BobloLives

Next thing you know they'll develop some lame seasonal attraction where you pay huge amounts of extra money just to walk around and look at stuff.

The vibe at Knoebel's is truly unique. One of the stranger things (that I love) is that they let dogs on certain rides (boats, cars, train might be it). Two years ago with our pup...

OMG that was my first "big" coaster -- I miss Boblo. Wonder whatever happened to the old dark ride there? They tore it down long before the island closed.

I went there from about 1974 until it closed (I was two the first time I went). That was my first coaster -- the kiddie one. And I LOVED the Journey to Mars (not sure that's 100% correct) which was a dark ride with a valley in the middle that the cars would coast down and back up. My 75 year-old grandma and I rode it when I was about 5 and we got stuck in the valley and I remember she had to get out and walk out of the ride. I thought that was cool; not sure how she felt! Wow, just noticed this thread's been dead a while. Oh well.

I've been reading this site for a long time and finally made the jump and joined. I've been going to parks since I was 6 months old and my folks took me to Disneyland. Then I was raised on a steady diet of Boblo (I miss this place!), Cedar Point, Kings Island, and WDW. Anyway, home parks are now Lake Compounce and SFNE (same distance to both), and we go to both quite a bit during the summer -- always happy to meet friends either place! Fave steel coaster: SROS at SFNE Fave woodie: Boulderdash Gotta keep it local! Seems like a cool group of people here. And by cool, I mean hopelessly nerdy, like me!