mrceagle Posted October 2, 2006 Posted October 2, 2006 It’s always a bummer to know your home park won’t be open till 2007. But as tradition hold I went to closing day. I met up with Methos and 2 of his friends. Methos bought on of my last 2 tickets from me. I got there around 11:00 and Methose and his friends got there a few minutes later. No bother it gave me some time to take some shots of the outside of the ark which was done up a bit more then normal. We got in the park wasn’t busy nor was it dead. For the predicted weather it was actually a better turn out then I thought. Much better then last year and the weather was good. We made our way to Cannonball and got the back seat. That’s always a plus. God ride, full of air time like normal, was a slight lake of speed though that got better as the say went by. From there we made out way along the back of the park, throwing out bits of Trivia to his friends. Did you know that bit Missile was once a ride. Things like that. We hit Star blaster and made our way to Skater. Methos and his friend hadn’t been on it yet. So we took a ride on skater and walked back to Phyco drome. Now Methos’s friend either hadn’t been to Canobie or hadn’t been in a long time because after every ride he was asking his friend how it was. So we hit the other rides in that area Caterpillar, DaVinci’s Dream, etc. I showed them a few hidden jokes. We went to Be bop to get something to eat. We grabbed miscellaneous sides and split them and ate at the Condiment bar to stay out of the rain which just started. We hit Corkscrew my first ride in a few trips. Normally no one wants to ride with me. So I don’t go. From there we went to Mine of Lost Souls. Always a fun ride but they need to rehab the ride a bit some effects are miss times and should be reworked. We road the Pirata, the parks pirate ship. Later we walked behind it to take a look at the Frisbee parts. We hit the flume Squeezing 4 adults into one boat. Always a fun ride and we had so much weight the splashes were huge. I was in front so I got reasonably wet. From there we made out way back to the middle of the park. Later in the day we also barley squeezed ourselves in to the Twist and Shout(tilt-a Whirl) We hit Whipout, round up, Turkish Twist, and Bumper cars. It started to when we got in line for bumper cars. Got hit pretty hard by Methos, you can see that in his video. We ran to the mall from there to get out of the rain. It rained 3 times during the day, once later in the evening. Huge very wet and winder storms that hit and left. The day was great outside of these few events. From there we started making rounds we’d hit more then half the park and hit things we remembered we’d missed. Methos took video for his project. Hit Vertigo Theater and ran into Ben From Canobie fan. The after noon was allot of random rides. Ocean trip, Canobie 500, etc. we stopped and took video. I took allot of photos. Methos and his friends went on Boston Tea Party I video taped them on that. I think I got a few really good shots. I normally don’t have this sort of time to just take shots and not rush. We hit extra rides on corkscrew (2), whipout, Cannoball, etc. just whatever we felt like. We’d been on everything we wanted so it was only a matter of getting a few extra rides in. We jumped on The Rowdy Roosters the park Flying Scooters ride. While they are chained and you can’t snap them Methos was sure he could at least get a good 90 degree turn out of them. Which all of us did. I took some interesting POV Video of it as well. We road the Train and I was able to get a couple good shots of the Extreme Frisbee parts. The ride is defiantly going to be very Colorful. It will be interesting to see what the finished product looks like. When the third storm came around we ducked into the Palace arcade. The arcade is a good side and I noticed that many broken down games of the games were not there. The new games manager made a point to get them out and into storage while they wait to be fixed. Methos and his friends played a few games I took a few pics in the arcade. Being late and close to closing it was too dark to take any more video. We just hit rides. We got in line for Cannonball and got 4 more rides in despite a slight malfunction with the brake release. We ended up missing the last train of the night by one group but still a soled last ride. Between the rain during the day and the days working the coaster was moving well with better then normal airtime. So thus ended the year of operation for 2006. They didn’t give an official 2007 opening day simply mentioned April. I grabbed a couple last time pictures of the Matterhorn on the way out. We all took out last steps past the pool (gone by the time you read this) and then through the soon to be replaced entrance. We parted ways Methos and his friends had a long drive back to RI and I had a slightly easier ride back to Brookline, NH. So here’s to a great and very busy 2006 season and for a quick return of park operation in 2007.
