Hersheypark

[piecesof8]

Anyone else ever been to Hersheypark in PA? I went there for the first time yesterday, and walking into the arcade in Minetown was like walking into an arcade back in the mid-80's... Tons of classic games. Some that I remember playing (might be forgetting a couple): Blasteroids, Toobin, Dragon's Lair, Track n Field cocktail, 1942, Ms Pac, Galaga, Karate Champ, Q-Bert's Qubes, Marble Madness, Indiana Jones, Ninja Warriors, Rolling Thunder, Ghostbusters, Space Tactics, Millipede, Double Dragon, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Shinobi, Operation Wolf, Mr. Do, Golden Axe. LOVED playing Blasteroids again - I played that one till my wife and daughter pulled me away from it. A couple I would've liked to play that were out of order: 720 and a Hercules pin (several of the pins were out of order).

After we left Hersheypark we stopped for the night in Hagerstown, MD and went to a Chuck E Cheese there this morning. They had a Simpsons Pinball Party that I stayed glued to while my daughter played all the ticket redemption games. Fun weekend. 

[97thruhiker]

I live in Florida but took the family there for a mini vacation back in July.  We loved the place and the arcade you are talking about was really nice.

[squirrellydw]

I live 10 minutes from Hershey

[piecesof8]

I live 10 minutes from Hershey

Annual passes?

I have annual passes for Walt Disney World, and we live 12 hours from there. 

[arzoo]

Hershey is a nice park but you should check out Knoebels Grove in Elysburg PA - it's got some really cool old rides, like stepping back in time to an amusement park from the 50's! Plus, there's no admission fee. And the Phoenix is a fantastic wood coaster - which they'll run in light rain - so it's even faster!

[RandyT]

Hershey is a nice park but you should check out Knoebels Grove in Elysburg PA - it's got some really cool old rides, like stepping back in time to an amusement park from the 50's! Plus, there's no admission fee. And the Phoenix is a fantastic wood coaster - which they'll run in light rain - so it's even faster!

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Overnighted there this year, and it was very enjoyable.  There's a charm about that place that is hard to find elsewhere, and unlike a lot of parks, there is also a good variety of decent food at realistic prices. 

They also have a fairly decent arcade (mostly modern titles and redemption machines though), and a bank of old 13' mechanical scoring Skee-Ball machines.  You haven't played Skee-Ball until you have played one of these. 

[DeLuSioNal29]

I'm so jealous of Hershey park!  Lucky!  I'm in Orlando, FL at the Sheraton Vistana resort and the only thing they have here in the arcade are newer games.  There's only one Ms. Pacman/Galaga cabinet.  But it would've have been cool to see more classics.

I did however, see a combo Centipede/Missile Command/Millipede in the local Pizza joint.  (see attached pic) I've never seen that before.

DeLuSioNaL29

[piecesof8]

I did however, see a combo Centipede/Missile Command/Millipede in the local Pizza joint.  (see attached pic) I've never seen that before.

I saw one of those in the arcade at the Beach Club resort last time I was at Disney World (April). Are you doing Disney while you're there? DisneyQuest at Downtown Disney has a ton of classics.