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This is a list of non-kiddie rides Hersheypark has had. These are organized into tables, by year. For a similar break down of the kiddie rides, see List of Hersheypark kiddie rides.

1900s - 1920s

1908

(1 ride + 1 fleet of boats)

Count	Ride name	General location	Season #
1	Merry-Go-Round (Herschell)	Located where Fender Bender is	1
1 (W)	Steel row boats	Located in Spring Creek	1

1909

(1 ride + 1 fleet of boats + 1 water slide)

Count	Ride name	General location	Season #
1	Merry-Go-Round (Herschell)	Located where Fender Bender is	2
1 (W)	Steel row boats	Located in Spring Creek	2
2 (W)	Shoot the Chute	Located in Comet Hollow midway by Comet station	1

1910-11

(2 rides + 1 fleet of boats + 1 water slide)

Count	Ride name	General location	Season #
1	Merry-Go-Round (Herschell)	Located where Fender Bender is	3-4
1 (W)	Steel row boats	Located in Spring Creek	3-4
2 (W)	Shoot the Chute	Located in Comet Hollow midway by Comet station	2-3
2	Miniature Railroad	Two stations: Twin Turnpike and Music Box area	1-2

1912-22

(2 rides + 1 fleet of boats + 1 water slide)

Count	Ride name	General location	Season #
1 (W)	Steel row boats	Located in Spring Creek	5-15
2 (W)	Shoot the Chute	Located in Comet Hollow midway by Comet station	4-14
1	Miniature Railroad	Two stations: Twin Turnpike and Music Box area	3-13
2	Carrousel (Dentzel)	Located where Fender Bender is	1-11

1923

(3 rides + 1 fleet of boats + 1 water slide)

Count	Ride name	General location	Season #
1 (W)	Steel row boats	Located in Spring Creek	16
2 (W)	Shoot the Chute	Located in Comet Hollow midway by Comet station	15
1	Miniature Railroad	Two stations: Twin Turnpike and Music Box area	14
2	Carrousel (Dentzel)	Old pool	12
3	The Wild Cat	Minetown Blazer Hollow	1

1924-25

(3 rides + 1 fleet of boats + 1 water slide)

Count	Ride name	General location	Season #
1	Miniature Railroad	Two stations: Twin Turnpike and Music Box area	15
2	Carrousel (Dentzel)	Old pool	13
3	The Wild Cat	Minetown Blazer Hollow	2
1 (W)	Shoot the Chute	Located in Comet Hollow midway by Comet station	1

1926-28

(4 rides + 1 fleet of boats + 1 water slide)

Count	Ride name	General location	Season #
1	Miniature Railroad	Two stations: Twin Turnpike and Music Box area	16-18
2	Carrousel (Dentzel)	Old pool	14-16
3	The Wild Cat	Minetown Blazer Hollow	3-5
1 (W)	Shoot the Chute	Located in Comet Hollow midway by Comet station	2-4
4	Skooter	Fender Bender	1-3

1929

(5 rides)

NOTE: Original pool was drained and replaced by old pool, located along Park Boulevard. Shoot the Chute was removed as a result.

Count	Ride name	General location	Season #
1	Miniature Railroad	Two stations: Twin Turnpike and Music Box area	19
2	Carrousel (Dentzel)	Old pool	17
3	The Wild Cat	Minetown Blazer Hollow	6
4	Skooter	Fender Bender	4
5	Mill Chute	Located where Great Bear loop and immelman is	1

1930s

1930

(5 rides + 1 funhouse)

Count	Ride name	General location	Season #
2	Miniature Railroad	Two stations: Twin Turnpike and Music Box area	20
1	Carrousel (Dentzel)	Located along creek below Fender Bender	18
3	Wild Cat	Station located where 3 Minetown kiddies are	7
5	Skooter	Fender Bender	5
4	Mill Chute	Located where Great Bear loop and immelman is	2
1 (F)	Funhouse	Comet station	1

1931

(5 rides + 1 funhouse)

Count	Ride name	General location	Season #
1	Carrousel (Dentzel)	Located along creek below Fender Bender
2	Miniature Railroad	Two stations: Twin Turnpike and Music Box area
3	Wild Cat	Station located where 3 Minetown kiddies are
4	Mill Chute	Located where Great Bear loop and immelman is
1 (F)	Funhouse	Comet station	2
5	The Pretzel	Fender Bender	1

