Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company breaks ground for “Hershey’s Chocolatetown,” an all-new region at Hersheypark where guests can play, eat, shop, and gather year round. Opening is scheduled for Summer 2020.
Reese’s Xtreme Cup Challenge ride opens. It is the world’s first interactive dark ride to pit car against car in a multisensory laser competition. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in May 2006.]
The Sunken Garden, the electric Fountain, and the Miniature Railroad are removed. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1973.]
Hersheypark opens a new children’s area called Kid Stuff. It replaces the Animal Garden. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1981.]
The Hersheypark Amphitheatre, which has expanded to 2,000 seats, is enhanced with an open-air roof. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1994.]
A gourmet coffee shop opens in Tudor Square. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1993.]
Hersheypark adds misters, sprinkler systems that spray cool, thin mists of water into the air. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in July 1993.]
Hersheypark incorporates new ride height restriction signs tied to Hershey Foods confectionary products. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1993.]
Hersheypark converts Cinema Vision into a Magic Room called the Frontier Meeting House. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1986.]
Hersheypark Children’s area, Kid Stuff, is renovated and becomes Kaptain Kid’s Kove. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1985.]
Hersheypark purchases the operation of all games and machines from its former lessee, Recreational Amusement Incorporated. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1988.]
Hersheypark renames the Fest Haus restaurant the Melting Pot. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1990.]
The site of old arcade building is replaced with a new building containing Minetown Vittles and a games arcade. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1990.]
Hersheypark’s Trailblazer Theater is renamed the Sarsaparilla Saloon. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1990.]
Hersheypark opens Cinema Vision, a geodesic-domed theater showing panoramic films on a 180-degree, floor-to-ceiling screen. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1982.]
Hamilton Watch Company donates a big clock that is used as the official time. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1982.]
The restaurant in Hersheypark Tudor Square is renamed the Tudor Rose Tavern. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1983.]
A 65-foot lighted Christmas tree is erected atop the Hersheypark Kissing Tower for the holiday season. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1983.]
Hersheypark adds 5 acres to its existing boundaries. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1984.]
Santa Claus adds his handprints to the Hersheypark Starlight Arcade. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1984.]
Hersheypark opens the Pennsylvania Fest Haus, an enclosed 228 seat cafeteria style restaurant-theater. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1980.]
Handprints of the stars in cement, similar to those at Hollywood’s Graumans Chinese Theatre, are displayed in the Starlight Arcade in Carrousel Circle. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1979.]
1.7 acres of land are added to Hersheypark, the first addition since the park was fenced in 1971. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1980.]
Holiday magazine names Hersheypark as the cleanest and greenest theme park in America. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1975.]
Hersheypark Maintenance and Service Center is constructed off Airport Road near the Stadium. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1976.]
Beer is sold for the first time in the Hersheypark. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1977.]
The main entrance to Hersheypark is moved and named Tudor Square. It is themed to resemble a 17th century English Village with 2 man-made lakes, a moat, a stone bridge, and an English styled tower. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1973.]
Hersheypark opens Rhineland, a second major theme area. It extends from Tudor Castle to Carrousel Circle. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1973.]
All the picnic tables and pavilions are removed from Hersheypark and no picnic lunches are permitted. Picnic tables are available in the grove adjacent to one of the parking lots. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1973.]
The Amphitheatre, an open-air theater, is opened on the same spot as the park’s first amphitheatre. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1973.]
Hersheypark constructs the Trailblazer Theater, a stage with a western motif, for a country and western band. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1974.]
Hersheypark begins using strolling Hershey characters such as: Hershey’s Bar, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, Krackel Bar, and a Kiss. Also used are the “Furry Tales” — a skunk, a bear, and a chipmunk. Other sponsors used are Coca-Cola, Hersheys Ice Cream, Finnaren & Haley (paint), and Red Rose animal foods. [Specific date is unknown. Event […]
The pinwheel design is adopted by Hersheypark. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1971.]
The Aqua Theatre with Dolphin shows is introduced in Hersheypark. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1972.]
Hersheypark experiences a record attendance season with 1.8 million visitors. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in September 1991.]
Hersheypark announces all-time attendance record of 1,779,688 for summer 1988 season. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in October 1988.]
Old Hershey Park Penny Arcade is dismantled. Major renovation of the hill area includes construction of a new games arcade, restaurant, and a major new ride, "Flying Falcon". [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in October 1989.]