I'll continue with the random thoughts partially out of laziness and partially because by the time I type these, it's late and I'm tired.
We spent much of the day at Hersheypark and drove to our hotel in New Jersey in the evening.
- No, I'm not "Hersheypark Happy" after crawling out of bed and dragging my ass onto a tram. Thanks for asking.
- The Reese's Extreme Cup interactive shooter is lame. If this is your only exposure to the interactive dark ride concept, get to a park that has one that consists of more than flat targets glued to the wall.
- Never did bother getting another lap on Fahrenheit. No so much because I didn't want to, but who in their right mind wastes 45 minutes to ride Fahrenheit when every other ride in the park is at walk-on status?
- Speaking of Fahrenheit, everyone seems to be in awe at the vertical lift and more than vertical drop. In fact, I'd say that's much of the interest in the ride. I'm just wondering why everyone forgot about the other coaster in the park that does a vertical up and vertical down...at 70 miles per hour!
- The park got rid of a lot of grass and added a lot of cement to add those water attractions. Fans of charm everywhere are weeping.
- Speaking of fans of charm, Hersheypark really is much more corporate than many enthusiast will admit. Aside from essentially being a product placement opportunity/commercial, there's an awful lot of corporate sponsorship of rides, lots of chains (Cold Stone, Subway, Nathan's etc.) in the park, plenty of advertising (Chevys everywhere), a $50 gate, $10 parking, $14 for large lockers and $3 bottled water. But there are some nice trees, so I guess it's a wash.
- Roller Soaker is still cool. It's cooler when more people are interacting and even cooler still when the actual running capacity is better than 240pph. When did people give up on this one?
- Great Bear is better than I remember it. Solid. My ride today also marked the first time I've ever ridden a coaster barefoot.
- I'm never wearing flip flops to the park again. My feet are destroyed.
- Why do people act like they've never seen a Hershey bar before when they hit the park? Like suddenly chocolate is the hardest thing in the world to get and this place has it available. My theory is that in the park they pawn the stuff that they're not legally allowed to sell off elsewhere...the irregulars, if you will. 
- Tidal Force WILL get you wet. Coal Cracker probably won't.
- The seagull sound piped in to the Boardwalk makes me want to kill.
- The kissing tower was down all day. 
- I need to find a way to stop the top of my head from getting sunburned...and no, I'm not changing the way I spike my hair.
- I still think odd numbered groups on rides are much less common than even ones.
- Sidewinder remains the only credit at Hershey that I don't have...and I dig Boomerangs.
- The drive to New Jersey was pretty easy and quick.
- Turned on the news here at the hotel and saw that Morey's had a big fire but were open. We'll be there on Thursday.
- Also saw that you can get Buy One, Get One Six Flags tickets at Wawa.
Off to SFGAdv tomorrow. Will we need a Flash Pass? Will Dark Knight be the disappointment many consider it to be? Will I finally get the Kingda Ka credit? Will we find a hair weave in the kiddie pool like our very first visit to the park in 2002? Will the park's locker poclicy affect us?
Gonchar out.
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