1932

(5 rides + 1 water slide + 1 funhouse)

Count	Ride name	General location	Season #
1	Carrousel (Dentzel)	Located along creek below Fender Bender
2	Miniature Railroad	Two stations: Twin Turnpike and Music Box area
3	Wild Cat	Station located where 3 Minetown kiddies are
4	Mill Chute	Located where Great Bear loop and immelman is
1 (F)	Funhouse	Comet station	3
5	The Pretzel	Located where Fender Bender is	2
1 (W)	Shoot-the-Chutes	Old pool	1

1933-35

(6 rides + 1 water slide + 1 funhouse)

Count	Ride name	General location	Season #
1	Carrousel (Dentzel)	Located along creek below Fender Bender
2	Miniature Railroad	Two stations: Twin Turnpike and Music Box area
3	Wild Cat	Station located where 3 Minetown kiddies are
4	Mill Chute	Located where Great Bear loop and immelman is
1 (F)	Funhouse	Comet station	4-6
5	The Pretzel	Fender Bender	3-5
1 (W)	Shoot-the-Chutes	Old pool	2-4
6	The Bug	Wave Swinger	1-3

1936

(7 rides + 1 water slide + 1 funhouse)

Count	Ride name	General location	Season #
1	Carrousel (Dentzel)	Located along creek below Fender Bender
2	Miniature Railroad	Two stations: Twin Turnpike and Music Box area
3	Wild Cat	Station located where 3 Minetown kiddies are
4	Mill Chute	Located where Great Bear loop and immelman is
1 (F)	Funhouse	Comet station	7
5	The Pretzel	Fender Bender	6
1 (W)	Shoot-the-Chutes	Old pool	5
6	The Bug	Wave Swinger	4
7	Custer Car Ride	Comet course	1

1937

(8 rides + 1 water slide + 1 funhouse)

Count	Ride name	General location	Season #
1	Carrousel (Dentzel)	Located along creek below Fender Bender
2	Miniature Railroad	Two stations: Twin Turnpike and Music Box area
3	Wild Cat	Station located where 3 Minetown kiddies are
4	Mill Chute	Located where Great Bear loop and immelman is
1 (F)	Funhouse	Comet station	8
5	The Pretzel	Fender Bender	7
1 (W)	Shoot-the-Chutes	Old pool	6
6	The Bug	Wave Swinger	5
7	Custer Car Ride	Comet course	2
8	The Whip	Looper station	1

1938-39

(9 rides + 1 water slide + 2 funhouses)

Count	Ride name	General location	Season #
1	Carrousel (Dentzel)	Located along creek below Fender Bender
2	Miniature Railroad	Two stations: Twin Turnpike and Music Box area
3	Wild Cat	Station located where 3 Minetown kiddies are
4	Mill Chute	Located where Great Bear loop and immelman is
1 (F)	Whoops	Comet station	9-10 / 1-2
5	The Pretzel	Fender Bender	8-9
1 (W)	Shoot-the-Chutes	Old pool	7-8
6	The Bug	Wave Swinger	6-7
7	Custer Car Ride	Comet course	3-2
8	The Whip	Looper station	2-3
9	Auto Skooters	P-Boat Cafe	1-2
2 (F)	Death Valley Funhouse	Hersheypark Amphitheatre	1-2

1940s

1940

(9 rides + 1 water slide + 2 funhouses)

Ride name	General location	Season #
Carrousel (Dentzel)	Located along creek below Fender Bender
Miniature Railroad	Two stations: Twin Turnpike and Music Box area
Wild Cat	Station located where 3 Minetown kiddies are
Mill Chute	Located where Great Bear loop and immelman is
Whoops	Comet station
The Pretzel	Fender Bender
Shoot-the-Chutes	Old pool
The Bug	Wave Swinger
Custer Car Ride	Comet course
The Whip	Looper station
Auto Skooters	P-Boat Cafe
Laughland	Hersheypark Amphitheatre	Rethemed 1940.

1941

(10 rides + 1 water slide + 2 funhouses)

Ride name	General location	Season #
Carrousel (Dentzel)	Located along creek below Fender Bender
Miniature Railroad	Two stations: Twin Turnpike and Music Box area
Wild Cat	Station located where 3 Minetown kiddies are
Mill Chute	Located where Great Bear loop and immelman is
Whoops	Comet station
The Pretzel	Fender Bender
Shoot-the-Chutes	Old pool	Final season.
The Bug	Wave Swinger
Custer Car Ride	Comet course
The Whip	Looper station
Auto Skooters	P-Boat Cafe
Laughland	Hersheypark Amphitheatre
Aerial Joy Ride	Fender Bender	Installed 1941.

