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Starship America was one of my favorite flat rides at Hersheypark, even though its main crowd is children. With a location at the front of the park in Founders Circle, Starship America is blue and one of the first rides you come across at Hersheypark. This blue roto-jet ride was made by Kasper Klaus. With 12 rockets, each rocket holds 2 people. However, there are some single riders meaning around 16-18 people ride per cycle, which creates a very low capacity. Also, Starship America takes a very long time to load and unload adding to the wait. The line depends on the time of day. Most of the day, Starship America is a 20-30 minute wait. However, right before closing its usually a walk-on. Once you board your rocket, youre restrained by a seatbelt. During Starship Americas decent ride cycle, you can control your rockets height with a lever. I found some extremely powerful laterals when you were at the bottom of the ride. The higher you go up, the weaker the laterals. I enjoyed being in the middle and bottom because they had the best laterals by far. Overall, a fun classic ride thats only problem is a capacity issue. I highly recommend this ride to anyone who enjoys roto-jet type rides.
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