Skyrush
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| Hersheypark | |
| Park section | The Hollow |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: 40°17′06″N 76°39′00″W / 40.28500°N 76.65000°W |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | May 26, 2012 |
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| Type | Steel |
| Manufacturer | Intamin |
| Designer | Werner Stengel |
| Model | Wing Coaster |
| Track layout | Twister |
| Lift/launch system | Cable |
| Height | 200 ft (61 m) |
| Drop | 212 ft (65 m) |
| Speed | 75 mph (121 km/h) |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Duration | 1:00 |
| Max vertical angle | 85° |
| Capacity | 1350 riders per hour |
| Height restriction | 54 in (137 cm) |
| Trains | 2 trains with 8 cars. Riders are arranged 4 across in a single row for a total of 32 riders per train. |
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Skyrush at RCDB Pictures of Skyrush at RCDB |
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Skyrush is an Intamin prototype Wing Coaster with winged seating at Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania. It opened to the general public on May 26, 2012. Skyrush is Hersheypark's 12th roller coaster, and its third coaster made by Intamin. Skyrush features a 212-foot (65 m) cable lift (measured to the creek floor) that raises the train at a 17-mile-per-hour (27 km/h) rate. Skyrush has yellow track and light blue support columns. Skyrush's trains are the first of their type in the world. Each train weighs 13 tons. In each car, two seats are positioned over the track and two seats hang over the sides of the track, inspiring Skyrush's tagline "Ride the Edge". Skyrush's top speed is 76-mile-per-hour (122 km/h). The ride achieves a maximum of 5 g's just at the bottom of the first drop. The ride's highest negative g-force is -2 g's on the second airtime hill. The coaster is located in The Hollow section of Hersheypark, next to the Comet and SooperDooperLooper, and the ride itself is mainly set above Spring Creek. In October, when Hersheypark is decorated in a Halloween theme (Hersheypark in the Dark), the ride is dubbed "Scarerush." Skyrush is the tallest roller coaster in the plot of land containing the layout of Skyrush.
The attraction was proposed to Derry Township on August 17, 2010. The attraction was described as reaching a maximum height of 212.6-foot (64.8 m) . In a subsequent meeting, the park shared a potential blueprint of a roller coaster.
Preceding the announcement of the ride, Hersheypark engaged in a viral marketing campaign to promote the attraction (called "Project 2012" - see the sections below). The campaign released concepts about the attraction in a series of clues, though none of them were officially confirmed. However, certain things came out from governmental sources, due to the attraction's interaction with Spring Creek, a creek that runs through the park. It includes work in and around the creek, the mentioned diagram, as well as a potential name of the ride, Skyrush.
Skyrush was announced on August 2, 2011, in the Comet Hollow section of Hersheypark, approximately where the station of the ride will be. An on-board POV video of the ride was shown, as well the announcement of the name, Skyrush. The ride will reach a maximum height of 212 feet (65 m), drop 200 feet (61 m), reach speeds of approximately 75 miles per hour (121 km/h), with a 3,720-foot (1,130 m) long track. The coaster will have trains that are of extended width of the traditional 2-across Intamin trains with two additional seats that hang off the width of the chassis, allowing guests to "ride on the edge." The other two Intamin coasters in the park: Fahrenheit and Storm Runner, have the two across trains. Each train weighs 13 tons when empty.
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