Skyrush In 4K At Night | Front Seat | POV | Hersheypark |
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Stats:
Opening Date:May 26, 2012
Type:Steel
Manufacturer:Intamin
Designer:Werner Stengel
Model:Hyper Coaster
Track Layout:Twister
Lift System:Cable
Height:212 ft (65 m)
Drop:200 ft (61 m)
Speed:75 mph (121 km/h)
Inversions:0
Max Vertical Angle:85°
G-force:5
Height Restriction:54–77 in (137–196 cm)
Trains:2 trains with 8 cars. Riders are arranged 4 across in a single row for a total of 32 riders per train.
History:
Skyrush is an Intamin prototype Wing Coaster with winged seating at Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania. It opened to the general public on May 26, 2012. Skyrush is Hersheypark's 12th roller coaster, and its third coaster made by Intamin. Skyrush is the tallest and fastest roller coaster located at Hersheypark. Skyrush features a 212-foot (65 m) cable lift (measured to the creek floor) that raises the train at a 17.8-mile-per-hour (28.6 km/h) rate. The roller coaster is located in The Hollow section of Hersheypark, next to the Comet and SooperDooperLooper, and the ride itself is mainly set above Spring Creek.
The attraction was proposed to Derry Township on August 17, 2010. The attraction was described as reaching a maximum height of 212.6-foot (64.8 m) . In a subsequent meeting, the park shared a potential blueprint of a roller coaster.
Preceding the announcement of the ride, Hersheypark engaged in a viral marketing campaign to promote the attraction (called "Project 2012" - see the sections below). The campaign released concepts about the attraction in a series of clues, though none of them were officially confirmed. However, certain things came out from governmental sources, due to the attraction's interaction with Spring Creek, a creek that runs through the park. It includes work in and around the creek, the mentioned diagram, as well as a potential name of the ride, Skyrush.
Skyrush was announced on August 2, 2011, in the Comet Hollow section of Hersheypark, approximately where the station of the ride will be. An on-board POV video of the ride was shown, as well the announcement of the name, Skyrush. The ride will reach a maximum height of 212 feet (65 m), drop 200 feet (61 m), reach speeds of approximately 75 miles per hour (121 km/h), with a 3,600-foot (1,100 m) long track. The coaster will have trains that are of extended width of the traditional 2-across Intamin trains with two additional seats that hang off the width of the chassis, allowing guests to "ride on the edge." The other two Intamin coasters in the park: Fahrenheit and Storm Runner, have the two across trains. Each train weighs 13 tons when empty.
By August 15, 2011, bright goldenrod painted pieces of single and double spine Intamin track began to appear at the park for the coaster's construction. Then in December 2011, the park added a webcam of the ride construction on their official website to allow park fans and roller coaster enthusiasts to watch the progress.
On May 2, 2012, Hersheypark began testing Skyrush with water dummies and opened Skyrush to the public on May 26, 2012, attracting many more guests than usual at Hersheypark. Skyrush closed early in the 2012 season due to a maintenance issue and reopened April 6, 2013.
On April 21, 2019, Skyrush closed unexpectedly. No official statement from the park was made, however speculations say that Skyrush's structure was damaged during the construction of Hersheypark's new for 2020 addition, Hershey's Chocolatetown. Skyrush was reopened as of late June 2019.
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