Hercules Posted October 2, 2006 Posted October 2, 2006 Great job mrc. I really enjoyed that. I hope to make it up to that park within the next couple years. I was planning on it this year, but I didn't feel like making the long drive for it. Very nice pics by the way.
apollo210 Posted October 2, 2006 Posted October 2, 2006 Awsome PTr Creagle. I wish I could have made it on closing day, but do to my dad working and stuff, I had the settle in the day before, but I'll try to make it to opening day next. And also, was the Starblaster moon spinning, because when I went, it wasn't spinning.
mrceagle Posted October 2, 2006 Author Posted October 2, 2006 Hercules - thanks for the great comments. I'm glad you liked the pictures allot of time went into them. Now that the park is closed I can say no big loose without feeling blasfamous. With the new entrance coming next year the park will look even better then before and with Frisbee and the matterhorn replacement added to the parks line up the Crowds should be better controlled then they were this year. Appolo - good to hear from you again. at least you got to the park before it closed. I'll also be at opening day. Its become a tradition for me. As for the Starblaster moon I'm not sure. I didn't really watch for it. Though a few trip reports said it wasn't spinning last week. I did notice that Betty boop, the Tiki atop the tiki maze, and the hamburger all were not spinning.
Shavethewhales Posted October 2, 2006 Posted October 2, 2006 Great stuff. Canobie lake is officially on my "I'll get there someday" list of parks to visit.
ECZenith Posted October 2, 2006 Posted October 2, 2006 I still regret missing Canobie this year... Can't believe the frisbee is still in pieces, something to look forward to in the spring at least.
mrceagle Posted October 3, 2006 Author Posted October 3, 2006 The Bankruptcy that Huss went through slowed things down allot also anything going through customs takes forever nowadays. but it will be up and running next year. Shavethewhales - glad to hear Canobie is on your list. it's a great park that often gets over looked. most people that come into New England never get past SFNE and LC.
mrceagle Posted October 3, 2006 Author Posted October 3, 2006 Matterhorn was actually RUNNING??? No the Matterhorn hasn't run past the first month of the parks operating year. The park left the power connected and turned on the lighting system During the night.
methos Posted October 4, 2006 Posted October 4, 2006 this was a great day at the park, light rain only a couple times. everything up and running for rides and best of all not a line in the place. due to all the extra time not waiting in line i did get some good shots with people mind you in my canobie video from this trip. http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29671 can't wait till next year. mike that last picture will haunt me, matterhorn will be missed
Android Posted October 4, 2006 Posted October 4, 2006 OMG!!!! When was it announced that canobie was getting a Huss Frisbee?!?!?! i live the next town over from canobie!!! SWEET! ---Android---
Canobie Fan Posted October 4, 2006 Posted October 4, 2006 Uh.. Back in the summer... I even made a topic about it. If you are a fan of Canobie.. You might like my site.. If you dont know of it by now its - www.CanobieFan.com -
Android Posted October 4, 2006 Posted October 4, 2006 Sweet! Thank you, I live next town over (Like i said in the other post) But.... i did't go once this season! I KNOW! i was bumbed. Next season i will be there for opening day. Anyway, the frisbee is looking good. Love them, they offer such a good ride! ---Android---
mrceagle Posted October 4, 2006 Author Posted October 4, 2006 Well I'm glad you will be going back. Canobie is such and underrated park. SFNE and LC Over shadows in in the grand scheme of Enthusiasts travails. Definitely down load the video it will help sooth the loss of missing the park this year.
apollo210 Posted October 4, 2006 Posted October 4, 2006 Matterhorn was actually RUNNING??? No the Matterhorn hasn't run past the first month of the parks operating year. The park left the power connected and turned on the lighting system During the night. Matterhorn was running when I went in May, but it was runniong as slow as a kiddie ride. I also agree that Canobie Lake is an underated park. It has some good theming, it wasn't dirty at all, the ride operators were nice, and it has some pretty decent rides with a "classic" feel, and I can't wait until the frisbee opens!
Phobia Posted October 4, 2006 Posted October 4, 2006 Canobie definately has a different feel then other parks.
mrceagle Posted October 5, 2006 Author Posted October 5, 2006 Matterhorn was actually RUNNING??? No the Matterhorn hasn't run past the first month of the parks operating year. The park left the power connected and turned on the lighting system During the night. Matterhorn was running when I went in May, but it was runniong as slow as a kiddie ride. I also agree that Canobie Lake is an underated park. It has some good theming, it wasn't dirty at all, the ride operators were nice, and it has some pretty decent rides with a "classic" feel, and I can't wait until the frisbee opens! Ya they wanted to run it as is but the problems required a slower operating speed. Too many people didn't like it and They shut it down. they looked into fixing it but for the extra cost it wasn't worth it for a ride they have had for 20+years. I hate seeing the ride go but I'm sure something equally great will be coming in to replace it.
methos Posted October 6, 2006 Posted October 6, 2006 i will miss some of the classic rides they had over the years, but i guess a frisbee is worth the loss of paratrooper so who knows whats next.
mrceagle Posted October 14, 2006 Author Posted October 14, 2006 i don't think anyone likes seeing the old rides go. The park even regrets removing or having to remove some rides. But they are working hard to build the park and get more people to the park. They need to work on crowed management a bit though. the crowds were really bad this year. I think though they wont say that they broke a million this year.
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