H&K at Seabreeze

[Rugged One]

Yeah, my first PTR! For those that peruse the beer thread, you know that I've got no problem posting a PTR of beer, breweries, or bars but I've never done one of the many parks that Kim and I visit. Well hopefully that will change with this one. If I get some positive feedback from this one, hopefully I'll continue to post our most recent adventures and maybe even put up some reports of older trips from this year.

 

Anyway, this PTR is basically a follow up to Derek's report from last weekend of our adventures in Niagara Falls and Buffalo. The next day, after leaving Derek and Nicole, we decided to drive east to Seabreeze in Rochester before heading back down south and home.

 

As for the park, we really enjoyed it. I'm glad that we were able to get there at opening and enjoy the park for a few hours as it is a bit on the smallish side and was allready starting to get crowded when we left. I've heard some people refer to this park as ghetto but I don't know what the heck they are talking about. The park is small but still has a nice, quaint, traditional feel to it and we really liked the proximity of the park to the nearby Lake Ontario which gave off some nice breezes to combat the morning heat. All in all, if your in the area, I would definitley check it out for a couple of hours.

Alfred E. Neuman says "Seabreeze Rocks!" Thanks for reading.

Seabreeze has these placards all over the park. It's nice to see a park with such an extensive history, celebrate it.

Final shot of some of the park's waterpark. It really looks like it's putting a lot of emphasis in this area. Probably a smart move.

It looks like the park does a lot of family picnicing, as seen by the large number of picnic pavillions they have available.

And we really like these, I think even more than the Gerstauler models. I'd love to ride an extended version some time.

This Maurer Spinner is the same deal as the one at Waldameer.

Just about time for the Whirlwind to open.

Stupid Bear Trax!

The Bear Trax is the park's kiddie coaster.

It was still a nice, fairly gentle, family woodie.

The Morgan train. Uh, not so traditional. As a matter of fact, it is pretty sucky.

The Jack Rabbit has a cool looking traditional station.

I say "We don't have time baby. We've got more coasters to ride!"

Kim says "I could sit here all day."

The best aspect was the rocking chairs though.

It even acts as a travel center for other local attractions.

...but also doubles as a museum dedicated to the park's extensive history.

Not only does it house the recreation of the park's classic carousel that burned back in the 90's...

The building that houses the carousel pulls double duty.

They had a cute kiddie ride area, including this little car ride. Awwwww.

...and some teacups.

The rest of the coasters didn't open until noon, we we wandered around to check out the rest of the park. Including some traditional rides like a tilt-a-whirl...

As you can see, Lake Ontario (the smaller version;) is very close and makes for a nice atmosphere.

One of the cute little bobsled cars.

It was a lot of fun though. The line wasn't too bad so we went around for a reride. We probably could have ridden this a few more times but the line didn't hold out.

This is a weird ride. A cross between a bobsled and I guess a wooden wild mouse.

Only a few rides opened at 11 am. One of them was the Bobsleds.

The park isn't that big but still has some decent amusements.

As you enter the park, you can see one of the park's new for 2006 attractions. The Helix is one of those Proslide bowls that you ride down on in a raft.

Here we are at Seabreeze. The park has two parking lots. One closer up to the rides and one down closer to the waterpark. As you can see, we chose the latter.

[niiicolaaah]

Nice TR! I'm really glad you took a picture of that car ride with kids in it because that photo is missing from my collection!

 

Bobsleds is so messed up. The first time I rode it, I was like "WTF was that??" and I had to ride it again to decide if I liked it or not, lol.

 

I never noticed the rocking chairs by the carousel!

[DerekRx]

Nice TR! Looks like the park was a LOT nicer on your visit than on mine, though it was also more crowded. Glad you enjoyed the park, I really liked it for a small traditional park, moreso than some of the places I've been recently.

[CoasterFanatic]

See Nicole. Heath knows how to post pictures of the carousel!

 

Excellent TR Heath. I found about the same charm in the park as you and thought it to be nowhere near ghetto.

 

Nice Crazy Daisy photo. Another rare attraction to say the least.

[BrownStreak]

Man, you didn't ride their log flume!? It is one of the best I've been on- it is one of the few that I've seen that has rapids like a river rapids ride would- and that drop is soooo steep!

[Rugged One]

Man, you didn't ride their log flume!? It is one of the best I've been on- it is one of the few that I've seen that has rapids like a river rapids ride would- and that drop is soooo steep!

 

No we didn't ride it. We were headed out when I noticed it and there was allready a good size line for it. I did like the look of it though and snapped a pic. I'll make sure and ride it next time we are at the park.

Next time flume ride!

[BrownStreak]

^Its one of the oldest in the world- somewhere in the park is a picture of it with a steam powered lift!