Hershey Park in Hershey, PA is a wonderful theme park full of rides and attractions that will keep you and your family entertained all day! Its popular water rides and roller coasters are best accessed at the start of your day. If you brave the water rides, be prepared to get wet! Pack a few pieces of dry clothing and you can change in a convenient changing room after retrieving your dry clothing from a locker. Hershey Park is a large venue, so families might want to hold a group meeting and decide where to meet if anyone gets separated, but the friendly security guards at the park are eager to help. There are many Hershey characters strolling around the park, so it's always a good idea to keep your camera ready.

A few of the many rides and attractions at Hersheypark include Bayside Pier, Coastline Plunge -- Riptide, Ferris Wheel and Kissing Tower. Hershey Park also has a monorail. There are codes at the entrances to rides which will tell families about height requirements for children. Kiddie Swap is a convenient way that lets parents take turns riding and look after children too young to ride on a particular attraction.

Since Hershey Park features all things chocolate, why not delight your children by purchasing chocolate currency for them to use? The park has the chocolate currency in $1, $5, and $10 'bills'. It may be used as cash throughout the park or kept as a memento of your visit. For $35, parents may purchase birthday bags for use at the park. Each contains a souvenir sipper cup, drawstring bag, Kiss plush, birthday pin, a BOGO ice cream coupon, birthday card, VIP ride pass and 10 free game tickets.

For guests who want to avoid breathing in secondhand smoke, there are two areas of the park -- ZooAmerica and The Boardwalk, that are completely smoke free. The park also serves smokers with several designated smoking areas.

Have a blast on your Lancaster vacation at Hershey Park!

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