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Thanks. Yes Im glad I made the visit up there, it's really a hidden gem. Ye Ole Boston was awesome.

After visiting Quassy and stopping at Cracker Barrel for lunch we headed up to New Hampshire to spend the evening at Canobie Lake. Nick and I checked into the hotel around 3:45, cooled down for a half hour or so, then headed on out to the park. I was very impressed with Canobie Lake. For a smaller old school park there is a ton to do. Not only that but the atmosphere and theming were great. Canobie is overall just a very fun place to spend the day or evening and I’m glad we got the chance to visit and experience it. I will say that it is a bit out of the way from the other parks to make an annual visit, unless they add another coaster. With plenty of flats to choose from, two solid water rides and 3 rollercoasters we felt that the park was one coaster away from being a “must visit” park. Do you have to visit Canobie? No. But if you go will it be worth your while? Absolutely. The park seems to be a smash hit amongst New England locals as it was absolutely packed the evening we visited (which was a Monday). Rides: Policy Pond Saw Mill 1x - I’m a sucker for log flumes and tend to enjoy most of them. This one was no different. A beautiful setting, two drops, including a pretty large second one. We got the perfect amount wet, so this flume was a win. Boston Tea Party 1x - I know there are better themed chute-the-chutes out there when it comes to the “amount” of theming that they have, but is there a cooler theme for a chute-the-chutes than this? My vote is no. The entire “Ye Ole Boston” themed area of the park was incredible and gained extra points for the park with me. The area does very well creating a 1700’s Boston seaport atmosphere. By far my favorite area of the park , if they ever add another coaster I hope they can extend the theming of “Ye Ole Boston” for it. Oh yea, and the ride itself was a blast. Canobie Corkscrew 1x - This was a credit whoring endeavor for sure. We boarded, said a few Hail Mary’s and ended up surviving. I do like the color scheme though, as well as the lift noise of an Arrow, but who doesn’t? Mine of the Lost Souls 1x - Okay. So my review for this ride is, “What the F***k?” It starts out with only semi-cheesy special effects and a somewhat cohesive theme then takes a nose dive for the worst. With three quarters of the ride done and theming soundly focusing on an old mine we suddenly end up in ancient Egypt. No seriously, an old miner tells you to “go back” then you round the corner see a grim reaper looking figure, round another corner and there is a mummy with some cobras. After that you just end up in the station so I guess the souls remain lost and so does you mind on one of the most bizarre dark ride experiences of my life. After these 4 rides we took a breather and ate some dinner at Sons of Liberty Tavern. The food was basic amusement park food but at least the Buffalo chicken tenders weren’t fried batter with a hollow inside (looking at you Six Flags) there was actually chicken inside them. I also had myself a Boston Lager. I wanted a Sam Adams Summer Ale but the waiter said they put the Oktoberfest tap on. It’s August, that makes about as much sense as the Mine of the Lost Souls. Untamed 3x - This was my first Gerlauster Euro-Fighter and it did not disappoint. Big Bear Plaza is wonderfully themed as is Untamed. It has one of the most badass stations I’ve ever seen and for those of you who don’t know the supports look like Birch trees. The ride itself is awesome, great first drop, awesome hang-time on the vertical loop, the turnaround can be a bit rough but once you learn how to ride it that doesn’t matter. Overall its an awesome, forceful ride and another win for Canobie in my book. Yankee Cannonball 1x - I was kinda looking forward to this ride after all the different things I heard about it, but boy was that about as forgettable as it gets. Not a bad ride, but just not memorable and average in every sense of the word. I’m sure it could have been better but you can’t choose your row so we got stuck on wheel seats in the middle of the train. It was smooth due to the re-tracking and had a few pops of airtime but that was about it. Hopefully I can give it another chance one day. StarBlaster 1x - Drop towers/Space Shots are the only rides that still give me shakes so I enjoyed the crap out of this. Very solid launch with good air at the top of the initial launch. The ride queue was packed which made for an even better time because everyone was fixated on the screaming riders during the ride cycles. As I said before I really enjoyed Canobie Lake and if you ever find yourself in the Boston area or Southern New Hampshire, I suggest you try it out to kill some time. The first thing you see upon entering is a re-tracked Yankee Cannonball. Mamma I made it. Upon entering you're greeted by Popcorn stall 1 from Roller Coaster Tycoon. First up was Policy Pond. As you can see its in a beautiful shaded area. Since we were already wet we elected to ride Boston Tea Party (which was awesome). While on the queue they have paintings of historical events that took place in Boston during the Revolutionary Period. Great touch I must say. "Ye Ole Boston", my favorite area in the park, or any park for that matter. I have no words for this thing. The "Back Story" so they say. Sons of Liberty Tavern. As you can see the inside quit well themed. (You can also see Nick pondering about his dinner choice) Mine of the Lost Souls made me need a drink. So here is your boy enjoying a cold Sam Adams. Thats the oldest structure in the park. Some sort of fountain/landed UFO. Untamed was up next. Big Bear Plaza was very well done. Just so you get an idea of how awesome the station and surrounding area of Untamed is. Not to mention the train. Yankee Cannonball's Station. Loved the way this looked at night. Inside of Untamed's station at night was incredible. The light up antler chandeliers are second to none. We ended the day with a ride for the 21+ crowd and some baseball. My fingers hurt now so stick around for part 3 SFNE tomorrow at some point.

