Macaroni and Cheese at Chocolate World
We all know that eating at an amusement park can take a huge chunk of change out of your pocket. Here are some tips for easing the pain while visiting Hersheypark:
- Purchase a meal voucher to get a discounted meal and a refillable mug.
- Use your refillable mug to get water and ice refills for FREE during your whole trip.
- Use your season pass to get a 15% discount on most food and drink.
- Visit Chocolate World as soon as it opens for day old cookie bargains for a delicious snack before you enter the park.
- Share meals. Many meals at Hersheypark are too large for one person, this includes kid’s meals. Not sure how much food you will get? Watch what others order before you buy and see what the portion sizes are. Nothing worse than paying top dollar for food and wasting half of it.
- The best healthy beverage bargain is at the milk vending machines. A 16oz bottle of milk is $2.00, compared to a tiny box of milk for nearly a dollar more.. Be warned though, the chocolate milk is full of sugar but still better than soda since it at least contains some protein and calcium. White milk is a healthier choice.
- Leave Hersheypark (get your hand stamped) and use the free shuttle at Chocolate World to go to downtown Hershey to eat lunch at a local restaurant. Hershey offers everything from pizza and subs to high end dining. Shuttles run during the summer season only.
- Eat at Chocolate World (get your hand stamped to return to the park) – try the macaroni and cheese side dish or the soup in a bread bowl. Filling food at slightly less than park prices.
- Pack your own food and leave it in a cooler in your car. (No outside food is allowed in Hersheypark.) Use the pavilions and picnic tables in the parking area and around Hersheypark Arena for your feast. To save time, send one member of the family out to find a spot and set up the feast and then text/call the rest of the family when it is ready. Finding a spot is usually the hardest part.
- In the mood for ice cream? Soft serve ice cream at the Turkey Hill outlets is much cheaper than hard ice cream anyplace else in the park. Small soft serve cones are generally enough for most people and you can split one serving between two people if you ask for a spoon and an extra cone. Though if you must have hard ice cream, Cold Stone Creamery dishes up large portions of amazing ice cream for not much more than the other ice cream places. Ask for more spoons.
