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Wildcat - Hersheypark (Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA)
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| Roller Coaster: | Wildcat (1923 to present)
Joy Ride (1923) |
| Amusement Park: | Hersheypark (Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA) |
| Classification: | Roller Coaster |
| Type: | Wood - Sit Down |
| Status: | Defunct
Operated from 6/16/1923 to 9/1945 |
| Builder: | Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters, Inc. |
| Designer: | Herbert Paul Schmeck |
| Construction Supervisor: | Herbert Paul Schmeck |
| Serial Number: | 39 |
| Cost: | $50,000 USD |
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| Length: | 2,331 ft | |
| Drop: | 75 ft | |
| Inversions: | 0 | |
| Elements: | Tunnel | |
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| Trains: | 3 cars per train. Riders are arranged 2 across in 4 rows for a total of 24 riders per train. |
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| Location: | The Wildcat's station and turn around circled the area where the Convoy is today below the Storm Runner's Heartline Roll. It then had a dog-leg shape extending west nearly to the swinging ship before heading northeast and turning around in the Trailblazer infield just south of the Storm Runner's station. |
| Facts: | The Wildcat was not owned by Hersheypark, but PTC. Hersheypark leased the land to PTC for a period of 15 years. |
| | This was the first roller coaster designed by Herbert Schmeck. He worked on roller coasters prior to the Wildcat, but as a construction manager, not a designer. |
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