Talk:Hersheypark/Archive 1

Bring your own food
Under the dining it states that signs are provided against bringing your own food, but a poster added that this is rarely enforced. Dumb answer. People will bring food and say that wikipedia said they could. Hersey decides the rules of the park, NOT wikipedia. I'm deleting the reference about enforcement because that is a stupid thing to include. 68.5.97.182 (talk) 02:49, 20 March 2010 (UTC)


 * The signs used to use the term "foodstuffs," in the big, airbrushed lettering (with little starburst accents) that Hersheypark loved once upon a time. This had to have been the most prominent use ever of the word "foodstuffs" in a public setting. PurpleChez (talk) 12:48, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

Photograph
That main photo is AWFUL. Surely there is a better picture around, it's just a mass of steel, there isn't even a train in it. Please change it someone. PMBO 15:29, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Done. User:TheSilverAce 09:19, 17 June 2007

Renaming Article
I propose renaming the article 'Hersheypark' due to the fact that that is how it is most commonly spelled.

Reasons:
 * All instances of the name inside the park are in all capitals.
 * Ergo, there should be no capitalisation change halfway through the name, as was before in the article, 'HersheyPark'


 * All instances of the name inside the park are one word.
 * Ergo, the article should be renamed as one word, not two.

For these reasons, the article should be permanently renamed 'Hersheypark', rather than 'Hersheypark' being a redirect to the incorrect name 'Hershey Park'

(sorry Brian - late signing now) Apjake 23:17, 27 July 2005 (UTC)


 * For- I agree that the article should be renamed to Hersheypark and that Hershey Park should redirect to Hersheypark, instead of how it is now, which is back words as you have said. Let us vote and after a week go with the consensus. Also, could you sign your comments with four ~'s as it says at Sign your posts on talk pages? Brian Sisco 13:27, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

Hersheypark's official name is HersheyPark. Before 1971, it was known as Hershey Park.
 * If this is so, then they make absolutley no effort to spell it like that. The title of hersheypark.com is "Hersheypark, PA Amusement Park..." The street name is Hersheypark Drive, not HersheyPark drive. They have enough clout that if they wanted it to be HersheyPark Drive to match what you say is the proper spelling, they would. [[Image:Pentacle_1.svg|20px]]Search 4 Lancer [[Image: Flag of Pennsylvania.svg|25px]] 06:43, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

I contacted Hersheypark directly about this issue. The response I received was: "Beginning with the 1971 season, "Hersheypark" was the name used instead of the former Hershey Park. I do not recall the "P" being capitalized after the name was changed to just one word." So, according to Hersheypark, it's been "Hersheypark" (with a lower case p) for nearly 40 years. I too seem to recall seeing it rendered "HersheyPark" once upon a time, but according to the park itself it's Hersheypark. PurpleChez (talk) 14:43, 10 May 2010 (UTC)

ZOOAMERICA
ZOOAMERICA is spelled in all caps, and that's all there is to it, so please stop changing it. By visiting a variety of activity stations throughout ZOOAMERICA Wildlife Park" Lancer Sykera 18:34, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
 * See their site: http://www.hersheypa.com/attractions/zooAmerica/index.php
 * "Saturday, November 12 and Sunday, November 13
 * ZOOAMERICA North American Wildlife Park
 * 100 West Hersheypark Drive
 * P.O. Box 866
 * Hershey, PA 17033-0866

Two things
First, I agree that the proper capitalization is HersheyPark (one word, both H and P capitalized), though internally it is always written HERSHEYPARK.

Second, I added a "Corporate" section, and will probably also start an article for the Hershey Trust. The park has a rather convoluted (but quite interesting, at least for an employee) history in this regard. What is there now is (to the best of my knowledge, again as an employee) the current structure of ownership and whatnot. Anybody with more info... that would be splendiforous.

Thanks,

Ulaireminya 06:39, 3 February 2006 (UTC)


 * An article already exists for The Hershey Trust as well as the Hershey Entertainment and Resorts Company. However both links could use more information.  myselfalso 14:41, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
 * aha! It's bee hiding from me. Thanks.
 * Ulaireminya 16:14, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Flying Falcon
Does anybody know what's going on with the Flying Falcon? I noticed a few days ago that it is largely disassembled, and only the tower remains. Search 4 Lancer 22:43, 3 June 2006 (UTC)


 * It's "Standing But Not Operating" at the moment. It should be running sometime this summer. --myselfalso 04:42, 6 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Interesting, thanks. So... I guess a safe guess is major mechanical work, which couldn't be done on-site, eh? Search 4 Lancer 05:13, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

The Falcon was getting much-needed new parts over the summer. It opened back up in July.

