Canobie Coaster

I'm in the same boat. I'm in the northwest for work for the next 3 weeks. I was going to go tomorrow, but I'll postpone my trip if Coaster will be open one of the following 2 weekends.

Does anyone know if Coaster is expected to open this year? It's listed on Playland's website as closed for refurbishment again. The only other mention I can find of the ride's closure is in an article on the Langley Advance Times. That article is worded in a way suggesting it may be another extended closure: "Again this year, Playland’s famous Wooden Roller Coaster is still not operating due to refurbishment work." Wasn't a lot of work done over the ride the past 1-2 years? I'm hoping this is just some minor trackwork.

Just a warning to anyone going to Lake Compounce the rest of the year, they have had a major issue with ride closures lately. Last weekend, Wildcat was the only coaster open. Phobia, Zoomerang, and Boulder Dash were down for maintenance. Flash forward to this weekend. 3 coasters are currently listed as temporarily closed. Boulder Dash has a lift issue. The ride had to be evacuated and it sounds like it's unlikely to be fixed this weekend. Wildcat valleyed. And Zoomerang still hasn't been fixed. Phobia started off listed as closed, but it did reopen.

I really liked this park a few years and just thought they needed a signature coaster. This should be it. The ride looks great!

You should have said Michigan's Adventure then.

The park has posted two opening updates on Facebook. First, they announced a few days ago that Matugani (former Kanonen) will not be ready to open with the park. Second, they announced they will be delaying the theme park's opening until 6/18 due to construction delays.

Of the two last year, I much preferred Scary Farm. For HHN, not all the rides are open and many that are open close early.

Does anyone know if Sandy's Blasting Bronco is open? On one hand, not a single ride is listed as closed right not at Nickelodeon Universe. On the other hand, that seems like a borderline miracle that not a single ride is closed given the park. Edit- The ride closures are no longer listed under Park Alerts on the home page. When you go to buy tickets, it states Sandy's is still closed for annual maintenance and Skyline Scream is closed because it's Skyline Scream.

Queue-Times shows Orion as open unless that's an error. Then again, didn't Cedar Point reopen Steel Vengeance on the same day the ride bumped by running one train?

Considering how strong this park's top 2 is, a coaster like Dr. D or basically any launch coaster would fit in perfectly.

Today is such a weird day for crowds. The shortest wait for a coaster all-day has been Superman since that crew is absolutely killing it.

I'm surprised we got the off-peak rate given how swamped Dollywood and Pigeon Forge was for spring break.

This was the actual view of the better of our cabins. You could see Lightning Rod in the distance if you knew where to look. The shots were taken from the parking lots where there were less trees in the way.

I'm pretty sure most people book cabins in Pigeon Forge for the view of the Smokies. I picked cabins with views of Dollywood's coasters. I was able to get some unique shots of Lightning Rod and Wild Eagle the past few days. Speaking of Lightning Rod, the coaster only opened for the final 8 minutes of the day on Sunday due to the prior day's snowstorm and then it ran like it's usual self on Monday with a delayed opening and multiple breakdowns.

I'm excited to see more single rider lines. I wonder where they'll be routed.

My biggest disappointment with Maverick and Steel Vengeance being pulled off early entry is that more people will probably head to Millennium Force. That has always been my go-to ride during early entry because the line for the front is easily the shortest.

