As part of the Nantimi promotion that Coasterdom took part in, I was invited to go to Hersheypark and experience Fahrenheit. The plan was to enter the park at 9:30 with the other Nantimi winners and have 15 minutes of ERT on Fahrenheit. Unfortunately, Fahrenheit valleyed on the first test run of the day. By about 12:00 or so they had a crane on site and were beginning to do work in order to get the train down. By about 3:00 the ride was freed and testing began. The coaster opened at about 4:15 or so.

The coaster surrounds the line. You are so close to the ride that half of the line is covered by protective netting. If the line is full, it should take about two hours or so to get through.

The station for Fahrenheit is massive. Almost like a church. They do assign seating except if you are willing to wait for the front. Fahrenheit also has a single riders line that looked to be moving really fast. The trains are your typical Intamin trains, with a silver body, navy blue seats, and orange restraints. Unlike Storm Runner, there is no grab bar on the seat in front of you to assist in getting out of the train.

Out of the station you take a right hand turn and go into the pre-lift straightaway. The two “pushers” on the chain hit the back of the train and once both of them have hit, the lift will startup. When I was riding there wasn’t a cloud in the sky. I’ve been on a vertical lift before with Mystery Mine, but you really have no idea when you are going to be reaching the top unless you are in the front of the train.

Once the train crests the top of the lift it gets thrown right over into the drop. Fahrenheit has to have one of the best drops out there. The beyond vertical drops add so much air. To me there seemed to be a little more than Maverick or Mystery Mine as far as drop go.

After plummeting to the ground you go skyward again into the Norwegian Loop element. This is easily one of the most confusing things I have ever been on. When the train is diving into and out of the loop, it goes the opposite way that you would expect it to turn. There are some great positive G’s at the bottom of the loop.

Coming out of the loop you go into the Cobra Roll. Fahrenheit has a really fat cobra. It isn’t very tall, but the train travels a pretty big distance. This is the slowest part of the ride and when you go inverted you do fell like you are hanging for more than a second. Without much time to recover, you head into the first corkscrew.

The track makes a slight turn and you go into the second corkscrew. The train then makes a tight U-turn over the line, dives under the brakes, and enters a small bunny hop. I must have missed this thing we looking at the video and taking construction pictures. There is a great pop air on that small bunny hop. The track then makes another tight U-turn and heads towards the brakes.

Fahrenheit is a really enjoyable coaster. I was expecting it to be good, but I really, really enjoyed it. The only thing it suffers from is being short. For waiting 2 or so hours, the ride is about a minute long. It is butter smooth through most of the ride, but on the first corkscrew I noticed a little rattling. Nothing too big of a deal. Overall, it is short, compact, fast, and never lets up. If you have a chance I would get out to ride this coaster and it really compliments the rest of the rides out at Hershey.

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