After reading all of the negative reviews, I simply cannot understand where all the gripes are coming from. I rode Skyrush 3 times on Thursday, sat on both sides and once in a middle seat, 3rd row twice and 5th row once. And it was easily my new favorite coaster in the park. I was actually raving to my friends how cool the seats and restraints are, how they almost encourage you to lean into them like riding a motorcycle and how they were painless for a guy (unlike Superman @ six flags america and Millenium Force's nutcracker restraints). I experienced NO pain whatsoever. NO grey-outs (and I still grey-out on Intimidator 305 even with the changes). Absolutely nothing negative to say about this ride except it is over too soon. I could ride this thing over and over again. I rated it a 10. I sincerely hope that everyone's complaints are mostly hyperbole and hersheypark does nothing to this excellent coaster. Unfortunately, I'm sure that isn't the case and all of this will make hershey give up on building larger, faster, more thrilling coasters in the future, as well as add headbanging OTSRs, and maybe even trims on the drop to skyrush. skyrush and the park as a whole will suffer because of it. Not financially per se, just in the eyes of a thrill seeker.

I guess I will just have to go to hersheypark and ride skyrush as much as possible before things change, most likely for the worse. What a shame.

Then I started to think more about the ride, and I started to get confused. I had loved the first drop, and the winged seats made the overbanked turns seem like I was almost upside down. The airtime was plentiful and all extreme ejector type. Was the pain really THAT bad? Could I have injured myself doing something else or at Dorney Park the next day?

So today I went back after work and rode Skyrush again. I sat in the second row, center left seat. I pushed my lapbar down as loosely as possible, to the point where I was definitely unsafely restrained, and no more. By the end of the first drop, the bar had tightened, and I experienced some pain, but nothing like my first ride.

Then I went back for another ride since I actually enjoyed my first ride of the evening. I sat in the last row, left wing seat. The ride operator stapled me in even though I begged him not to, and the pain was back in full force. Plus, the back has moments of pretty severe vibration and jostling.

This coaster is a ton of fun if you can get a lenient ride op who will give you some leeway. By the time you're back in the station, you're still in pain, but it is not nearly as bad. If they could get the restraints right, this ride would be a short but solid 8.5/10.

After the ride is over there is about a 1-2 minute wait for the car in front to load passengers, which is just more torture while this lap bar is pressing you like a vice!! I'm not even going to comment about how the ride was because when your in such pain, you can't think of anything else!

We did go to Guest Services and tell them about our experience and suggest anyone else does as well so they can change it. This was the absolute worst roller coaster I've ever been on in my 30 years of "experience" and yes, I do love roller coasters.

Secondly, I'm quite surprised to hear about the painful restraints. I take your word for it, but, I find it shocking because Intamin has a pretty good reputation for comfortable seating. But anyway, my only complaint from watching the video, is the lift hill only lasts about 10 seconds. I personally enjoy a longer lift hill because it builds tension. But overall, regardless of pain, it looks like a pretty solid ride.