Fahrenheit- Coaster Review

Hershey Park is home to a ground breaking coaster known as Fahrenheit. With its 90 degree vertical lift and world breaking 97 degree first drop, its a hard ride to miss for those intense thrill seekers.


Out of the station you take a right hand turn and go into the pre-lift straightaway. The two “pushers” on the chain hit the back of the train and once both of them have hit, the lift will startup. When I was riding there wasn’t a cloud in the sky. I’ve been on a vertical lift before with Mystery Mine, but you really have no idea when you are going to be reaching the top unless you are in the front of the train.


After that menacing plunge, it’s off to the races. Fahrenheit may be compact, but Intamin must have felt a need to add as many elements as possible into the tiny footprint they were allowed, and that’s not something to complain about! First, an almost trick track element, which quickly inverts atop a hill, I believe the Intamin term for this one was “Norwegian Loop”, this element provided a wonderful pop of very unexpected airtime. Next up, a vertical climb that inverts again to right the train, to be perfectly honest, youtube.com will help with this one. That inversion lids into a valley, and then my favorite “cobra roll” of all time. Not only is it pretty, no head banging whatsoever, just pure double inversion goodness.

An excellent ride unlike any other that will make you crave for more. Go check it out, better keep your hands up!

Lego Land Florida Update

For those of you who grew up enjoying putting those little plastic pieces together to create a masterpiece would be excited to know that a Lego themed amusement park. Legoland originally opened in California several years ago, but with the growing popularity for the park, a second park constructed in Orlando was considered necessary.

On April 3rd 2012, we are close to the opening of the new park and its exciting to see how far it has come in such a short period of time. In two months the park will be opened for guests to enjoy with several rides and attractions that attract families worldwide. The park even includes a water park to cool down from the raging Florida sun and just yesterday more than half a million gallons of water were pumped into the pools by the fire department.

The water park will include a wave pool that has gentle waves to suit a young crowd, an 1000 foot lazy river to relax and cool off, twin chaser slides where you can race a friend down a slide to the finish, a joker soaker that is a water playground that splashes a 300 gallon bucket.

It is very exciting to see the growth of the park after just a few months. The new water park opens on May 26, 2012. Single-day Legoland Florida guests may upgrade to a water park attraction ticket for an additional $12 per person. Admission to the water park is included with an all-new Legoland Premium Pass, which offers 12 months admission to Legoland Florida and seasonal access to the Legoland Water Park for just $179 for adults and $149 for child/senior.