SkyRush and Candymonium

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Now that Hersheypark has announced a seemingly similar (to most guests) ride to SkyRush for next year, I wonder if SkyRush May be on the chopping block for the near future? SkyRush has always seemed too intense and out of place at that park. Now that the seemingly similar (but likely far less intense) Candymonium has been announced for a location fairly close in the park to SkyRush, I’d guess it’ll basically “replace” SkyRush in the near future. Think about it, their height is very close, top speed very close, and both are basically the same style of ride. Why build a so similar ride practically next to each other then? Sure, few enthusiasts are going to complain about having two hypers in the same park, and if their heights were drastically different, like at Carowinds or Canada’s Wonderland, I’d think probably both were going to stay, but they’re not. Anyone these thinking this?

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I hope they keep them both. Skyrush is awesome.

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I hope they keep them both. Skyrush is awesome.

It comes down the maintenance of the rides.

HP will have a great lineup with 2 B&Ms and 3 Intamins. And these are great rides. 5 awesome coasters plus the woodies.

What they need to do now as advertise on a national level. Run ads on electronic billboards at MCO and LAX airports. Put ads in the in-flight magazines on jets, the page from the GTA.

If they were going to lose a ride, it would be Sidewinder (Boomerang), because that's Old Skool. I've been to Hershey a few times and I've never gone on that ride. They would build another bridge over the rail road track and connect it to the water park. Or put an RMC Raptor in that spot.

The other rides to lose would be the Old Skool water rides.
Tidal Force - Shoot the Chutes
Coal Cracker - Flume

Tidal Force is taking up all that space that would be used for the water park, or some flat rides.

The thing about Coal Cracker is it's intertwined with Great Bear and Sooper Dooper Looper, so I don't think they could put anything else in that spot other than flat rides, but they would save on maintenance costs.

The life span of those Old Skool water rides has to be coming to an end.

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If I were a betting man, I would probably put Tidal Force on the top of the list of endangered rides. It takes up a huge plot of land that basically almost bisects the water park in half. Even if it wasn’t replaced immediately, it’s removal would open up the ability to traverse the Boardwalk much easier and probably shave a couple minutes trying to get to the back of Midway America.