All time
Reese's Cupfusion has the longest average wait at Hersheypark, at 58 minutes, followed by Laff Trakk - Lights On (47 minutes) and Candymonium (44 minutes). 38 of the 54 rides have an average wait of 15 minutes or less.
Candymonium sees the longest peak waits at Hersheypark, with its daily maximum averaging 85 minutes, ahead of Reese's Cupfusion (78 minutes) and Laff Trakk - Lights On (74 minutes).
Hersheypark is usually quietest in November and December, when crowd levels average as low as 35%. The busiest month tends to be April, at around 67%.
| Month | Average crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| Jan | 41 |
| Feb | — |
| Mar | 77 |
| Apr | 67 |
| May | 62 |
| Jun | 54 |
| Jul | 46 |
| Aug | 56 |
| Sep | 57 |
| Oct | 55 |
| Nov | 38 |
| Dec | 35 |
Thursday is typically the quietest day of the week at Hersheypark, averaging 39% compared with 73% on Saturday. On average, weekdays are 19 percentage points quieter than weekends.
| Day | Average crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| Sun | 50 |
| Mon | 48 |
| Tue | 40 |
| Wed | 40 |
| Thu | 39 |
| Fri | 45 |
| Sat | 73 |
So far in 2026, Hersheypark is running 17 percentage points quieter than at the same point in 2025 (47% compared with 64%). Of the full years on record, 2024 was the busiest, averaging 64%. 2020 and 2021 are left out of these comparisons because COVID-19 closures and capacity limits affected crowd levels in those years.
| Day | Crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| October 19, 2024 | 100 |
| April 15, 2022 | 99 |
| October 12, 2024 | 99 |
| October 18, 2025 | 99 |
| April 18, 2025 | 99 |
| October 15, 2022 | 99 |
| December 04, 2021 | 99 |
| October 09, 2022 | 99 |
| December 09, 2023 | 99 |
| October 08, 2022 | 99 |
| Day | Crowd level, % |
|---|---|
| December 11, 2019 | 0 |
| July 08, 2020 | 0 |
| December 19, 2019 | 0 |
| December 18, 2019 | 0 |
| December 09, 2019 | 0 |
| December 09, 2020 | 0 |
| December 07, 2020 | 0 |
| December 08, 2020 | 0 |
| December 17, 2019 | 0 |
| July 10, 2020 | 1 |