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Comet (Hersheypark)

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History
Ride experience
References

{{Infobox roller coaster
|name= Comet
|image= Comet 008.jpg
|caption= The Comet as seen from the since removed
Giant Wheel
|location= Hersheypark
|section= The Hollow
|type= Wood
|status= Open
|opened= 1946
|year= 1946
|closed=
|manufacturer= Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters
|designer= Herbert Paul Schmeck
|track= Double Out and Back
|lift= Chain lift hill
|height_ft= 84
|drop_ft= 78
|length_ft= 3360
|speed_mph= 50
|angle= 47
|duration= 1:45
|capacity= 950
|restriction_in= 42
|rcdb_number= 106
|coordinates={{Coord|40.286413|-76.655644|display=inline,title}}
}}

Comet is a wooden roller coaster at Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania. It is located in the Hollow section of Hersheypark, next to Skyrush. Built in 1946 by the Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters (PTC) of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the coaster features a double out and back track layout. When built it was jointly owned by Hershey Park and PTC.

History

In 1964, Comet received 6,650 individual 10-watt chaser lights.^[1]
In 1994, Comet received 2 new trains. They are named "Mork's Comet" and "Hally's Comet".^[2]{{failed verification|date=October 2013}} One of the old trains is currently used as seating at the Hershey Museum, and the other was donated to ACE.^[2]{{failed verification|date=October 2013}}
In 2006, during the park's off-season, Comet was re-tracked.^[3]
In 2008, during the park's off-season, new seat belts were added.
In 2012, during the park's off-season, Comet was repainted the same color white, and the station was redone.
In 2014, during the park's off-season, the lift hill was rehabilitated and straightened removing the well known "kink" that was in the lift hill.

Ride experience

Comet goes up a 97-foot lift, and then drops 96 feet at 47°. After the first drop the car goes up a hill and then makes a left 180-degree turn, drops back down another hill, goes up a small hill, and then up a larger hill, making another 180-degree turn. After the turn, there is another drop and then the track makes a right turn ("dog leg"), going through several bunny hills before another left 180-degree turn. Following the second set of bunny hills is a left turn and two bunny hills, then the car slows into the station.

As is typical, the car usually sits for a few moments before coming around into the station because of an extra set of brakes that served as an unloading point until Comet was renovated to it’s current “spill ‘n fill” operation.

References

1. ^Sweetness of Success, Charles J. Jacques, Jr., Amusement Park Journal, 1997
2. ^¹{{cite web|url=http://www.hersheyarchives.org/Default.aspx?Page=Research|title=Hershey Community Archives|website=www.hersheyarchives.org}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://photos.tideblue.com/v.asp?f=pre_018.jpg&d=/ryan/themeparks/hersheypark06/preseason|title=photos.tideblue.com|publisher=}}

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