Turbulence (Hersheypark)
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- See also Defunct Hersheypark Attractions
Turbulence was to be the new attraction for 2005 at Hersheypark
Hersheypark
Hersheypark is an amusement park located in Hershey, Pennsylvania, near the Hershey Chocolate Factory.Hersheypark was opened on April 24, 1907 as a leisure park for the employees of the Hershey Chocolate Company, an American confectionery company. Later, the company decided to open the park to the...
in Hershey, Pennsylvania
Hershey, Pennsylvania
Hershey is a census-designated place in Derry Township, Dauphin County in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The community is located 14 miles east of Harrisburg and is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area. Hershey has no legal status as an incorporated municipality...
, and it would have been the first installation of a unique vertical roller coaster
Roller coaster
The roller coaster is a popular amusement ride developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks. LaMarcus Adna Thompson patented the first coasters on January 20, 1885...
in the world, and the park's 11th roller coaster. It was a ride designed by Interactive Rides of Logan, Utah
Logan, Utah
-Layout of the City:Logan's city grid originates from its Main and Center Street block, with Main Street running north and south, and Center east and west. Each block north, east, south, or west of the origin accumulates in additions of 100 , though some streets have non-numeric names...
.
Painted red, white, and blue, the ride itself was scheduled to take the place of the Giant Wheel during the park's $4 million update to the park's Carousel Circle area. The year before, a GTP photo location was built to handle on-ride photos from the ride.
In December 2004, it was canceled, and the ride manufacturer was taken to court. Later, it was revealed that the company tried to raise the price from 2 million to 3 million, based on an increase in the cost of steel. The next year, the Carousel Circle themed area opened as Founder's Circle, and two classic rides, Balloon Flight and Starship America, were refurbished, and placed where Turbulence would have been installed.
As of September 2007, Interactive Rides has not officially built this variant of coaster.
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