This is the timeline of Hersheypark. To simplify the list into shorter pages, this is organized by the different eras of the park over the years.
1903 – 1922 | The Early Years
1903-1910: The First Years of Hersheypark
1911-1922: The Great War and Post-War Troubles
1923 – 1944 | The Summer Playground of Pennsylvania
1931-1944: The Great Building Campaign and World War II
1946 – 1970 | Many a Hershey Day
1946-1959: Life Without Hershey
1960-1970: In Search Of an Identity
1971 – 1995 | Theme Park Evolution
1971 – 1977: The R. Duell Plan, Modified
1978 – 1986: Searching for a New Identity
1987 – 1995: The Water Ride Boom in the Frontier
1996 – 2019 | New Class of Thrills
1996 – 2002: The Midway Expansion
2011 – 2019: Something Old & Something New
2020 – future | The Foundation for the Future
2020 – 2030: What’s Old Is New Again
Seasonal events
- Pennsylvania Dutch Days
- sooperdooperFair ’80
- Creatures of the Night / Hersheypark In The Dark
- Carrousel Fair / Carrousel Fair Days
- Hersheypark Christmas Candylane
- Hersheypark BalloonFest
- Springtime in the Park
- Haunted Harvest
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