Get your eyes checked. I wouldn't really describe Great Adventure as "pretty". Yes that one area with the Toro/Ka photo op is nice bust besides that...Meh. Rotting infrastructure and dilapidated theming isn't really my idea of pretty.

I went with the Blue Dragon. It would look really cool on a full sized sign.

They look as good as they ride. This was my first experience with them and I am for sure a fan.

^ Those are my thoughts exactly. For what the place is, it does very well. I'm glad we stopped there. Wooden Warrior was really worth it.

So the past few years Genx24 and I had taken numerous day trips up to New England to either SFNE or Lake Compounce. This year though, I decided why not go big? So we booked ourselves a hotel room in New Hampshire and added Quassy as well as Canobie Lake to the list of parks we would attend during this trip. Overall the trip was a bunch of fun and everything we planned went smoothly. Nick really came through clutch with getting the NEAAPA discount tickets (Don’t ask how, a magician never reveals his secrets) which saved us a boatload of money. The first two parks we visited (Quassy and Canobie) we spent around a total of 16 dollars for admission and parking which is really unbelievable when you think about it. Anyway enough of my rambling, time to get on to the parks. First up on the trip was Quassy. I have to say this would never be a park I planned on visiting in this life or the next but Nick suggested to me during the planning phase and I figured why not after watching Wooden Warrior pov’s. For what it is, Quassy is a perfect park. It’s a great park for families with young children or a day camp with little kids looking for place that is small, clean and easy to keep and eye on the campers. We arrived for opening, obtained our wristbands and…….Wooden Warrior was closed so we decided to grab some unintended rides on the Pirate Ship and Bumper Cars while waiting for it to open. Around 11:35 Wooden Warrior opened and we were well on our way to some fun. Rides: Pirate Ship 1x - For some reason Pirate Ships and I never really got along. I just don’t like them for reasons I can’t explain but we had time to kill so I bit the bullet and rode. I ended up having fun but not my cup of tea. Bumper Cars 1x - I haven’t been on Bumper Cars in YEARS. Let me tell you people something, I was like a 6 year old in TOYS R US on his birthday. I had a freakin blast, giggling like a school girl crashing into random kids and people on this thing. It was my Billy Madison moment of the trip for sure. Wooden Warrior 3x - Holy crap is this thing awesome. I think this was a pleasant accident for Quassy. They probably went to Gravity Group looking for a family wooden coaster and Gravity Group sat around the board room like “Lets bring the heat with this little thing they’ll never see it coming.” Wooden Warrior is an airtime machine! I was being tossed over every hill, We were in complete shock at the end of our first ride. Another bonus was that the train overshot the station on our first ride so they had to send us around again. I find it hilarious that this is a issue for them. The last time we rode we came into the station chanting “Overshoot! Overshoot!” The ride ops had to keep starting and stopping the train till it gets perfectly aligned with the rows in the station, simply hilarious. We started our trip off with some tradition. Tim Horton's is a must before any trip we take. For me that means a Farmer's Wrap, Ice Coffee the size of my head and a Maple Dip Donut. Our NEAAPA discount tickets. (Hell Yes) First Stop. Wooden Warrior on the break run as we arrive. So. Much. Fun. Station Shot. Airtime galore. My snapchat says it all. The Timberliners are the truth. So comfortable. Stopped for lunch at Cracker Barrel on the way up to New Hampshire from Quassy. Behold! Chicken Fried Steak! Stay tuned for part 2 of the report if you know whats good for you.

