Hersheypark

Hersheypark (known as Hershey Park until 1970) is a family theme park situated in Hershey, Derry Township, Pennsylvania, United States, about 15 miles (24 km) east of Harrisburg, and 95 miles (153 km) west of Philadelphia. Founded in 1907 by Milton S. Hershey, as a leisure park for the employees of the Hershey Chocolate Company, as of 2011, the park is wholly and privately owned by Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company. The park has won several awards, including the the IAAPA Applause Award. The park opened its first roller coaster in 1923, the Wild Cat, an early Philadelphia Toboggan Company coaster. In 1970, Hershey Park began a redevelopment plan which made the park into the new Hersheypark. The 1970s brought the first looping...