The Boardwalk at Hershey
So i was working at Hersheypark today as a the supervisor and all these media people came and i got drift of the new Boardwalk thing. Their website is really cool. I can't wait till next season! Mate Nagy 02:31, 13 July 2006 (UTC)Mate

Defunct attractions merger
I think that it is a bad idea to merge the defunct attractions article into this one. It has enough information to merit a seperate article and a mention on this one. What do you think?

ed 23:59, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Oppose Adding Defunct Hersheypark Attractions to Hersheypark would make Hersheypark to long. Branson03 19:06, 8 February 2007 (UTC) Oppose. It merits being it's own article. --myselfalso 00:08, 9 February 2007 (UTC) Oppose Long enough for its own article. Unc1242 18:53, 28 March 2007 (UTC)


 * It has been 5 months, it looks like the consensus is oppose. Branson03 15:55, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Dining
Is there a Crustano's Deli in Hersheypark? I couldn't find any reference to it in a quick web search. --Rich Janis 22:28, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes there is. It's on the right hand side as you walk from the Carousel to the Comet. Nybound 15:58, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Citation needed
The Hersheypark section has the following sentence, which seems to have originated in the edit of "23:37, 9 September 2006 71.224.252.111":
 * "Until the early 1960's African-Americans were not employed at any of the Hershey enterprises due to a policy set by Milton Hershey himself."

If that's true, a citation would be great, and the statement could usefully be added to The_Hershey_Company, which describes a recent reverse-discrimination investigation.

However, the statement is very broad--perhaps overly so, as evidenced by the following. According to the | Hershey Community Archives page titled, "ORIGINS OF HOTEL HERSHEY", the hotel's floorplan included a "Colored Helps Locker Room" in 1933. Whether this refers only to employees of the hotel's guests, or the hotel did have African-American employees in 1933, it still reinforces the need for a good citation.

--Rich Janis 09:51, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

About the Photo
I fixed it. I changed it to the skyview of the park that was originally at the middle of the page.

Milton Hershey School
I added and changed some things to the Milton Hershey School page. I'm an alumnus who just happened to come across the page ...

Dcsman 00:55, 19 June 2007 (UTC)dcsmanDcsman 00:55, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

2008 plans
At Hersheypark, one of the lifeguards at the boardwalk told me that western chute chute-out and canyon ruver rapids will be removed for next year, with canyon river rapids being replaced by a 7-ft deep wave pool. has anyone else heard anything about this?

69.249.94.0 19:45, 31 July 2007 (UTC)


 * I was just informed that Western Chute-Out, Canyon River Rapids, and Pioneer Virtual Theater are all going to be gone. Well, I was told that if I want to ride any of them, I better do it soon. I was also told that an announcement is to be made next Thursday (August 9) on the plans, and that it's "very, very exciting." I don't find a wave pool to be all that exciting, so I'm not so sure about that. Search4Lancer 05:22, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

69.249.94.0 19:45, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
 * While, now we know the truth


 * There is going to be a new roller coaster next year called Fahrenheit

Branson03 01:15, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

I guess the '09 plans explain the other half of my question-too bad, really. 68.38.86.22 (talk) 18:25, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Sections of the park
Back in the day there was a section of the park called Der Deitschplatz. I might not be spelling that right--Pennsylvania German is based on Germany German but it does vary here and there, but that's how it sounded--the Dutch Place. I'm sort of fuzzy on where it was...Rhineland may have faded into it, and it might have taken in the craft barn. I have no idea when they phased it out...maybe I'll check.... PurpleChez (talk) 12:54, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

http://www.themeparkreview.com/parks/photo.php?pageid=198&linkid=4095&pageno=1 that booklet mentions it and talks about it, so you are right. I work at the Hersheypark, and if I remember tomorrow I will ask and find out about it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.173.179.220 (talk) 03:45, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Mini Comet/Little Comet (Hersheypark)


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Tudor Grill
The article describes the Tudor Grill as outside the park. While it's outside the main gates it's still within the park, in the "Tudor Square" theme area. Also, it reports that it was formally called "Pippin's Something or Other." I don't doubt that this is true, but I would swear that when I was a kid it was called The Tudor Grill. After 30+ years memories aren't always reliable, so I'll try to confirm this. Either way, it now has a completely different name...something really lame like "The Hershey Place"...they actually had a naming contest. I'll try to document all of this. I also remember that when I was really young the Chocolate House (same name but now a gift shop) was a chocolate dessert restaurant. PurpleChez (talk) 23:25, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

It was Pippin's before it was Tudor Grill. --Son (talk) 13:01, 29 July 2011 (UTC)
 * It's changed again now anyway. Was Tudor at the beginning of this season, but changed in the early summer. Can't recall the name right now, but heading back next week, so I'll try to remember to post it here. HanokOdbrook (talk) 17:37, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Someone beat me to it - it is now HersheyPark Place. It changed early during their open season.HanokOdbrook (talk) 12:11, 13 September 2011 (UTC)