Address:
100 West Hersheypark Drive
Hershey, Pa.
Phone: (800) HERSHEY

Today the town has become a Willy Wonka-type playland for children and adults, with golf courses, theme parks, zoos, streetlamps shaped like Hershey Kisses and a chocolate spa where you can get covered in cocoa.

Your visit of Hersheypark should start from going to Hershey's Chocolate World, which offers a tour of the chocolate-making process (and ends with a visit to a gift shop). Then try out those candy bars at Hersheypark, which has six water rides, 20 kiddy rides and eight roller coasters. One of the most exciting is the Great Bear roller coaster, an inverted steel coaster that loops and twists at 61 mph, and riders who barrel down the Tidal Force flume reach 50 mph. Then you may head for Roller Soaker that is a combination roller coaster-water rider and lets riders dump up to four gallons of water on spectators waiting to receive their revenge.

If you have an admission to Hersheypark, you also get the access to ZooAmerica, an 11-acre walk-through zoo that was once Hershey's personal zoo. Perhaps you will want to reserve a room at the Mediterranean-style Hotel Hershey, which is based on Hershey's mansion. Or relish the spa treatments such as the Whipped Cocoa Bath, Chocolate Fondue Wrap and a Cocoa Butter Scrub, all of which prove that chocolate really is good for you.

Hersheypark admission is $19.95 for children ages 3-8, $34.95 for ages 9-54, and $19.95 for 55-69.