Wildcat (Hersheypark)
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| Location | Hersheypark |
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| Type | Wood |
| Status | Open |
| Opened | May 26, 1996 |
| Manufacturer | Great Coasters International |
| Designer | Clair Hain and Mike Boodley |
| Height | 90 feet (27.4 m) |
| Drop | 85 feet (25.9 m) |
| Length | 3,183 feet (970.2 m) |
| Max speed | 50 mile per hour (80.5 km/h) |
| Cost | US$5,000,000 |
| Max G force | 3.5 |
| Wildcat at RCDB | |
| Pictures of Wildcat at RCDB | |
The Wildcat is a wooden roller coaster located in Hersheypark, Hershey, Pennsylvania. The ride was named for the Wild Cat (1923-1945), Hersheyparks' first roller coaster. It was the first coaster built by Great Coasters International, while the trains were built by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company.
The layout of the Wildcat is a wooden twister, reminiscent of such classics as Harry Traver's Crystal Beach Cyclone and Rye Airplane Coaster. The ride crosses over and under itself 32 times during the full ride, and includes unique elements like a curving double-down.
The ride prompted many other firsts, besides the first new roller coaster to be added to the park in five years. The Wildcat also fueled the park's rapid expansion of a major new themed area, Midway America. The ride also won awards, and was featured in Popular Science Magazine.
The Wildcat includes ride photography produced and sold by GTP.
In 2007, it was confirmed that the Wildcat would receive new two brand-new Millennium Flyer articulated wooden coaster trains from the original manufacturer, Great Coasters International. This style of coaster train is also used on Lightning Racer.
| Roller coasters at Hersheypark |
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Current: Comet - Great Bear - Lightning Racer - Roller Soaker - SooperDooperLooper |
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Past: Mini Comet/Little Comet - Twin Toboggans - Wild Cat |
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Cancelled: Turbulence |
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