Top Thrill Dragster will remain closed for 2022. Link to Sandusky Register

Bellewaerde This hybrid animal and amusement park surprised me. I wasn't expecting the park to look as nice as it did going into my visit. The park was very green and shady. Plus several rides were themed and incorporated animals into the experience. The park was also much busier than I anticipated. Many attractions had hour long waits just 2 hours after opening. I was fortunate I arrived at opening to knock out the major rides. I had to skip two credits for this reason. But it wasn't just the coasters that got busy, several of the water rides and safari rides did too. Bengal Express.MP4 From a ride perspective, I was most surprised to see the park still had an operating Huss topple tower in El Volador. And it was the prototype no less! The ride did have a delayed opening due to mechanical issues (surprise surprise), but I was glad to get back on one even if the ride experience isn't too great. This ride really is a lot more impressive to watch than it is to ride. And Bellewaerde placed this ride perfectly on this elevated structure and added fountains. Wakala was my favorite coaster there. This Gerstlauer creation offers a dynamic ride experience with some fun twists and turns plus a short backwards bit at the end. It rides like Firechaser Express if you take away the little pops of airtime, which still makes it an above average family coaster. Huracan was a hybrid dark ride and roller coaster. The indoor sets in the main dark ride bit were larger than expected and pretty cool. The coaster bit had a few moderately forceful drops and helixes, but there wasn't too much theming during this part. The park has one of the older Boomerangs and it was riding pretty smoothly all things considered. That allowed me to appreciate the forceful ride without getting my neck chopped. The most puzzling coaster is Dawson Duel. Take your average mountain coaster. Now remove the mountain and make guests walk to the top instead of riding up. The descent also removes the levers, so everyone goes the same speed. This ride was a big disappointment. Not only does it have a dreadful throughput, but the downhill course was quite weak between the lack of good elements and odd placement. Bellewaerde is an excellent family park combining a unique mix of rides and animals.

I love when park owners are walking around like that.

The park does look better at night. Walking around that mall at 2 am is going to be creepy. Then again, there isn't much people there when I've gone anyway.

Plopsaland de Panne The flagship park in the Plopsa chain made major waves with their new-for-2021 addition. Ride to Happiness is easily the best Mack coaster, but it seems like a weird fit for the park. Plopsaland's main audience is families. Studio 100 is analogous to Nickelodeon, so the IPs the park is based upon are targeted towards kids and tweens. So this park is sort of a dream for coaster enthusiasts. In general, the more extreme an attraction was, the shorter its wait would be. I visited on a day when the park hit capacity (albeit covid capacity) and Ride to Happiness had a max wait of 20-30 minutes. Meanwhile the water rides and Roller Skater had waits exceeding an hour most of the day. There's a reason I do not have every credit from this park. There was no way I could justify waiting 70 minutes for a junior coaster when I could ride one of the world's best coasters 3 times in the same time period. Ride to Happiness is exceptional. The spinning is faster than that of Time Traveler, especially at the end of the first launch. The ride has the two of the world's best inversions. The super-slow jojo roll is insane, getting 5-6 seconds of sustained hangtime while slowly spinning. Then the flying snake dive has similarly crazy hangtime while navigating a super disorienting element in a spinning car. The coaster also has some great airtime, particularly on the broken up top hat. The lone dead spot on the ride is that turn before the second launch. The rest of the ride is complete perfection between the elements and spinning. And you also have some mesmerizing theming plus my favorite on-board audio of any coaster. Anubis is a good Gerstlauer launch coaster. It's basically Six Flags Over Georgia's Dare Devil Dive, except the beyond vertical drop is replaced with a very strong LSM launch and a great top hat. The inversions are pretty good and I love the ride's wooded setting (except when it comes to getting photos). Two rides you need to hit early are Heidi the Coaster and Viktor's Race. If the park is open late (like it was for me), these two rides will close early due to noise. Heidi also is the major coaster that gets the longest line. Heidi is essentially a clone of White Lightning, but it didn't seem to ride as strong. I only got one ride though towards the middle of the day, but it was smooth. And it did have a neat little dark ride scene before the finale. Draak was a Mack powered coaster. I got lucky and rode it after a breakdown because this was another ride that had a sizable wait. It was pretty tame, but that's what it's supposed to be. Beyond the ride lineup, Plopsaland has great theming. I wasn't familiar with the IPs, but the rides and midways looked great. They were colorful with plenty of things to look at. Belgium got an incredible boost to their coaster lineup in 2021. Unfortunately, I missed Kondaa due to the flooding, but Ride to Happiness (while an odd fit) is a world-class coaster. And the rest of the park is quite nice too.

Yup, the wooden village was still there! It's a good element, but there are several wilder ones on the ride!

I wish it rode like one of those.

I'm guessing they're the same, but are the seatbelts and restraints identical to the other RMCs? One of my friends is fine on Twisted Cyclone but struggled with Lightning Rod (mostly since the staff refused to push down on his restraint).

^ I was planning a full day at Sarkanniemi originally, but my 7 hours at Linnanmaki 2 days prior wasn't enough time to get rerides there. Tornado was a bit better than Batman clones for me.