Amusement Parks In My Lifetime

  • Nothing Major

    Nothing major happened this year at Hersheypark.
  • Talon

    Talon
    Talon opened at Dorney Park. It is on the spot where some of the track of Cedar Creek Cannonball was, which is still in operation, but with a smaller track.
  • Roller Soaker

    Roller Soaker
    Roller Soaker opened at Hersheypark, as well as the Mini Scrambler, Livery Stables, and the Mini Pirate.
  • Meteor

    Meteor
    Meteor opened at Dorney Park.
  • The Claw

    The Claw
    The Claw & Frontier Flyers opened at Hersheypark.
  • New Water Slides

    New Water Slides
    Patriots's Plunge, Wildwater Rapids, and Jumpin' Jack Splash were all added to Wildwater Kingdom.
  • Storm Runner

    Storm Runner
    Storm Runner opened at Hersheypark
  • Revolution

    Revolution
    Revolution opened at Dorney Park
  • Canceled Coaster

    Canceled Coaster
    A new roller coaster, Turbulence, was supposed to open this year. However, due to disagreements with the manufacturer, it was never installed.
  • Hydra: The Revenge

    Hydra: The Revenge
    Hydra: The Revenge opened this year, replacing the wooden roller coaster Hercules. It is the first coaster to feature a "jojo roll" (a pre-lift hill inversion). Also, the additional charge Screamin' Swing ride.
  • Reese's Xtreme Cup Challenge

    Reese's Xtreme Cup Challenge
    A laser-gun target-shooting ride, Reese's Xtreme Cup Challenge, opened this year. It's Team Chocolate vs Team Peanut Butter as this ride takes you through as course of targets to shoot while your car drives by. While it does keep score, the winners do not get a prize.
  • 2nd Wave Pool

    2nd Wave Pool
    Wildwater Kingdom's 2nd wave pool, Wildwater Cove, opened this year. It replaced the Season Pass parking area. It is smaller than the other one, but it features geysers and wall sprayers in the shallow end.
  • Waterpark!!!

    Waterpark!!!
    Hersheypark opened the waterpark section of the park, The Boardwalk at Hersheypark. It includes many waterslides and the largest multilevel, interactive water-play structure in the world. It also includes the previously existing water rides surrounding the waterpark.
  • Aqua Racer

    Aqua Racer
    Wildwater Kingdom added the Aqua Racer water slide. It's a multi-lane water slide that you ride down on a rubber mat.
  • Possesssed

    Possesssed
    Possessed, the first suspended linear induction impulse coaster in the Northeast, opened at Dorney Park. It was originally introduced as Voodoo.
  • Fahrenheit

    Fahrenheit
    A new steel coaster, Fahrenheit, opened. It replaced the Western Chute-Out slide. It features a 90 degree first hill and a 97 degree drop. Also opened this year, was the Howler, which is right across from Fahrenheit.
  • The SEAquel

    The SEAquel
    Hersheypark expands the Boardwalk with a wave pool and lazy river in The Boardwalk SEAquel.
  • Nothing Major

    Nothing major happened this year at Dorney Park.
  • Nothing Major

    Nothing major happened this year at Hersheypark.
  • Demon Drop

    Demon Drop
    Demon Drop, an elevator-style drop tower, opened this year at Dorney Park. It was previously located at Cedar Point in Ohio.
  • Nothing Major

    Nothing major happened this year at Hersheypark.
  • Planet Snoopy

    Planet Snoopy
    Dorney Park's kiddie area, Camp Snoopy, is re-named to Planet Snoopy, and many new rides are added to the area.
  • Stinger

    Stinger
    A new, inverted boomerang coaster, called Stinger, opened this year at Dorney Park. This coaster replaced the steel coaster Laser, which still operates in Germany as a traveling fair attraction called Teststrecke. Also opened this year was Dinosaurs Alive, which features animatronic dinosaurs and is located near the entrance to Steel Force.
  • Skyrush

    Skyrush
    Skyrush, the world's first winged coaster (roller coaster with winged seats), opened this year at Hersheypark.
  • More Water

    More Water
    This year added more water to the waterpark section with the addition of Shoreline Sprayground, which replaced the Roller Soaker.
  • Nothing Major

    Nothing major happened this year at Dorney Park.
  • Kiddie Rides

    Kiddie Rides
    2014 saw the addition of 3 new kiddie rides. These were the Cocoa Cruiser, a kiddie roller coaster that replaced the Tiny Timbers log flume ride; the Sweet Swing; and the Tea Cups.
  • Snake Pit

    Snake Pit
    This year, Snake Pit, a new waterslide complex that features several new slides, including one that has the floor drop from underneath you, opened. This attraction replaced the Lilly Pads and the Riptide Run water rides. Another Note for this year is that the Hang Time ride was removed.
  • Cedar Creek Flyers

    Cedar Creek Flyers
    A flyers ride called Cedar Creek Flyers was added to the park this year. It is located behind Stinger. Also, following this season, the park removed both the Chance Carousel and Screamin' Swing rides.
  • Laff Trakk

    Laff Trakk
    This year, Hersheypark's 13th roller coaster, Laff Trakk, opened. It's the first indoor, spinning glow-coaster in the U.S. It is on the former site of the Granny Bugs, Miniature Train, and Pony Parade kiddie rides, which were moved to another spot in Midway America. It features several references to past Funhouses that were at Hersheypark in the past.
  • New Trains

    New Trains
    The Thunderhawk wooden coaster got brand new train, a new paint job, and new lights being put along the outline of the coaster that all hearken back to the 1924 coaster's classic design.
  • Chocolate Tour

    Chocolate Tour
    Although not inside the park itself, it is worth noting that the Hershey's Great American Chocolate Tour attraction inside Hershey's Chocolate World was re-opened with its brand new look. it features new animatronics, a new narrator, and the revival of the jungle themed waiting line that had been previously cut off after the entrance was moved to its current location.
  • Hershey Triple Tower

    Hershey Triple Tower
    Hersheypark's plans for 2017 have been confirmed to be the park's first drop tower ride and the first choose-your-thrill triple tower in the United States.
  • Something old, something new

    Something old, something new
    For 2017, Dorney Park is bringing back the bumper cars. They will most likely be where Hang Time was. They will also be adding a new ride called the kaleidoscope, which will probably be going where the Screamin' Swing was. These among other non-rides will be added for 2017.