Great Bear is one of my all time favorite inverted coasters. I haven't ridden Candymonium, but it's currently my favorite coaster at Hersheypark. It's a forceful and well paced coaster with a cool setting.

I think every inverted coaster is better with a helix, and usually that comes at the very end. For Great Bear it happens high in the sky right before the first drop, and it's quite forceful.

The 3 inversions right after the first drop are excellent. Two forceful loops back to back, with one turning you the other way. The zero-g roll is probably my favorite on any invert, as the twist is forceful, whippy, and rapid with no gradual entry or exit into it.

After this the layout gets unconventional again, taking a hill that banks hard left crossing the water on the way down. This is an awesome element which has airtime in the front row on the rise, and strong g forces on the turn on the way down. After this is a straightaway over the water, where you can really feel the ride's speed as you zoom past SooperDooperLooper and you go through keyhole supports for a unique footchopper effect.

For the finale, a hard bank left underneath the monorail, which aggressively then twists to the right into a final corkscrew, followed by a gentle meander over Sooper again into the brake run.

Aside from the great pacing, unique layout, speed, footchoppers, and forceful elements, Great Bear has an awesome setting, either over water, midways, or past other rides. This is the icing on the cake for an amazing coaster.