, so sometimes when we're feeling cheap or lazy, we'll just ride Chocolate World all day.
Which country is it at? I wanna visit there someday. :)
I went there with my grandfather in 1970. I loved that the benches in the Hershey, PA looked like chocolate bars and the lamp posts had kisses on them. Grandpa explained that it was the only American chocolate he would eat, because Herr Hershey was from Switzerland.
@okaylahbye@xanga - Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
I love Hershey Park!!! I haven't been there in awhile thought! I definitely agree that it's nicer than some of the other theme parks in our area.. like Dorney Park. Hershey is just an all together wonderful experience for all ages.
We went every year from the time I was 6 until we moved to Florida when I was 13. I've been there 3 times since then when we went back to Pennsylvania to see family. I love Hershey Park.
I live ten mins down the road..its lost its appeal.
I had no idea there was a Hershey Park. Now I need to go. Neeeeeeeed!
@the_rocking_of_socks@xanga - I have been there so many times ,I liked it when I was a kid, the lines were not forever long back then. I loved the Super Duper Looper and their old wooden Roller Coaster The Comet and the newer wooden coaster Wildcat.. I live about an hour from there.