Great Bear (roller coaster)

Infobox roller coaster
name=Great Bear


caption=
location=Hersheypark
type=Steel
type2=Inverted
opened=May 23, 1998
status=Open
manufacturer=Bolliger & Mabillard
model=Inverted roller coaster
designer=Werner Stengel
track=
lift=Chain lift hill
cost=$13,000,000 USD
capacity=1300
length=2800
height=90
drop=124
inversions=4
speed=58
duration=2:15
angle=
acceleration=
gforce=
rcdb_number=468

Great Bear is a roller coaster located at Hersheypark, Hershey, Pennsylvania. It was built by Bolliger & Mabillard during the winter of 1997 and opened for the 1998 season. Because of the coaster's unique custom design, as well as other factors including the terrain, Spring Creek, and proximity of noted attractions such as the SooperDooperLooper, the coaster was one of B&M's most difficult installations.

Ride Experience

Riders exit the station and climb a 90-foot hill. Unique to Great Bear, there is a helix immediately after the lift, swinging riders around into the 124-foot drop into Comet Hollow. After the drop, train enters a loop, followed immediately by an Immelmann loop, and then going into a zero-g roll. Riders continue through Comet Hollow over midway areas, making a sharp turn over Spring Creek. After a short straightaway, the train goes into a corkscrew, and then up a hill with two wide turns. Riders are then photographed by the on-ride cameras directly before the brake run. After the brake-run, rider's return to the station.