Smells like... chocolate

I visited Hershey Park for the first time this past weekend. Yes, the town smells like chocolate; more accurately, it smells like cocoa. A little weird, but you kind of get used to it.

It's a cool mid-sized park, although I didn't get to ride as much as I'd've liked, in part because we were there on a Saturday and in part because half the folks I was there with don't like to ride roller coasters and such. My agenda for the day would've been to hit all the woodies -- there are at least three -- and then work through the other steel coasters. The day was overcast and threatening rain, so the lines weren't all that massive and were not unpleasant to stand in (as opposed to baking under a vicious sun).

I was with people who wanted to visit Chocolate Land and take the "How Hershey's Chocoalte Is Made" ride/tour. (Which actually takes you through a mock-up of the factory, and features singing animatronic cows; the kitsch value is really quite high.) I was game for that, if only out of consideration for the two little kids we had in our group. But there were still two big wooden coasters I never got near.

This calls for a return trip.