This short chairlift provides a round trip ride over the center part of Hersheypark.Drive bullwheel.Station building.Each carrier is themed with a different Hershey’s candy brand.Return bullwheel.There are only two towers outside of the stations.Crossing over a river.Tower 2.The lift crosses over a roller coaster as well.Drive equipment.Loading area.Towers 2 and 3.Return terminal structure.Lift overview.
One can see how Hersheypark had to be very creative with building the roller coasters in this area, both of which were built much later than the Skyview. SuperDooperLooper was built in 1977, and Great Bear was built in 1998. Great Bear is where the builders had to be very creative, which is why it has that helix after the lift hill but before the first drop (something unusual for B&M inverts), and giving the chairlift clearance had to be factored into the Immelman loop.
Great Bear is the black and grey one, where the track hangs below the support structure. SooperDooperLooper has the blue support structure the return terminal is located under.
This skyride pre-dates both Great Bear and SooperDooperLooper. You can tell that B&M had to get creative when it came to designing Great Bear and having it maneuver around the existing rides (given it interacts with SooperDooperLooper and the Coal Cracker log flume, and the skyride passes over the entrance and exit to the Immelman loop); that’s how you get unusual features like that helix after the lift hill but before the first drop, or rather unusually designed supports as the track runs along Spring Creek so as not to have any support footers in the water proper.
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One can see how Hersheypark had to be very creative with building the roller coasters in this area, both of which were built much later than the Skyview. SuperDooperLooper was built in 1977, and Great Bear was built in 1998. Great Bear is where the builders had to be very creative, which is why it has that helix after the lift hill but before the first drop (something unusual for B&M inverts), and giving the chairlift clearance had to be factored into the Immelman loop.
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Is that the blue part or the grey part?🤔
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Great Bear is the black and grey one, where the track hangs below the support structure. SooperDooperLooper has the blue support structure the return terminal is located under.
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Wait, YOUR A COASTER ENTHUSIAST??? How many of us are there?
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I think the lift world and the coaster world have a lot in common, so many people are interested in both, including me.
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Installed by Universal Design on 11/02/65.
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Me! I’m a coaster enthusiast too!
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I am also a coaster enthusiast
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Also a coaster enthusiast! 136 credits.
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Same here.
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This skyride pre-dates both Great Bear and SooperDooperLooper. You can tell that B&M had to get creative when it came to designing Great Bear and having it maneuver around the existing rides (given it interacts with SooperDooperLooper and the Coal Cracker log flume, and the skyride passes over the entrance and exit to the Immelman loop); that’s how you get unusual features like that helix after the lift hill but before the first drop, or rather unusually designed supports as the track runs along Spring Creek so as not to have any support footers in the water proper.
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