HersheyPark - Ride On The Comet again, back seat ride POV! Wow! Hershey Park wooden rollercoaster

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HersheyPark - Back seat ride on The Comet, HersheyPark's classic wooden rollercoaster.
Built in 1946 by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company (PTC) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the coaster features an out and back track layout. When built it was jointly owned by Hershey Park and PTC. The Comet goes up an 84 foot lift, and then drops 96 feet at 52°, according to Hersheypark. Though Hersheypark claims this to be the correct number, other people dispute this measurement and say that the drop is the same as the lift, at 84 feet. After the first drop, also called the "Chocolate Drop," the train goes up a hill and then makes a 180 degree turn, drops back down another hill, goes up a small hill, and then up a larger hill, making another 180 degree turn. After the turn, there is another drop, and after a bunny hill, the track makes a right turn ("dog leg"), going through several bunny hills before another 180 degree turn. Following the second set of bunny hills is a left turn, two bunny hills and the then the train slows into the station. As is typical, the train usually sits for a few moments before coming around into the station because of an extra "brakage" that served as an unloading point until the Comet was renovated in the mid 1990s. By having a "load" and "unload" point, the ride could handle three trains, as it did when it was built.

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  • I want to see the front women not the back

  • This is the OLD COMET from Crystal Beach Canada isn't it!!! I've ridden that thing a zillion times when it was on the Great Lake of Lake Erie! Wow!!!

  • Cool shoulder bro!!!

  • @hande7 front

  • is the ride better in the front or back?

  • yay im going to hershey park tommrrow! :D

  • i like your vids there really cool. but this is one of my least favorite rides at hershey though haha i mean it can be fun i just dont like it to much.

  • Nice backside view! Keep this good videos coming!

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