1942

Billboard lists Hersheypark as having 15 rides. There are 9 adult rides, 4 kiddie rides, 2 funhouses. (10 rides + 2 funhouses)

Ride name	General location	Season #
Carrousel (Dentzel)	Located along creek below Fender Bender
Miniature Railroad	Two stations: Twin Turnpike and Music Box area
Wild Cat	Station located where 3 Minetown kiddies are
Mill Chute	Located where Great Bear loop and immelman is
Whoops	Comet station
The Pretzel	Fender Bender
The Bug	Wave Swinger
Custer Car Ride	Comet course	Final confirmed season. (May have operated in 1945.)
The Whip	Looper station
Auto Skooters	P-Boat Cafe
Laughland	Hersheypark Amphitheatre
Aerial Joy Ride	Fender Bender

1943-44

Billboard lists Hersheypark as having 15 rides. There are 9 adult rides, 4 kiddie rides, 2 funhouses. (9 rides + 2 funhouses)

Ride name	General location	Season #
Carrousel (Dentzel)	Located along creek below Fender Bender	Final season (1944).
Miniature Railroad	Two stations: Twin Turnpike and Music Box area
Wild Cat	Station located where 3 Minetown kiddies are
Mill Chute	Located where Great Bear loop and immelman is
Whoops	Comet station
The Pretzel	Fender Bender
The Bug	Wave Swinger
The Whip	Looper station
Auto Skooters	P-Boat Cafe
Laughland	Hersheypark Amphitheatre
Aerial Joy Ride	Fender Bender

1945

(9 rides + 2 funhouses)

Ride name	General location	Season #
Miniature Railroad	Two stations: Twin Turnpike and Music Box area
Wild Cat	Station located where 3 Minetown kiddies are	Final season.
Mill Chute	Located where Great Bear loop and immelman is
Whoops	Comet station	Final season.
The Pretzel	Fender Bender
The Bug	Wave Swinger
The Whip	Looper station
Auto Skooters	P-Boat Cafe
Laughland	Hersheypark Amphitheatre
Aerial Joy Ride	Fender Bender
Carrousel (PTC)	Located along creek below Fender Bender	Installed 1945.

1946

(9 rides + 2 funhouses)

Ride name	General location	Season #
Miniature Railroad	Two stations: Twin Turnpike and Music Box area
Mill Chute	Located where Great Bear loop and immelman is
The Pretzel	Fender Bender
The Bug	Wave Swinger
The Whip	Looper station
Auto Skooters	P-Boat Cafe
Laughland	Hersheypark Amphitheatre
Aerial Joy Ride	Fender Bender
Carrousel (PTC)	Located along creek below Fender Bender
Comet	Current location	Opened June 1, 1946.
Funland	Flying Falcon	Installed 1946.

1947-49

(10 rides + 2 funhouses)

Count	Ride name	General location	Season #
	Miniature Railroad	Two stations: Twin Turnpike and Music Box area
	Mill Chute	Located where Great Bear loop and immelman is
	The Pretzel	Fender Bender
	The Bug	Wave Swinger
	The Whip	Looper station
	Auto Skooters	P-Boat Cafe
	Laughland	Hersheypark Amphitheatre
	Aerial Joy Ride	Fender Bender
	Carrousel (PTC)	Located along creek below Fender Bender
	Comet	Current location
	Funland	Flying Falcon
	Cuddle Up	Minetown 3 kiddies

1950s

1950

(11 adult rides + 2 funhouses + 6 kiddie rides)

Count	Ride name	General location	Season #
	Miniature Railroad	Two stations: Twin Turnpike and sooperdooperLooper
	Mill Chute	Located where Great Bear loop and immelman are
	The Bug	Located where Wave Swinger is
	The Pretzel	Located where Fender Bender is
	Skooter	Located where Famous Famiglia's is
	Whip	Located where sooperdooperLooper is
	Aerial Joy Ride	Located where Milk Can game is
	Carrousel (PTC)	Located along creek below Fender Bender
	Comet	Current location
	Cuddle-Up	Located where Convoy is
	Twin Ferris Wheels	Located where sooperdooperLooper is
	Laughland	Located where Hersheypark Amphitheater is
	Funland	Located where Flying Falcon is

