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Lightning Racer- Dark Coaster — wait times

Lightning Racer- Dark Coaster at Hersheypark. Closed right now.

Busiest around 5pm (about 29 min) and quietest around 10am (about 5 min).

Of the days recorded so far, Saturday averages the longest queue, at about 36 minutes.

Closed during 8% of the readings taken while the park was fully open. The feed does not say why, so that covers refurbishment and weather as well as breakdowns.

The longest queue we have recorded is 105 minutes on 2026-10-17, the shortest 5 minutes on 2026-08-09.

Typical wait through the day

10am5 min10 readings
11am7 min11 readings
12pm10 min20 readings
1pm15 min19 readings
2pm18 min26 readings
3pm22 min30 readings
4pm26 min31 readings
5pm29 min34 readings
6pm24 min40 readings
7pm29 min25 readings
8pm28 min18 readings
9pm25 min14 readings

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