Off-Season
No lines galore on some weekdays
Best time to go
April
October
September
Shoulder Season
Go early in the summer season
Okay time to go
May
Early June
December
Peak Season
Fast Track Pass will save your life
Worst time to go
Late June
July
Early August

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  1. 2.0
    Light Crowds?

    Short Lines?

    5/31/2022 Ghost town rating for Hershey Park is not accurate and should be changed to “Yup it’s packed”. From 11am to 4pm there were lots of school field trips that were driving wait times to 45 minutes + on popular rides. Candymonium was over 135 min wait at one point. These groups are easily identifiable by their matching shirts signifying what school they are from.

  2. 2.5
    Light Crowds?

    Short Lines?

    Thursday, end of May. Overcast day. Mid-60s. Lines are awful.

  3. 1.0
    Light Crowds?

    Short Lines?

    The park is always overcrowded, there are lots of rides normally closed, the food is terrible, and everything is extremely overpriced. Go to Knoebels instead.

  4. 1.0
    Light Crowds?

    Short Lines?

    I bought a Season Pass, but definitely am regretting it so far… I go to a lot of amusement parks and have had season passes to several other theme parks including Six Flags, Disney, Universal, etc. Between the app telling me that the wait times are 5 minutes when the line took 45 minutes (this happened repeatedly), to the fact that the crowd levels were crazy for early May (larger crowds than I sometimes see at Disney in June) which is compounded by not many rides and places to eat being open (there were literally no places to eat with a line less than 45 minutes long), this park was poorly run. In addition, many times I witnessed children (not accompanied by adults) cutting in line with no consequences.

  5. 1.0
    Light Crowds?

    Short Lines?

    Way too crowded today. Every school in area must have field trips. Food lines are easily 45 minutes. App wait times are not even close to accurate. Candymonium is over 70 minutes, Comet is 60, Great Bear is 90.

  6. 1.0
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    Extremely Crowded

  7. 1.0
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    Packed on labor day. 2 hr wait on coasters

  8. 3.0
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    It was far from a ghost town today. Not packed, but a steady crowd.

    The biggest annoyance was that it seemed like 20-25% of the rides weren’t open all day long.

    The kids were disappointed multiple times when going to find a ride they remembered from last time only to find it shut down.

    It was hot today so the water area was busy 20-25 minutes for the tube slides.

    The lodge is also quite busy, the parking lots are full.

  9. 5.0
    Light Crowds?

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    Go in late August. The last week is the best. My son and I go every year at this time. Longest wait time, 10 minutes. A little longer for Candyminimum. Take advantage of the preview day.

  10. 1.0
    Light Crowds?

    Short Lines?

    The park spells like vomit, all the workers at the food area are touching face then good no washing, I do not recommend going to park, but gnjs may Have just been my experience

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