WooHoo! Had the opportunity to ride Skyrush today (5/23) as part of the Commercial Shoot! There were probably about 60 "extras" called, plus two "families" of professional actors. The pros needed makeup; I guess I did not. The "pros" were only used in the first two rows for all of the rides with the "camera-on-board" and for about half the rides with shooting trackside- I'd estimate for those runs the film crew had about 4 cameras that they moved to various locations around the circuit. After an early arrival(6:30 AM), we were escorted to Looper Famous Famiglia restaurant. I could tell by the gasps that some of the group had never even seen the lift hill before. The film crew completed alignment and testing of the on-board camera and made a few test runs before the first groups of riders boarded about 9 AM. My first ride was on the second trip. OMG! SUPER intense and the airtime/negative Gs have to be experienced to be believed. Words cannot do it justice. They advertise 5 airtime hills, but it's SEVEN, including the lift hill, on which the trains fly (18 MPH) to the top! The winged seats are fabulous, and offer a dramatically different ride than the interior seats. Interestingly, the "ejector" airtime is just about the same no matter where you sit on the train. Front row middle is the smoothest, and rear row wings are downright MEAN- in a great way! Of course, for commercial filming, hands had to stay on the grab bars for the whole ride (safety is #1), but until I ride Saturday and give it a try, I don't know how much I'll be lettin' go anyway. The film crew called it "a wrap" about 12:30; I finished with 11 rides. Many of the participants wimped out after 2 or 3; surprised by that intensity, they were. We also got to see the Memorial Plaque to the late Frank O'Connell that HE&R dedicated with his family the previous night. Without his vision, we would probably NOT have Skyrush to be thankful for this summer. What a class move by Hershey to place that in his memory. DON'T MISS this coaster, surely to be one of the hot rides at any park this summer.