Day Four: Mid Atlantic Trip 2005

Hershey Chocolate Factory in Hershey, Pennsylvania.Hershey, Pennsylvania: The morning began with breakfast at my favorite restaurant in Pennsylvania, Shady Maple. It is one of the largest smorgasbords and features multiple carving stations, omelet stations and just about anything you could ever want to eat for breakfast. Plus with today being my birthday, the meal was free.

After breakfast we took the drive to Hershey to enjoy Hersheypark. This was my first trip back to the park since 1996. The park has continued to grow and add rides since I left. The theme parks in Florida need to take a page from Hersheypark, you don’t have to charge $80 to make money. Hersheypark charges around half that price and still manages to stay ahead of the changing times by adding attractions. Plus they have way more thrills and attractions in their park then any of the Florida parks.

We made our way through the park with my dad and I riding every roller coaster in the park. A feat that probably wasn’t the smartest after all the food we ate for breakfast at Shady Maple. But we survived without incident. By the end of the day at the park we rode nine roller coasters and were inverted fourteen times,

After leaving the park, we opted for a much calmer ride at Hershey’s Chocolate Factory. The free ride takes you on a tour through the chocolate making process. Follow the chocolate bean from the forest to the final product on the store shelf. At the end of the ride, you get to sample a product that is made by Hershey’s. Then we browsed the store before leaving.

We visited family members in Central Pennsylvania before heading to my parents home in Delaware for the night.

For photos from the park, visit my Hersheypark photo gallery.

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