1960s

1969

19 major rides, 1 funhouse, 1 monorail

Count	Ride name	General location	Season #
1	Miniature Railroad	Two stations: Twin Turnpike and sooperdooperLooper
2	The Bug	Wave Swinger
3	Skooter	Famous Famiglia's Hollow
4	Whip	sooperdooperLooper station
5	Carrousel (PTC)	Along creek below Fender Bender
6	Comet	Current location
1 (F)	Funland	Flying Falcon
7	Cuddle-Up	Convoy, Red Baron, Frog Hopper
8	Twin Ferris Wheels	sooperdooperLooper station
9	Turnpike	Traiblazer Hollow
10	Dry Gulch Railroad	Current location-ish
11	Aero-Jet	Milk Can game Music Box
12	Lost River	Located where Great Bear loop and immelman are
13	Flying Coaster	Midway near Falcon
14	Golden Nugget	Fender Bender
15	Tip-Top	Park amphitheater
16	Skyview	Current location
17	Round Up	Approximately Mini-Pirat
18	Paratrooper	Park amphitheater
19	Magic Carpet Slide	Park amphitheater	Installed 1969.
1 (M)	Monorail	Current location

1970s

1970-71

20 major rides, 1 funhouse, 1 monorail

Count	Ride name	General location	Season #
1	Miniature Railroad	Two stations: Twin Turnpike and sooperdooperLooper	1971 final season.
2	The Bug	Wave Swinger
3	Skooter	Famous Famiglia's Hollow
4	Whip	sooperdooperLooper station
5	Carrousel (PTC)	Along creek below Fender Bender
6	Comet	Current location
1 (F)	Funland	Flying Falcon
7	Cuddle-Up	Convoy, Red Baron, Frog Hopper
8	Twin Ferris Wheels	sooperdooperLooper station
9	Turnpike	Traiblazer Hollow
10	Dry Gulch Railroad	Current location-ish
11	Aero-Jet	Milk Can game Music Box
12	Lost River	Located where Great Bear loop and immelman are
13	Flying Coaster	Midway near Falcon
14	Golden Nugget	Fender Bender
15	Tip-Top	Park amphitheater
16	Skyview	Current location
17	Round Up	Approximately Mini-Pirat
18	Paratrooper	Park amphitheater
19	Magic Carpet Slide	Park amphitheater
1 (M)	Monorail	Current location
20	Rotor	Skyrush station	Installed 1970.

1972

21 major rides, 1 funhouse, 1 monorail

Count	Area	Ride name	General location	Season #
1	Contemporary	The Bug	Wave Swinger
2		Skooter	Famous Famiglia's Hollow
3		Whip	sooperdooperLooper station
4	Carrousel Circle	Carrousel (PTC)	Along creek below Fender Bender
5	Contemporary	Comet	Current location
1 (F)		Funland	Flying Falcon	Final season 1972.
6		Cuddle-Up	Convoy, Red Baron, Frog Hopper
7		Twin Ferris Wheels	sooperdooperLooper station
8		Turnpike	Traiblazer Hollow
9		Dry Gulch Railroad	Current location-ish
10		Aero-Jet	Milk Can game Music Box
11		Lost River	Located where Great Bear loop and immelman are
12		Flying Coaster	Midway near Falcon
13		Golden Nugget	Fender Bender
14		Tip-Top	Park amphitheater
15	Der Deitschplatz	Skyview	Current location
16	Contemporary	Round Up	Approximately Mini-Pirat
17		Paratrooper	Park amphitheater
18		Magic Carpet Giant Slide	Park amphitheater
1 (M)		Monorail	Current location
19		Rotor	Skyrush station
20	Carrousel Circle	Monster	Tilt-a-Whirl	Installed 1972.
21		Scrambler	Current location	Installed 1972.
22		Twin Towers Toboggans	Mini-Himalaya	Installed 1972.

1974

Area location	Ride name	General location	Season #
Rhineland	Sky Ride	Central PA Kosher Mart	First season.
Carrousel Circle	Carrousel	Current Location
	Scrambler	Current Location
	Giant Wheel	Where Starship and Balloon Flite is
	Twin Towers Toboggan	Where Mini-Himalaya is
	Monster	Where Tilt-a-Whirl is
	Space Age	Current location
	Helicopters
	Traffic Jam