Coal Cracker
Log Flume at Hersheypark, Hershey, Pennsylvania. Opened 1973.
- Height
- 55 ft
- Drop
- 49 ft
- Top speed
- n/a
- Length
- 2,000 ft
- Inversions
- n/a
- Ride time
- 3 min 30 s
- Designer
- Arrow Development
Coal Cracker is a flume ride in the Kissing Tower Hill area of Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The park describes it as a wet ride that splashes through water canals, over small hills and down one big plunge. It shares its corner of the park with SooperDooperLooper and Great Bear.
Arrow Development built the ride, which opened in 1973, and it is the oldest water ride at Hersheypark still in daily operation. Riders board 12-foot fiberglass boats from a revolving loading turntable, and the water is pumped from a man-made lake.
The flume channel is about 2,000 feet long. The first lift rises to 55 feet, and the main drop falls 49 feet at a 35-degree angle. A ride lasts about three and a half minutes, and photos are taken partway down the drop.
Sources
- hersheypark.com/things-to-do/rides-and-attractions/coal-crac... (Park page: Coal Cracker in Kissing Tower Hill; a wet ride through water canals, over small hills and down one big plunge; rated High Thrill Ride (no stats given).)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_Cracker (Wikipedia: Arrow Development log flume opened 1973 in Kissing Tower Hill; oldest water ride at Hersheypark still in daily operation; about 2,000 ft of channel; first lift 55 ft; drop 49 ft at 35 degrees; about 3.5 minutes; 12-foot fiberglass boats, revolving loading turntable; water pumped from a man-made lake.)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hersheypark_attractions (Wikipedia list: Coal Cracker, 1973, Arrow Development, Kissing Tower Hill.)
Numbers are from the ride's manufacturer and park where published; "n/a" means we have not confirmed that number yet. Spotted an error? Tell us.