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HersheyPark - Ride On The Sidewinder, front seat ride POV! Wow! Hershey Park steel rollercoaster

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HersheyPark - Front seat ride on The Sidewinder, HersheyPark's classic steel boomerang rollercoaster.
Sidewinder is a steel roller coaster located at Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania. While the coaster itself is a standard Vekoma Boomerang, this installation is notable because it was the first Vekoma Boomarang to use Vekoma trains (previous Boomarangs used Arrow trains). For the 2011 season, the Sidewinder's trains were replaced with Vekoma's modern trains, similar to the train on Carowinds' Carolina Cobra. This ride was also the first coaster installed in the park in 14 years since the SooperDooperLooper in 1977. With a total of 3 loops in the ride's structure, and the fact that the ride operates in both directions, a single ride involves riders being turned upside down 6 times. In October, when Hersheypark is decorated in a Halloween theme (Hersheypark in the Dark), Sidewinder is dubbed Scarewinder.


Location: Hersheypark
Status: Operating
Opened: May 11, 1991
Type: Steel - Shuttle - Boomerang
Manufacturer: Vekoma
Model: Boomerang
Lift/launch system: Cable and Chain lift hill on both towers
Height: 116.5 ft (35.5 m)
Length: 935 ft (285 m)
Max speed: 47 mph (76 km/h)
Inversions: 6 (3 forward, 3 backward)
Duration: 1:48
Capacity: 760 riders per hour
Max G force: 5.2

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  • this summer I'm goin wit my school

  • Backwards: That is why I always take the middle seat.

  • My friend forced me on this ride and i was TERRIFIED! lol

  • Love this park and this ride. I really cant wait for my next ride on the monorail past the chocolate factory. Really good memories, thanks a bunch for the upload.

  • backwards dude lol

  • @ImMrDope lol i do not remeber this ride lol

  • @twirler2016 Yes! 

  • Is this still at Hershey?

  • from all the rides you've recorded this one looks the craziest.

  • its a great ride, but my dad and i almost threw up our guts afterwards! :D

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