Photo TR: Bloomsburg Fair

Ccron10 · October 1, 2006

Taking a break form my project, my mom, dad and I went to the Bloomsberg Fair up in Northesatern Pennsylvania (not far from Knoebels). We left the suburbs of Reading around 1 PM and headed up Route 61. Sooner or later we went through the town of Centrailia and man, going through that to was spooky! There are streets that lead to nowhere and there were only abot a handful of houses, but what really adds a strange part was the mine fire. We eventually took route 487 and went past Knoebels, but didn't stop. At around 3 PM we arrived at the fair, and man was it full!!! We had to park at the very end of the field. To get to the entrance we had to hop on a tram that was pulled by a tractor and it looked very rednecked! We paid our $4 admission and after seeing some exhibits and some item stands we began our 1/2 mile to 1 mile walk to the back of the park where the rides were. For $1 a ticket and some the rides having a 2-12 ticket admission requirement, I skipped the rides, but not just for the prices but for my dad's fear of safety for me on those rides. After taking some video and pictures of the rides we headed down the numerous midways. There were tons and I mean TONS of food stands, I counted at least 5 to 7 stands of the same stand all over the fair. Also when you see tons of food stands you see fat people, it kind of reminded me of Robb and Elissa's Six Flags Astroworld TR! After buying a Penn State T-shirt we left the park around 7 PM to head to Danville to have dinner at Perkin's. We didn't get home until 10 PM. Overall the fair was pretty good. I would recomend it to anybody who is in the area next late September to see it.

-Chris-

P.S. Just to note the order of the pictures is backwards.

Link to the video http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29699

Behold! A Wal-Mart and hardware store bulit completely on top of a coal pile! Welcome to the Coal Regions!

On the other side of that dirt mound is the old route 61. It was closed because of the Centrailia mine fire. This is the way into town.

The fire is still burning and will for hundreds of years.

Going down into the middle of town.

A lone bench in the middle of town is all that is left of the memories that happened here.

Looks like they updated their sign.

The entrance to Knoebels.

The most popular ride, The Zipper made an appearence.

The Music Express at Hershey looks better.

This is the first time I've ever seen a Tornado ride before.

Cliff Hanger looked sweet!!! It's just a paratrooper ride where you lay in the flying position. I wish I could've rode it!

The ferris wheel called the Gentile Giant didn't really look like a giant, but just a carnival-type ferris wheel. Now go to Knoebels or SFGAdv. and those are giants!