Wild Cat (Hersheypark)

Wild Cat (Hersheypark)

Infobox roller coaster
name=Wild Cat


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location= Hersheypark
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type= Wood
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type3=
status=Removed
closed=September, 1945
opened=June 16, 1923
manufacturer= Philadelphia Toboggan Company
designer=Herbert Paul Schmeck
model=
track=
lift=
height=
drop=
length= 2331
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cost=US$50,000
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rcdb_number= 2029

The Wild Cat is the name of a wooden roller coaster previously located in Hersheypark, Hershey, Pennsylvania. It operated there under the name "The Joy Ride" during its first year, 1923, after which it was renamed to "Wildcat". The ride stood where the Trailblazer and Storm Runner is currently, and the ride went through a tunnel near the present-day Country Grill.

The coaster itself was owned by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company, not Hersheypark, and PTC had been given a 15-year lease on the land. This marks the only time in Hersheypark's history that an independent vendor has built a ride on park property. The coaster was Herbert Schmeck's first roller coaster design. He would go on to design the park's classic Comet coaster, still standing today.

According to the Hershey Community Archives, the first woman to ride the roller coaster is Miss Marion Murrie, the daughter of William Murrie. [http://www.hersheyarchives.org/Default.aspx?Page=Research Hershey Community Archives] ]

ee also

*List of defunct Hersheypark attractions

References


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