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Kozmo 1
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Posts: 39
Join date: 2011-05-27
| | Subject: Hersheypark: Little Comet/Mini Comet Fri Jul 22, 2011 4:56 pm | |
| Does anyone here have any information other than what RCDB has on Hershey's old kiddie coaster? I've never seen a photo and don't see it on any of the park maps that I have, and I have one from 1973...accourding to RCDB it should have existed in 73'.
Anyone have photos? Or even memories of the ride? Location in the park, color scheme etc? |
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gb980109
Phoenix Level
Posts: 316
Join date: 2011-03-04
Location: Harrisburg, Pennslyvania
| | Subject: Re: Hersheypark: Little Comet/Mini Comet Fri Jul 22, 2011 6:37 pm | |
| | Kozmo 1 wrote: | Does anyone here have any information other than what RCDB has on Hershey's old kiddie coaster? I've never seen a photo and don't see it on any of the park maps that I have, and I have one from 1973...accourding to RCDB it should have existed in 73'.
Anyone have photos? Or even memories of the ride? Location in the park, color scheme etc? |
I haven't seen a map from 1974, however a map from 1975 (http://i43.servimg.com/u/f43/16/33/45/59/hershe11.jpg) has it. It's called Mini-Comet. It's located near the high bridge crossover into Minetown. My guess is that it's where the game is in Comet Hollow across from the Comet station where the old Turnpike tunnel is. By 1977, it moved to Minetown somewhere approximately where the entrance to ZooAmerica is. |
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Kozmo 1
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Join date: 2011-05-27
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HPCrazy
Coaster Master Level
Posts: 1283
Join date: 2009-07-29
Age: 29
Location: York, PA
| | Subject: Re: Hersheypark: Little Comet/Mini Comet Sat Jul 23, 2011 7:49 pm | |
| I think the tunnel is under the monorail bridge on which a path used to go through it. That path was removed when Storm Runner was put in, but the tunnel is still there.. |
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gb980109
Phoenix Level
Posts: 316
Join date: 2011-03-04
Location: Harrisburg, Pennslyvania
| | Subject: Re: Hersheypark: Little Comet/Mini Comet Sun Jul 24, 2011 2:12 am | |
| Yeah, the tunnel is still there, but unused because of Storm Runner blocking the way. The tollgate structure at the Amphitheater is relatively new. They added that theming in the last few years, I'd think as a nod to the old Turnpike. |
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Kozmo 1
Kingdom Coaster Level
Posts: 39
Join date: 2011-05-27
| | Subject: Re: Hersheypark: Little Comet/Mini Comet Sun Jul 24, 2011 10:00 am | |
| | gb980109 wrote: | | Yeah, the tunnel is still there, but unused because of Storm Runner blocking the way. The tollgate structure at the Amphitheater is relatively new. They added that theming in the last few years, I'd think as a nod to the old Turnpike. |
Thanks, didn't know the toll booth thing was new...don't go down that path all that often I guess. |
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HPCrazy
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Posts: 1283
Join date: 2009-07-29
Age: 29
Location: York, PA
| | Subject: Re: Hersheypark: Little Comet/Mini Comet Sun Jul 24, 2011 10:22 pm | |
| I think the lower toll booth entrance was put in around 2008. I don't remember seeing it in 2007, but I remember that it was there for STITP 2008. |
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I like that map, never seen that one