I was just at the park yesterday. A 4-D would make a whole bunch of sense for SFNE. Especially seeing that space is limited there and a 4-D has such a small footprint. But let us remember, Six Flags and "makes sense" doesn't always walk hand in hand.

I don't really want one tbh. I'd rather have them get a custom launch or some other high capacity coaster. Too many low capacity ones in the park. The park is also in desperate need of flats, that should be the main focus this year imo. I wasn't thrilled with Great Adventure getting one at first due to capicity as well. Boy was I wrong, its one of my favorite rides in the park now.

Steel.

Then what would you like to discuss? Actually, they do follow the ground level layout, the path, quite close as that is the reason they generally only have to add support structure to support the new elements. I haven't seen one where they added sections to the layout that deviated from what the coaster was originally. Also, historically, RMC converted coasters have resulted in shorter layouts with Steel medusa and joker being the only two that had the least impact in the length only loosing about 100ft or so of the original layout. Look, im all for RMC working their magic at KD. I just personally think it would be better executed on a new coaster and hurler stay the same with a complete restoration a la ghostrider. Man you guys are going to be disappointed when it ends up being a refurbishment.

The fact that this thread is debating Hurler's layout makes my head hurt. Never thought I'd see the day.

Always need to reach the margarita threshold for any flight, anywhere.

Its really sad to hear this. Human idiocy is infinite.

I do. It's my job. And regarding Coaster Studios I have no issue with him at all. I just don't consider him a useful source for information because obviously he's not exactly an insider. His videos aren't really my cup of tea but he seems like a cool kid. This. Geez i make one joke and step away from the computer to go to the Subway Series and all hell breaks loose. I don''t have anything against him, probably a really nice kid tbh. His videos just stink and they should be taken with a grain of salt.

^ Sorry I read this and everything else you said just got drowned out after.

Talk about snake oil salesmen.

This is my feeling as well. The teaser campaign made this seem like it would be something brand new, never before seen. It is brand new. No one has ever built 3 different height S&S towers right next to each other. He meant ride concept. Something other than a S&S Turbo Drop, Space shot experience.

Interesting as well as slightly disappointing.

Try to get a night ride on Kumba. As well as a night ride on Montu (front row), before you leave.

Given their relationship with Intamin and the fact that Dorney has S&S towers, Great Adventure has a traditional Intamin drop tower along with Knoebels having a Larson ARM, it only makes sense. Perfect place for Intamin to install their first one.

Would be very surprised if it was anything besides an Intamin Ultra Tower.

If they're giving Mean Streak a funeral they should go right on ahead and give it a Viking funeral by burning that F*ucker to the ground. I can't see it being just some track work if they're giving this thing a "funeral."

Having been to Wildwood 5+ times, "Watch the tram cars please." Is forever ingrained in my brain.