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In 1969, Silver Dollar City drew national attention when producer Paul Henning brought the cast and crew of the popular Beverly Hillbillies television show to the park to film five episodes. [ 2 ] In 2010, Herschend Family Entertainment was featured on an episode of the reality TV series Undercover Boss .
Hersheypark (known as Hershey Park until 1970) is a family theme park in Hershey, Pennsylvania, about fifteen miles (25 km) east of Harrisburg, and 95 miles (155 km) west of Philadelphia. The park was founded in 1906, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 6 ] by Milton S. Hershey [ 7 ] as a leisure park for the employees of the Hershey Chocolate Company .
Silver Dollar City is a 61-acre (25 ha) theme park in Stone County, Missouri, near the cities of Branson and Branson West. The park is located off of Missouri Route 76 on the Indian Point peninsula of Table Rock Lake. Silver Dollar City opened on May 1, 1960. The park is an 1880s-themed experience.
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Silver Dollar City's An Old Time Christmas runs through Dec. 30. For the festival, the amusement park is transformed into a Christmas wonderland.
In 1977, the Herschends renamed Goldrush to "Silver Dollar City Tennessee," making it a sister park to their original Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri. [8] The Herschends spent about $1 million upgrading the park upon purchase and added other improvements over the years. [ 6 ]
This is a directional sign pointing the way to some of the regions in the park. Like most theme parks, Hersheypark also has themed regions of the park. There are 8 regions currently in the park, including ZooAmerica. For the list of former regions in Hersheypark, see List of former Hersheypark attractions, past park regions. [citation needed]