Off-Season
No lines galore on some weekdays
Best time to go
April
October
September
Shoulder Season
Go early in the summer season
Okay time to go
May
Early June
December
Peak Season
Fast Track Pass will save your life
Worst time to go
Late June
July
Early August

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  1. 3.5
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    My family and I live in the Hersheypark area and it is a wonderful way to have fun with company, or just my family. It is close in the area, has fun rides, and is the cleanest amusement park I have ever seen. Hersheypark is completely family-friendly and totally worth your time. Although on weekends there are lines, but at our most recent visit, there were absolutely no lines, we were able to walk onto the rides without hesitation.

  2. 1.5
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    do not go on candymonium just do not.

  3. 1.0
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    Don’t go on Candymonium

  4. 1.0
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    Way too many people. No shade. Nowhere to sit. Confusing. Most poorly organized amusement park I’ve ever been to. So sad we wasted our time and money being crowded into this place. And their website is terrible gif getting information and the fast passes are a fortune – more than universal ! Which is a much much much better experience and actually worth the money.

  5. 3.0
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    As a season pass holder for 2 years I can teel you to go in winter or early spring and the water park is worth it although you cant do the rest of the park unless you leave the water park in like30 minutes you can probably ride some rides I also recommend going to hyperdeck in the front of the park or in the dome arcade

  6. 1.0
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    I’ve been going to Hersheypark since I was a handheld infant. Yes, there were days back then when the park was crowded, but I’ve NEVER seen waits as bad as some of the days I’ve seen the past 2ish years. There are days when the shortest waits in the park for any non-kiddie ride are 30+ mins. It’s honestly infuriating to me as an enthusiast to see my home park become this miserable.

    My hypothesis as to why Hershey is the way it is now is as follows. Hersheypark has a world-class coaster line-up, and they know it. They also know that they are by far the biggest, nicest park that services the DMV area (Dorney and Knoebles are great, just a tad small, and SFA is… a park). Because of this, they are more than willing to cram thousands of people through their gates daily, but fail to realize that their frankly miserable operations can’t handle the swarms. Stacking, 3+ minute dispatches, and loose article related scuffles are CONSTANT. Hershey is a great park no doubt, but it’s going downhill, fast.

  7. 1.0
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    Way too crowded wait times are horrible. Sad but I feel like I completely wasted my money. Don’t think I will be back.

  8. 1.0
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    Have never witnessed anything like this in my life. When I went on summer weekends even 10 years ago it was reasonable… today lightning racer has an over two hour wait, something is wrong. Might as well just burn a $100 in front of your eyes.

  9. 1.0
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    Went on a Monday try to avoid the crowd. Wrong answer, lines were horrible after 12pm. By 3pm forget about it…..on a Monday.

  10. 1.0
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    This park was completely over capacity, wasn’t able to enjoy any of the rides and the lines were super long nearly 1 hr and 30 min wait. I don’t think it’s fair that people couldn’t enjoy the park and paid so much to be there. It seems that this park is ripping people off for money. I strongly do not suggest going here especially if you hate really big crowds lines were so long for food I never seen a park like this it’s a lovely place but they need better control of the population of people. It’s a shame to feel like a lose of time

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