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Amusement Projects

Kaylor Architects Inc. has particular expertise in working with the amusement park industry, as well as state building code research services including the Americans with Disabilities Act, UCC (IBC), and the American National Standards Institute requirements relating to amusement parks.


Hersheypark's Wildcat Roller Coaster Station is located in Hershey, Pennsylvania. An all wooden roller coaster, the Wildcat Station is no different. From it's entrance ramp, to it's wooden shake roof to the station itself, is a reflection to yesteryear. The station and coaster were ready for the 1996 opening of Hersheypark.



The Elevated Ferris Wheel building towers over the surrounding landscape, at nearly 100 feet tall, visitors can see all over Hershey and the surrounding areas while at the top of the ride. A skee-ball game attraction at one end and an ice cream parlor at the other end both reside in the building at the base of the Ferris Wheel.



The Whip Ride building at Hershey Park was a ride which was lost in the Agnes flood of 1972. The building includes architectural features and details that were part of the original attraction, popular from the 40's through the early 70's.
 

 


The Great Bear Inverted Roller Coaster, station, maintenance building, and storage building located in Hersheypark's Minetown area was the new major attraction for the 1998 operating season. This ride is definitely “out of this world!”

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From the playful entry building with its majestic wood columns, roof supporting brackets, cedar shingle roof and cupolas, to the soaring station building with its rhythmic pattern of wood arches, board and batten siding, sweeping cedar shake roof lines and impressive roof top cupolas, the Lightning Racer buildings have an almost timeless quality. Many park patrons and roller coaster enthusiasts say that the station buildings for the Lightning Racer rank right up there with the all time best looking roller coaster stations.

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