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 Review of Great Bear @ Hersheypark
0 Rating Posted by: fergusonat on 7/14/2005 11:54:00 AM
Upon my first ride on this coaster, I was somewhat disappointed. The ride picked up such intensity, but then literally fell apart just as it began. The helix was very fun and surprisingly intense. The first drop was average, but picked up the necessary speed to make the next three inversions surprisingly good. I particularly enjoyed the flat piece of track between the vertical loop and immelman, where you can truly appreciate the speed for a few seconds. But after exiting the zero-g roll, the ride seemed very average, although I must say there were a few VERY good foot choppers, both with the supports and the surrounding rides that Great Bear is literally stacked on top of. But as I was saying, my first ride was somewhat disappointing, but I found a deeper appreciation for the ride after 2 more tries at it in the front seat. It now sits low in my top 10 and is by far the weakest of the B&M inverts Ive ridden, but it is not at all a boring or lackluster ride. It is just a very noticeable notch below B&Ms other inverts. And if youre not amazed by the ride itself, then you at least have to be impressed with the engineering and design that went into the creation of it. So many rides are massed together in such a small amount of space and I think Hershey salvaged a solid coaster despite their limited room.

UPDATE:

Well, that was my impression of Great Bear last year. This year, however, the ride completely blew me away. Perhaps it was simply because I went into Great Bear not expecting much, or maybe it was just a great way to be rejuvenated after waking up at 3:30 in the morning to get to Hershey Park. No matter what it was, Great Bear simply blew me away. The intensity that the ride upheld during the entire ride was phenomenal, especially the Zero-G Roll and Wingover inversions. I wont go too in depth on this update of my review, but suffice to say, Great Bear impressed me enough to latch onto the tail-end of my Top 10...a pretty good comeback if I do say so myself, considering last season I condemned the ride as mediocre
 
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