flavor experience. In addition, the park updated the braking system during the renovation. The track and support structure feature a new color scheme that includes green and blue, respectively. The roller coaster operates one train with seven cars, each car arranged two seats across in two rows allowing for a maximum capacity of 28 passengers. The original trains of the roller coaster featured a red and yellow color scheme and were replaced For the 2011 season with Vekoma's newer trains. The 2011 train set was later replaced in 2022 by newer rolling stock featuring a blue color scheme. The trains previously used over-the-shoulder restraints, with the 2022 iteration featuring a vest restraint. Reception Upon its original opening in 1991, the roller coaster received mostly positive reviews from critics and guests. Shelly Stallsmith, an editor for The Sentinel, and Michael Argento, a writer for the York Daily Record, recorded the reactions from Milton Hershey School children during the preview event, with some commenting it was "intense", some noting the ride's fast speed and forces, and some commenting on the forward and backward experiences. Stallsmith personally considered that the roller coaster delivered on Hersheypark's advertising promise of "non-stop excitement" and stated that there was no "wasted space" during the ride's entire experience. Argento individually expressed that the Sidewinder would make riders a bit nauseous and unstable but want to ride again as it was fun. Randy Kraft, a writer for The Morning Call, stated that the ride "is a totally disorienting experience" for riders who do not enjoy inversions on roller coasters. Kraft also recorded guests' reactions, with one stating the ride was "wonderful" while another commented it was "not as bad as [expected]". John Lines, a staff report for the Intelligencer Journal, commented the Sidewinder was "a dramatic improvement over" the park's other steel looping roller coaster, the SooperDooperLooper. Though, Lines further commented that it was hard to beat the park's wooden roller coaster, the Comet. Wendie Wells, writing for Lebanon, Pennsylvania's Daily News, remarked that the roller coaster was "all that was promised and more in the way of thrills" and even more so in the second half of the ride. Wells concluded that the Sidewinder was a "torture on a person's equilibrium" but "also addictive", requiring more than one ride to enjoy. Upon its opening in 2022, the converted roller coaster similarly received mostly positive reviews from critics and