Hersheypark roller coasters: POVs and height to ride

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Extreme Candymonium Steel · Opened 2020 210 fttall76 mphtop speedNeverupside down 54 inches to ride Hyper coaster, over 200 ft Coaster page

Extreme Skyrush Steel · Opened 2012 200 fttall75 mphtop speedNeverupside down 54 inches to ride Coaster page

Extreme Storm Runner Steel · Opened 2004 150 fttall72 mphtop speed3xupside down 54 inches to ride Launched Coaster page

Thrill Wildcat's Revenge Steel · Opened 2023 140 fttall62 mphtop speed4xupside down 48 inches to ride Steel track on a wooden frame Coaster page

Extreme Fahrenheit Steel · Opened 2008 121 fttall58 mphtop speed6xupside down 54 inches to ride Drops past vertical, 97° Coaster page

Thrill Jolly Rancher Remix Steel · Opened 1991 117 fttall47 mphtop speed3xupside down 48 inches to ride Runs forward and backward Coaster page

Thrill Lightning Racer Wooden · Opened 2000 92 fttall51 mphtop speedNeverupside down 48 inches to ride Coaster page

Thrill Great Bear Steel · Opened 1998 90 fttall58 mphtop speed4xupside down Hangs below the track Coaster page

Thrill Comet Opened 1946 84 fttall50 mphtop speedNeverupside down 48 inches to ride Oldest here Coaster page

Thrill Sooperdooperlooper Steel · Opened 1977 70 fttall45 mphtop speed1xupside down 48 inches to ride Coaster page

Family Laff Trakk Steel · Opened 2015 51 fttall40 mphtop speedNeverupside down 42 inches to ride Lowest height to ride here Coaster page

Thrill Wild Mouse Steel · Opened 1999 46 fttall28 mphtop speedNeverupside down 48 inches to ride Wild mouse Coaster page

Thrill Trailblazer Steel · Opened 1974 43 fttall35 mphtop speedNeverupside down 48 inches to ride Mine train Coaster page

Cocoa Cruiser Cocoa Cruiser Opened 2014

Intensity is our own three-step scale from published figures: extreme is 150 feet or taller, 74 mph or faster or 6 or more inversions; thrill is 100 feet or taller, any inversion, or a height to ride over 42 inches; family is a height to ride of 42 inches or less. A coaster those figures do not place has no label. Height to ride is from the park or, where it publishes none, Wikipedia.

Coming soon

Nothing announced

No new coaster is listed as being built at Hersheypark.

Retired coasters

The 6 that used to run here, newest closure first.

Coaster	Ran	What it was
Wildcat1996 to 2022	1996 to 2022	Wooden
Roller Soaker2002 to 2012	2002 to 2012	Steel, cars hang below the track
Mini-Comet1974 to 1978	1974 to 1978	Steel
Toboggan1972 to 1977	1972 to 1977	Steel
Toboggan1972 to 1977	1972 to 1977	Steel
Wildcat1923 to 1945	1923 to 1945	Wooden

Questions

How many roller coasters does Hersheypark have?

14 are operating. 6 more have closed for good.

Which coaster is the tallest, and which is the fastest?

Candymonium is both: 210 feet tall and 76 mph.

What are the height requirements?

From 42 inches to 54 inches. At 48 inches a rider can ride 8 of the 12 with a published height. Only Candymonium, Skyrush, Storm Runner and Fahrenheit need 54 inches. Our sources give no height to ride for Great Bear and Cocoa Cruiser.

What can little kids ride?

Under 42 inches or with an adult: Laff Trakk (42 inches).

Which coasters go upside down?

6 of the 14: Fahrenheit (6 times), Wildcat's Revenge (4 times), Great Bear (4 times), Storm Runner (3 times), Jolly Rancher Remix (3 times) and Sooperdooperlooper (1 times). The rest never turn you over.

Is a new coaster coming?

Nothing announced. No new coaster is listed as being built at Hersheypark.

Closest parks

Straight-line distance from Hersheypark, among US parks with five or more coasters.

60 miles eastDorney Park

Allentown, Pennsylvania. 7 coasters. Tallest: Steel Force, 200 ft.

120 miles eastSix Flags Great Adventure

Jackson, New Jersey. 11 coasters. Tallest: Nitro, 230 ft.

130 miles southeastMorey's Piers

Wildwood, New Jersey. 5 coasters. Tallest: Sea Serpent, 117 ft.

Similar parks

The coaster line-ups closest to Hersheypark's.

Charlotte, North CarolinaCarowinds

Closest match on giant coasters, rides that flip you and tallest coaster.

Coasters10 there, 13 here
Over 200 ft2 there, 2 here
Go upside down5 there, 6 here
Tallest325 ft there, 210 ft here

Jackson, New JerseySix Flags Great Adventure

Closest match on size, tallest coaster and rides that flip you.

Coasters11 there, 13 here
Tallest230 ft there, 210 ft here
Go upside down5 there, 6 here
Over 200 ft1 there, 2 here

Gurnee, IllinoisSix Flags Great America

Closest match on size, tallest coaster and rides that flip you.

Coasters14 there, 13 here
Tallest202 ft there, 210 ft here
Go upside down7 there, 6 here
Over 200 ft1 there, 2 here

Sources

Which coasters are open and closed, plus type, year, height, speed, times upside down and intensity: the Airtime Fever coaster dataset (Hersheypark, read Thu 10/1/2026). Our sources give no height to ride for Great Bear and Cocoa Cruiser. Figures are rounded to the nearest foot and mph.

Closest parks: straight-line distance between park locations from Wikidata (each park's coordinates, or the middle of its coasters' coordinates, read Fri 10/2/2026), rounded to 10 miles, among parks with five or more coasters. Similar parks: counts from the Airtime Fever coaster dataset of the coasters that have a page: height, launches and inversions.

Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: Canobie Coaster (CC BY 3.0), Coasterman1234 (CC BY-SA 3.0), Deron Meranda (Public domain), Epicgenius (CC BY-SA 4.0), Forsaken Fotos from, Maryland (CC BY 2.0), Henryemix (CC0), JCSkipper (CC BY-SA 3.0), Jim, the Photographer (CC BY 2.0), Mike Romano at en.wikipedia (Public domain), Myselfalso (CC BY-SA 3.0), Son (CC BY-SA 3.0). A ride with no usable photo of it shows its name instead.

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Roller coasters at Hersheypark